Chicago, Illinois Hospice Company Loses Personal Client Data After Laptop Computer Theft Occurs

Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care of Chicago, Illinois recently notified it’s clients of a potential privacy breach that was initiated back in April after a laptop computer storing personal financial and medical information was stolen during a home visit to a client’s location.

The laptop, which contained information such as names, addresses, Social Security numbers, insurance and medical information and other data that could be considered sensitive, personal information, was password protected and encrypted, but even then, Rainbow Hospice is offering a year of free identity theft protection servicesthrough Debix to ensure those affected that their data is being monitored and that their personal information will not be used inappropriately if it was indeed accessed by the thief.