Eastern Health advised today that it has experienced an accidental breach of privacy of 63 of its clients. The accidental breach occurred when the briefcase of an employee was stolen from a vehicle while left unattended for approximately 10 minutes on the evening of April 17, 2013. The briefcase contained one client chart and a…
‘Hacker’ convicted by US court despite never hacking
Matt Brian has an interesting take on the conviction of David Nosal, which I reported yesterday on this blog: After more than a year of bouncing between appeals courts, the hacking case involving David Nosal has ended with a conviction. Wired reports that Nosal was yesterday found guilty of conspiracy, stealing trade secrets, and violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse…
Sensitive medical records found in Londonderry garden
Meanwhile, back in the U.K., BBC reports confidential patient records wer An investigation has been launched into how confidential medical records were found in a garden in Londonderry. The Western Health Trust has confirmed that the documents contained “sensitive personal information” and said it had reported the breach to the Information Commissioner’s office. The trust…
News Group chief responds to Berkeley privacy breach
Emile Raguso has more on a case where a response to a freedom of information request exposed Social Security numbers on 11,000 municipal employees: Following this week’s disclosure by Berkeley city staff that roughly 11,000 municipal employee social security numbers had been erroneously divulged to a local media outlet in March, the media outlet’s managing editor said…
Westcoast Children's Clinic notifies parents after sensitive info faxed to wrong number
Westcoast Children’s Clinic in Oakland recently notified the parents of a patient after a psychological assessment report containing the patient’s name, date of birth, current placement history, developmental and psychological treatment history, limited family history, educational history, current psychological concerns, testing data, results and interpretation, and treatment recommendations was faxed to an unintended recipient. The…
‘Glitch’ publishes private info of more than 100 Oakland Community College students
Diana Dillaber Murray reports that a “computer glitch” is being blamed for students’ information being exposed on the Internet: Oakland Community College is investigating how personal information of more than 100 students in connection with student loans became available on the college website. The information has been removed from the website and OCC officials are…