A Blackpool Coastal Housing worker was sacked after a serious breach of security left confidential tenants data at risk. Fuming Blackpool Coastal Housing (BCH) residents contacted The Gazette after the details of more than 80 tenants – some living in sheltered accommodation – were taken away on a computer memory stick. The female BCH worker…
OH: Some ProMedica patients worried about accounts after paper mix-up
Tim Miller reports: A mix-up from a mail sorting machine is leaving some ProMedica patients worried about the security of their personal information. Saturday morning, Maria Rodriguez opened a letter from ProMedica, which said she may be eligible for financial assistance to pay her bill at Flower Hospital. She goes there for blood tests to…
HI: Criminal Charges Possible For Cop In Facebook Scandal
Keoki Kerr reports: KITV 4 News has learned prosecutors and police are trying to bring criminal charges against a Honolulu police officer who posted a hospital-bed photograph of an alleged thief on his Facebook page. The Honolulu Police Department began an internal affairs investigation after KITV 4 News notified the department of the photo Monday….
[Corrected] MO: Former SEMO Employee Found with Data Files of Personal Information of Students
Correction: Oops – disregard this entry. This was an old breach. No idea why it showed up in my news reader today. Wes Wallace reports: Hundreds of students received an identity theft warning following a security breach at Southeast Missouri State University. According to the school, a grand jury in Georgia indicted a former worker…
Dumfries and Galloway data leak inquiry finds failing
An inquiry has found “systematic failings” to blame for an error which saw the personal data of hundreds of council workers being published online. The information was released by Dumfries and Galloway Council which has already made an unreserved apology. The mistake saw names, dates of birth and salary details of nearly 900 employees put…
State attorneys general not leaping to embrace HIPAA enforcement
Kimberly Leonard reports: Only two state attorneys general have pursued the authority Congress gave them two years ago to prosecute privacy and security breaches of health information — despite training from federal agencies and a consensus among privacy groups that enforcement needs to improve. […] Experts blame a variety of factors for the apparent disinterest…