Seen on YNN: A portable electronic device containing personal medical information has been stolen from Upstate University Hospital. The hospital notified 283 patients that their information may be compromised. Information on the device may have included patients’ names, date of birth, hospital medical record number, and diagnosis. The device does not include patients’ Social Security…
OH: Solon dentist charged with illegal use of state database
Here’s something that I stumbled across while researching something else. Sun News Staff reports: A Solon dentist was indicted by a Cuyahoga County grand jury earlier this month for looking up personal information on an ex-girlfriend using the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy database. Between March 10 and Dec. 26, 2012, Dr. Fred Glick, 55,…
Florida women sentenced in tax refund fraud case; bought patients' identity information
Two identity thieves involved in the South Miami Hospital breach noted previously on this blog have been sentenced. The breach had resulted in tax refund fraud for a number of the hospital’s patients. The Sun Sentinel reports Alci Bonannee was sentenced to more than 26 years behind bars and Sonyini Clay was sentenced to 10 years in…
UK: GP practice in County Armagh warned after patients’ details compromised following email attack
A GP practice in County Armagh has signed an undertaking to improve the security of patients’ information following a breach of the Data Protection Act investigated by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The breach was caused when a free web-based email account used by the Burnett Practice to inform patients of upcoming smear tests appointments…
Etsy exposes sellers’ real names in error – again
Ina Steiner writes: In an email sent to shoppers this week, “Fresh Offerings from Your Favorite Shops,” Etsy mistakenly included the names of sellers taken from their credit card information on file. No other credit card information was included in the email. It’s not clear how it happened since all credit card information should be…
When, oh when, will people stop leaving unencrypted laptops in their cars?
OptiNose US Inc. has been notifying some of its consultants that their names and Social Security numbers were on a laptop stolen from an employee’s car. The laptop was stolen on March 26 in a Philadelphia suburb, and OptiNose started sending out notification letters on April 16. The letter did not inform recipients that the…