Paul Christian reports: Sensitive documents detailing addresses and home security pin numbers of vulnerable people were found in a gutter. The care worker rotas, owned by Plan Personnel, were discovered by a passer-by in a parking bay near shops in Dellsome Lane, Welham Green. The documents comprise three pages of 37 addresses of vulnerable people…
German Government Adopts Security Breach Notification Requirement in Telecommunications Act
On March 2, 2011, the German Federal government adopted a draft law revising certain sector-specific data protection provisions in the German Telecommunications Act. The draft law addresses the implementation of data breach notification requirements in the European e-Privacy Directive by introducing a breach notification obligation for telecommunications companies. According to the proposal, telecommunications companies must…
DE: Personal information of 113 Beebe patients stolen (updated)
Officials have confirmed that personal information for 113 Beebe Medical Center patients was stolen from an employee’s vehicle in Florida. According to Beebe Vice President of Corporate Affairs Wally Hudson, the employee took home a financial statement with patients’ names and Medicare numbers, often the same as a social security number, with the intention of…
DE: Personal information of 113 Beebe patients stolen (updated)
Officials have confirmed that personal information for 113 Beebe Medical Center patients was stolen from an employee’s vehicle in Florida. According to Beebe Vice President of Corporate Affairs Wally Hudson, the employee took home a financial statement with patients’ names and Medicare numbers, often the same as a social security number, with the intention of…
UK: Patient personal details will now be encrypted after laptop theft say hospital bosses
A follow-up to a breach reported on this blog in December 2010: The theft of a hospital laptop containing the details of more than 1500 patients could have been an inside job trust bosses have been told. The computer, stolen from Calderdale Royal Hospital, contained 1,569 patient records including names, dates of birth and addresses…
Ark. Senate panel backs prescription drug monitor
A Senate panel has backed legislation to create a statewide database for tracking some prescription drug purchases, despite concerns raised by opponents who say it’s an invasion of privacy. The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee on Tuesday advanced the proposal by Democratic Sen. Percy Malone of Arkadelphia to create a prescription drug monitoring…