$2.5 million settlement because draft policies and plans were neither...
A recent HHS settlement that included a relatively small monetary penalty, $31,000, didn’t seem to get a lot of media attention. Maybe today’s announced settlement stemming from a laptop theft that...
View ArticleSadly, laptops stolen from cars are still a thing
From a notification filed on behalf of Donaldson Company, Inc.: On March 24, 2017, a Donaldson employee’s company-issued, user ID and password-protected laptop was stolen from the employee’s vehicle...
View ArticlePentucket Medical notifies employees and patients of data security incident
Speaking of confusing incident reports, Pentucket Medical in Massachusetts reported a somewhat confusing incident to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. It seems that on January 18, four boxes...
View ArticleHard drive with medical information on 2,200 LSU Health patients stolen
Chad Calder reports: A hard drive containing the personal information of 2,200 LSU Health New Orleans patients was stolen in March, and while police quickly made an arrest, the hard drive has not been...
View ArticleNY: Niskayuna school laptop stolen, 945 students’ personal information on device
The personal information of 945 students, both past, and present, was compromised as a result of a thief stealing the laptop of a Niskayuna school psychologist. The school psychologist had been on...
View ArticleUK: Memory stick led to stolen computer
A memory stick dropped in a supermarket carpark led to the discovery of a computer, stolen from Nottinghamshire Police, in the home of one its intelligence analysts. Keith Robson, 59, of Greaves Lane,...
View ArticleComputer stolen at the Hall of Justice puts some at risk for identity theft
WDRB reports: A computer stolen at the Louisville Hall of Justice puts some people at risk of identity theft. The computer used by two Assistant County Attorneys was taken from a publicly accessible...
View ArticleSouthwest Community Health Center notifies patients after two burglaries
Southwest Community Health Center (“Southwest”) recently discovered an event that may affect the security of protected health information stored within our environment. This notice is meant to provide...
View ArticleWashington State Uni notifies those affected by stolen hard drive
PULLMAN, Wash., June 9, 2017 — Today, Washington State University (WSU) announced that it is addressing a security incident involving certain community members’ personal information. Though there is no...
View ArticleHong Kong privacy watchdog blasts electoral office for massive data breach
Ng Kang-Chung reports: A report by the Privacy Commissioner found the electoral office failed to take adequate steps to protect the personal data of Hong Kong’s 3.78 million voters stored in one of two...
View ArticlePersonal information of 16 Utahns stolen from DCFS employee’s vehicle,...
Carter Williams reports: The private information of 16 people was stolen in May after a Utah Department of Family and Child Services employee’s vehicle was broken into and copies of identification...
View ArticleBriefcase containing Little River Healthcare records stolen
KCEN reports: Little River Healthcare discovered May 12 that a briefcase containing 18 paper charts and a laptop with patient electronic medical records, was stolen from a provider’s locked vehicle....
View ArticleZW: Computers with Criminal Records Stolen from Gutu Magistrate’s Court
Terrence Mawawa reports: Daring robbers broke into the office of Gutu Magistrate, Edwin Marecha, and stole two computers. […] According to sources at the Gutu Magistrates’ Court, the robbers targeted...
View ArticleFL: Notice from Baptist Medical Center South to EEG Patients Regarding a...
Baptist Medical Center South (“Baptist South”) is committed to protecting the security and con dentiality of our patients’ information. Regrettably, this notice concerns an incident involving some of...
View ArticleAU: Health department contacts parents after confidential information goes...
Port Pirie hospital is contacting 234 families after a laptop computer was stolen from the premises. The laptop, used as part of the State-wide Infant Screening Hearing Program, had a security password...
View ArticleVeterans Administration responds to Freedom of Information request; releases...
So what did we miss because the Veterans Administration stopped posting their monthly breach reports to Congress on their web site? DataBreaches.net filed a Freedom of Information request on June 7,...
View ArticleVision Care Specialists, Inc., Notice of Data Breach
On May 22, 2017, Vision Care Specialists, Inc. (“VCS”) learned that on or about May 20, 2017 the VCS administrative office was burglarized. Immediately upon learning of the burglary, VCS contacted law...
View ArticleUK: Patients’ records stolen from Walsall health worker’s car
Mike Woods reports: Patients’ personal therapy records were stolen from the car of a member of staff at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. The trust has admitted that therapy records of 41 patients and keys...
View ArticleVancouver pot dispensary patient data breach highlights regulatory haze
Dan Fumano reports: Sensitive patient data supplied to a Vancouver cannabis dispensary has been either mishandled or — according to the shop’s owner — stolen, a situation again highlighting the cloud...
View ArticleIT staffers may have compromised sensitive data to foreign intelligence
Paul Sperry reports: Federal authorities are investigating whether sensitive data was stolen from congressional offices by several Pakistani-American tech staffers and sold to Pakistani or Russian...
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