University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Digital Camera Containing Newborn Photos and Information Stolen From UAMS

Submitted by Adam Dodge on Mon, 2010-10-18 05:25

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The recent theft of a digital camera from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences may have exposed the personal information of newborns. The camera, stolen from a nurse's lab coat, contained photographs of newborns that included labels with the baby's name, mother's name, birthday, address, telephone number, insurance status, doctor's name and medical record number for an unknown number of newborns. Images on the stolen camera were taken between July 2010 and October 2010. The camera was discovered missing on October 12.

Stolen UAMS Computer Contained Current, Former Employee Information

Submitted by Adam Dodge on Sat, 2009-05-30 17:40

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The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced that it had recovered a stolen computer that contained employee personal information. The computer, stolen on May 18th by a UAMS worker, was used to create identification badges and contained the names and Social Security numbers of thousands of current and former student workers, staff members and contractors. According to UAMS officials, the individual to took the computer did not know about the personal information and that this sensitive information was protected by multiple passwords. UAMS is implementing changes that disallow the storage of sensitive information on desktop computers and will continue an existing project to deploy encryption across campus.

6/15/09 - Corrected small typo. Thanks to Allison Dolan for letting us know. - Adam

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