A second breach involving patient records reported in Chattanooga this week, and it also involves paper records: Derek Dellinger of NewsChannel9 reports that customers at a recycling center found hundreds of medical records thrown into the trash for anyone to see. Officers on scene told the reporter that the records included patients from hospitals to…
ID theft lawsuit filed in China
Lawsuits in the U.S. are a dime a dozen, but here’s a lawsuit filed over an identity theft case in China that I linked to earlier this week: Luo Caixia, a student of Tianjin Normal University whose identity was stolen by her classmate to enter another university, has launched a lawsuit to demand compensation and…
(follow-up) UK: Rapists demand cash over lost data stick
From the jailhouse-lawyers dept: Laura Clout of The Daily Express reports that 13 prisoners, including two serial rapists, have submitted claims for compensation of up to £30,000 each over a computer memory stick lost by a firm working for the Home Office, PA Consulting. The prisoners claim that that the loss of their personal data…
Tennessee man receives hundreds of Georgia patients’ insurance records
NewsChannel9 in Chattanooga Tennessee reports that a man in Harrison (TN) received a priority package that contained hundreds of patients’ insurance papers from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia. The documents contained account numbers, patient names, member numbers, service dates, charges and tax id numbers. There was also a check enclosed from the insurance company…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Four Romanian men were arrested in Florida after being accused of skimming a Chase Bank ATM in Cicero, NY. They have been linked to similar schemes around the country. More. In Utah, Frank Miranda and his wife Valerie Pena were sentenced for conspiracy to commit access device fraud. Some of the…
Minn. judge rules teen must see cancer doctor
Amy Forliti of the Associated Press has an excellent report on a court ruling that has significant implications for medical privacy and decision-making. In this case, parents of a 13-year old boy diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma — and the boy himself — refused to complete a recommended course of chemotherapy, opting instead for natural healing…