Thomas J. Morgan reports: A physician who posted information on Facebook that allowed the identification of a patient, and another who has problems with alcohol and marijuana, are among six doctors who have been disciplined by the Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline. The board found Alexandra Thran, of Westerly Hospital, guilty of…
Saskatchewan privacy commissioner takes action after more medical records found in dumpsters
Taylor Shire reports: REGINA — Four more cases of medical files being found in dumpsters has prompted the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner, Gary Dickson, to take action. Records were found in a Saskatoon dumpster on April 6 and materials were found outside a dumpster in northwest Regina two days later. Two other situations of…
ESA hack did not breach internal network
Jack Clark reports: The European Space Agency has confirmed that a hacker entered its FTP servers and took sensitive data, including hundreds of passwords. The data breach exposed more than 200 usernames, passwords and email addresses, as well as server logs, the agency said on Tuesday. A Romanian hacker named ‘TinKode’ has claimed responsibility for…
Verizon-USSS 2011 data breach investigations report released – what do they know that we don’t?
The annual report based on breaches investigated by Verizon and the U.S. Secret Service is out. On first reading of the report and the available media coverage, the big headline seems to be that while the number of records or data lost is down significantly, the number of breaches is significantly up – and more…
OH: COTC students’ personal information left unsecured
Jessie Balmert reports: An error sent more that 600 Central Ohio Technical College students’ personal information to storage at Apple Tree Auction Center, where they were left unsecured for less than 24 hours. On March 10, the Student Records Management Office was moving to another location in the same building when an enclosed file cabinet…
UK: Norwich college dumps students’ files in skip
Ben Woods reports: Piles of documents revealing student names, photographs, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and some files exposing sensitive medical information, were found in bin bags at City College. An investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found the college on Ipswich Road had adequate procedures and policies for dealing with personal information,…