Paul Christian reports additional details on a breach mentioned previously on this blog: Confidential documents were found blowing in the wind in Hatfield in “an alarming discovery” by a councillor. The papers, believed to have come from the former county supplies depot in Mount Pleasant Lane, included an employee appraisal form which featured a worker’s…
Breach-related lawsuit against Adventist Health dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction
Law360 reports that Adventist Hospital System/Sunbelt Inc. succeeded in getting a federal court to dismiss a potential class action lawsuit against it. As noted previously on this blog, the lawsuit stemmed from employees at Florida Hospital Celebration selling patient information. Adventist had moved to dismiss Richard Faircloth’s lawsuit on grounds that the federal court lacked…
Quayside Publishing notifies online customers of breach
Customers who ordered from one of Quayside Publishing‘s web sites since the end of April recently received a notice of a breach that was reported to the Vermont Attorney General’s Office: We are writing to notify you of an incident that involved unauthorized access to our web server in which your personal information, including your…
NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal not always wiping data before selling devices as surplus – Audit
While the NYS Department of State got a clean bill of health on their disposal of devices, the NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal did not fare as well in an audit of its inventory and disposal procedures. An audit by the NYS Office of the State Comptroller, released on June 25, reports: Division of Housing…
Nice to see positive audit results!
The NYS Department of State got a clean bill of health from the state’s Office of the State Comptroller in an audit of their disposal of electronic devices containing personal, private, and sensitive information. The report was issued May 13: Department of State Disposal of Electronic Devices (Issued 05/13/13) Purpose To determine if electronic devices being surplused…
llinois health agency notifies 3,100 Cook County residents of mailing error disclosing PHI
WLS reports: The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services says information on about 3,100 clients in Cook County may have been released. It says a managed care contractor accidentally sent client ID cards to the wrong addresses. The personal information on the Family Health Network ID card included member name, state issued Medicaid number…