2/1/2010
A few data breaches making the news recently:
One breach involved a lost laptop at Methodist Hospital in Houston. The details are rather sketchy, but it seems that a thief made off with a laptop that contained SSNs and personal health information of 689 patients. No indication whether the information was encrypted, but my assumption is that it must not have been if the hospital has sent out notification letters.
Read more of this entry on Norbert's blog: http://privacy.wnj.com.