Someone kindly alerted me to a breach involving Peoples Trust Company in Canada. Here is the text of a notification letter they sent out, as provided by one of the recipients (hence, DataBreaches.net can assure its complete authenticity/accuracy): October 25th, 2013 RE: Important Notice Regarding Your Personal Information Dear First Name Last Name, As is…
Hundreds of Australian Websites Attacked for #OpAustralia By Indonesian Hackers, Threats Made To Australia
Update: 9.06pm, 9.32pm. AEST. Check below for response of contact from at least one of the defacers. Today has seen hundreds of websites owned and operated by Australian private businesses defaced by Indonesian hackers who are opposed to the recent news that Australia and NSA together had spied on Indonesia in the past, see here….
Hospital computer thefts put patients’ details at high risk
FOI is our friend. Greg Christison reports on data from 14 Scottish NHS boards: A Sunday Express investigation has found that around 80 items containing potentially sensitive data, including laptops, memory sticks, dictaphones and smartphones, have disappeared since January 2012. Read more on Sunday Express, but don’t expect to see numbers of unencrypted records with…
A medication management app for consumers that makes sense to this patient privacy advocate
I’ve occasionally blogged about privacy and security concerns raised by mobile health applications. I’m happy to report that there’s now an app in beta-testing that may be very helpful to consumers without requiring consumers to sacrifice data security or privacy. The app automatically pulls in your prescription records from your pharmacy to enable you to…
Patient records shared in Idaho health data exchange unless patients opt-out
Audrey Dutton has an informative and thought-provoking article in the Idaho Statesman on health data exchanges and consent. It begins: Karen Helms didn’t realize until this year that her medical records were being shared with a statewide network of health care providers. The discovery prompted her to question the state’s health data exchange and to…
HealthCare.gov has already had a privacy breach – report. Get it together, folks.
It seems like healthcare.gov has had a security breach already in which limited personal information from two applicants was disclosed to another applicant. Kelsey Harris and Rob Bluey report: Justin Hadley logged on to HealthCare.gov to evaluate his insurance options after his health plan was canceled. What he discovered was an apparent security flaw that disclosed eligibility letters addressed…