Tag archive for ‘personal health records’
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Posts “The Mega-Breach” Site
There’s a new list in town, and it’s one of “those” kinds of lists. The kind nobody wants to appear on. It’s similar to being on Santa Claus’ naughty list, only in this case inclusion could mean millions of dollars in fines for a business responsible for breaching personal health information (PHI).
The days of “a [...]
Rip of the Week: 83,524 Breached by Clinic’s Lost USB Drive
Ontario’s privacy commissioner is investigating a huge breach up north. A USB drive containing personal health information of more than 80,000 people who went to flu clinics in Durham Region, was lost by a public health nurse who was taking it to a vaccination clinic.
The data includes “names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, health [...]
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