A council leaked personal details of housing benefit claimants, including their dates of birth and national insurance details, in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. Basingstoke and Deane sent letters of apology to 1,900 people, warning them their details had been disclosed. Read more on BBC.
UK: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals breach patient data
The personal details of 1,000 patients have been accidentally released by a hospital trust to two research companies, it has been revealed. The data breach by Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals included patient NHS numbers and ethnicity details. The information has been revealed by a BBC Radio Berkshire Freedom of Information request to the trust….
Cincinnati Hospital Allegedly Posts A Woman’s Syphilis Diagnosis And Personal Info On Facebook
Susan Scutti reports: Bullying on social media has apparently reached a new low. A Cincinnati mother is suing University of Cincinnati Medical Center and two employees after staff members allegedly posted her medical records, including her personal information and a diagnosis of syphilis, on a Facebook page, WLWT reported. Her lawyer, Attorney Mike Allen, has…
Highmark says mailings containing personal data went to wrong members
Steve Twedt reports: Highmark Inc. officials today said some results from a health risk assessment sent to 3,675 Security Blue and Freedom Blue members and their providers were sent to the wrong people. “Due to an error in the mailing process, several members reported receiving risk assessments belonging to other members in addition to their own,”…
Salisbury, NC VA notifying 182 veterans after vouchers with SSN go missing
The VA Medical Center in Salisbury, North Carolina notified veterans after vouchers with their SSN went missing in an incident in March. According to the VA’s monthly report to Congress: There are 182 travel vouchers missing that contain Veterans’ names, full SSNs, and other information. The facility received a multitude of phone calls from Veterans…
Ex-ALDOC workers sentenced in identity theft
Scott Johnson reports: Two former Alabama Department of Corrections officers have been sentenced for their roles in a stolen identity tax refund scheme. Bryant Thompson was sentenced to 120 months in prison, and Quincy Walton was sentenced to 84 months. Thompson and Walton were convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States in January 2014….