Most Canadian companies aren’t concerned about data breaches involving their customers’ personal information — even though these same companies report they are collecting and holding more personal information than ever before, according to the results of a poll released today. The poll conducted by EKOS for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada found…
CO: Boulder Community Hospital: 79 patients had medical records exposed
Vanessa Miller reports: After an extensive investigation of a reported theft of medical records from two clinics in the Boulder Community Hospital’s network earlier this year, officials have determined that 79 patients had their personal information exposed. Hospital spokesman Rich Sheehan said the information theft was confined to patients of the Family Medical Associates clinic…
IN: Clinic owner filing suit against doctor-registration law
Niki Kelly reports: Dr. Ulrich George Klopfer – owner of abortion clinic Fort Wayne Women’s Health – is filing suit Friday against a county ordinance that imposes stringent new requirements on out-of-town doctors who practice in Allen County. […] The suit said under the ordinance, doctors also must allow unjustified and unlimited review of their…
POSitouch mfgr responds to lawsuit threat claims
Earlier this week, I posted a press release about a potential lawsuit against POSitouch and its New Jersey reseller, CC Productions. I contacted both POSitouch and the reseller to ask for a response, and POSitouch has just sent me a press release that they issued today. I have not heard back from their reseller. I…
FTC Extends Enforcement Deadline for Identity Theft Red Flags Rule
Now you can all applaud me on my wisdom in not posting all those reminders I’ve seen elsewhere about the “Red Flags” Rule going into effect on June 1…. because it’s not. From the FTC: At the request of several Members of Congress, the Federal Trade Commission is further delaying enforcement of the “Red Flags”…
Ca: University Health Network Notifies Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) of stolen laptop with patient information
University Health Network (UHN) is issuing this advisory to notify patients who had surgical procedures from 2004-2010 about a stolen laptop taken from a staff person’s car on the weekend of May 8-9, 2010. The laptop contained select personal health information on about 20,000 surgical patients from all sites at University Health Network. University Health…