Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Security Breach

The records of 4,500 kids is missing from a speech and hearing clinic from the University of West Ontario, containing the records of children for more than a decade. The breach is the result of breaking a fundamental privacy rule in the Canadian province for health care facilities - never transferring unencripted data to a portable device. There are concerns of possible identity fraud from the blunder, since the memory stick contains names, addresses, phone numbers, birthdates, and medical information.