North Country Hospital in Newport, Vermont posted this notice on their web site: North Country Hospital is alerting its patients to the discovery of a recent privacy breach that may involve your personal information. On September 18, 2013, we received notice that a former employee of the Hospital claimed to be in possession of a…
Ohio dentist pleads guilty to misuse of state's prescription monitoring system (Updated)
This must be our week to report on healthcare providers who jeopardize their professional licenses by engaging in conduct resulting in privacy breaches. Earlier this week, PHIprivacy.net reported on the suspension of psychologist Dr. Sunil Kakar’s license. Today’s story is a follow-up to the case of a Solon, Ohio dentist who was charged with misusing…
News Corp Australia statement
Seen on The Australian, but not on News Corp Australia’s web site: This afternoon News Corp Australia was made aware of a vulnerability in the security of our email newsletter database. Some personal information about people who subscribe to our email newsletters was potentially accessible from outside the company. The information does not include credit…
University of California wins appeal in data breach lawsuit; plaintiff couldn't prove data were viewed or accessed
An update on a lawsuit that followed this breach involving a stolen hard drive with encrypted PHI on over 16,000 UCLA patients. Law360.com reports: A California appeals court on Tuesday found that the University of California’s Board of Regents couldn’t be held liable for disclosure when they lost a hard drive with a woman’s medical…
Man charged in TSYS identity theft violated computer policy at Paragon Benefits
“If you see something, say something” paid off in this case. Adam Carlson reports: A week after he was placed at Paragon Benefits Inc. by a temporary staffing agency, Drew Johnson appeared to be spending more time on his computer than his duties required before personal information from more than 5,200 TSYS employees was sent…
Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County breach notice
On October 4, Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County in Wisconsin posted this notice on their site: On August 6, 2013 Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County discovered a potential breach of unsecured patient health information involving financial statements that were inadvertently sent to some third parties. While most of the approximately 8,000 notices mailed were sent to…