I haven’t found any documentation or media coverage of the following yet, so am simply reproducing them from HHS’s breach tool: Park Avenue Obstetrics & Gynecology, PC, AZ,, 635, 3/25/2011,Theft, Other Portable Electronic Device,, Union Security Insurance Company,MO,, 935, 2/18/2011,Unauthorized Access/ Disclosure,Other,, Does anyone have more information on these breaches?
CA: Concerns raised about paperwork spilled in San Rafael Highway 101 mishap
Will Jason reports that 20 boxes of documents with sensitive medical and financial information went flying off the back of truck owned by Baker Moving and Storage after it experienced a flat tire on Highway 101 near the Marin Civic Center while moving the records from one warehouse to another: Baker, whose company is based in…
Ie: HSE set to stop giving details on patients to media
Elaine Keogh reports: The Health Service Executive is to stop providing journalists with information on the condition of patients. It says that to tell the media the condition of a patient is “incompatible,” with its obligations to the privacy rights patients have “through the Constitution and indeed our obligations to article 8 of the European…
CA: Concerns raised about paperwork spilled in San Rafael Highway 101 mishap
Will Jason reports that 20 boxes of documents with sensitive medical and financial information went flying off the back of truck owned by Baker Moving and Storage after it experienced a flat tire on Highway 101 near the Marin Civic Center while moving the records from one warehouse to another: Baker, whose company is based in…
Michaels Alerts Customers of Potential Debit and Credit Card Fraud
From their press release: Michaels Stores, Inc. has learned that PIN pad tampering may have occurred in its Chicago-area stores and that customer credit and debit card information may have been compromised. The company was contacted this week by banking and law enforcement authorities after some fraudulent debit card transactions were reported over the weekend. Authorities…
(Follow-up) HI: Former beauty queen sentenced to 20 years in prison for ID theft
Minna Sugimoto reports: A former beauty queen who went on shopping sprees using the stolen identities of complete strangers was sentenced to 20 years in prison Wednesday. Prosecutors sought a 30-year prison term for Susan Shaw, calling her a manipulative and cunning identity thief who went to great lengths to conceal her criminal activities and…