The public list of breaches reported to HHS under the HITECH Act was updated to add two entries. Both entries are associated with the same business associate: MSO of Puerto Rico. I do not see anything on the web sites of the covered entities or the business associate about the incident nor did I see…
Shands notifies individuals of information breach
Shands Healthcare has now revealed more details on the breach mentioned last week. In a press release on their web site, they write: Shands HealthCare officials have notified about 12,500 individuals that a Shands-owned laptop computer containing their health and other personal information was stolen last month. The laptop held information about Shands patients and…
Lost or stolen?
In the big scheme of things, it may be small breach report. But the difference between what Ameriprise Financial told the state attorney general and what they told the client caught my eye. In a notification letter to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, Ameriprise Financial Services informed the state that they had had a…
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Over the weekend, I added 19 financial, 21 business, 4 healthcare, 1 government and 1 not-for-profit breaches thanks to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office updating their web site. You may also be interested in reading how much manpower was involved in trying to identify whose data and what kinds of data were in the audio…
Britney Spears’ Attorneys Worried About Personal Leaks
Feras Ballout reports on PowerWebSpoilers: Britney Spears’ conservatorship attorneys, Geraldine Wyle and Jeryll Cohen, are worried that personal and medical information will leak out into the media unless it’s put under legal lock and key – and have taken steps to do just that. In their argument, the attorneys note that “A Google search for…
Arkansas Guard alerting soldiers of data loss
Stuttgart, Ark. — CAMP JOSEPH T. ROBINSON – An unsecure hard drive containing personally identifiable information on a currently unknown number of current and former Arkansas National Guard Soldiers was reported missing on February 22. An Arkansas Guard Soldier reported the loss after conducting an exhaustive search to locate the drive when it was first…