Inmate found with sensitive info Concord Monitor Fouts wrote that he had suspended the "shredding operation" at the warehouse and officials were now looking into "what we need to do to use a shredding ...

MOST ARE NOT AWARE OF CHANGES to HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)

will significantly affect their relationships with health-related clients

FAMILY REACTS TO MEDICAL RECORDS FIASCO

MEDICAL RECORDS FOUND IN ALABAMA DUMP According to the WSFA in Montgomery, AL on June 22nd, a couple found a folder containing personal medical information near the local landfill and sparked an investigation that led to the discovery of a hundreds of files in and around a garbage truck parked there.

USED DRIVES FOUND IN AFRICA WITH U.S. DEFENSE DATA Over the past 5 years, several studies by university students in Canada, the US, and the UK, resulted in the discovery of personal information on hard drives bought on the second hand market.

DISCARDED LOAN RECORDS CAUSE STIR IN INDIANA When David Heatherly reached into the garbage receptacle behind a former loan office, he could not believe what he saw.

There, right before his eyes, were files of loan applications, complete with names, Social Security numbers and even bank account numbers. Some files were thin, about 10 pages, others an inch or two thick.

Tax returns, copies of checks, credit reports, good-faith estimates, signed disclosure notices, certificates of survey — all were among the files. None of it was cut, shredded or blacked out. Rather, there lay complete folders with all sorts of personal information, staring him in the face.