Bloodsource purchases statewide personal hospital discharge data from at least CA [source]. See more information about the fields of data shared, an example of matching real names to the records in statewide discharge data, and which states use standards less than the HIPAA standard.

American Red Cross, Farmers Branch had a data breach in 2006, in Texas. Sometime in May, three laptops were stolen, one of them containing encrypted personal information including names, SSNs, dates of birth, and medical information of all regional donors. They also report losing a laptop with encrypted donor information in June 2005. [source].

Cord Blood Bank purchases statewide personal hospital discharge data from at least CA [source]. See more information about the fields of data shared, an example of matching real names to the records in statewide discharge data, and which states use standards less than the HIPAA standard.

American Red Cross, St. Louis Chapter had a data breach in 2006, in Missouri. A dishonest employee had access to Social Security numbers of donors. The database was used to call previous donors and urge them to give blood again. The employee misused the personal information of at least three people to perpetrate identity theft and had access to the personal information of one million donors. (1,000,000 records involved) [source].

The United Network For The Recrtmnt Of Trans Prof. purchases statewide personal hospital discharge data from at least CA [source]. See more information about the fields of data shared, an example of matching real names to the records in statewide discharge data, and which states use standards less than the HIPAA standard.

Cord Blood Registry had a data breach in 2011, in California. Backup tapes were stolen from an employees car in San Francisco on December 13, 2010. Names and Social Security, drivers license and credit card numbers were on the tapes. The tapes were not encrypted. Customers began receiving notification on February 14 of 2011. A computer and other personal property were stolen during the burglary. (300000 records involved) [source].

Florida Agency for Health Care Administration had a data breach in 2008, in Florida. A computer flaw in the Organ and Tissue Donor Registry database may have exposed thousands of donors personal information, including their Social Security numbers. Other data included donors names, addresses, birth dates and drivers license numbers. [source]

Lifeblood had a data breach in 2008, in Tennessee. Laptop computers with birth dates and other personal information of roughly 321,000 blood donors are missing and presumed stolen. Stored inside both computers were names, birth dates and addresses at the time of the individuals last donation or attempted donation. In most cases, the donors Social Security numbers were also stored, along with drivers licenses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, ethnicity, marital status, blood type and cholesterol levels. Social Security numbers had been used to track blood from the donor to the recipients. [source]

Memorial Blood Centers had a data breach in 2007, in Minnesota. A laptop computer holding donor information was stolen. About 268,000 donor records on this laptop computer contain a donor name in combination with the donors social Security number. [source]

University of Alabama had a data breach in 2006, in Alabama. In February a computer was stolen from a locked office of the kidney transplant program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham that contained confidential information of donors, organ recipients and potential recipients including names, Social Security numbers and medical information. [source]

UNM Foundation had a data breach in 2014, in New Mexico. [source]