Archive for November, 2006

Allina Health Systems: Nurse drops off specimens and a laptop…

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006

Data Loss Source: Stolen Laptop
Date of Loss: October 8, 2006
Size of Loss: 33,000 files
Affected Individuals: people with terminal illnesses receiving home hospice services and women receiving nursing visits both before and after they gave birth.
Geographic Focus: Minnesota
Data contained: Personal data and SSNs on 17,000
Additional Notes: The nurse had parked her car to drop off a lab specimen at a facility in Minneapolis. T
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Army ROTC: ID Thieves being all you can be…

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006

Data Loss Source: Stolen Laptop from the U.S. Army Cadet Command’s headquarters at Fort Monroe
Date of Loss: October 2006
Size of Loss: 4,600 files
Affected Individuals: Applicants for ROTC Scholarships
Geographic Focus: Virginia
Data contained: Social Security numbers, birth dates, home addresses, phone numbers, parents’ names and mothers’ maiden names
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