Ugh. Tons of data acquired by hackers, including 25,000 Social Security numbers. All told, they’re now reporting that almost 182,000 people (including children) had their PHI stolen. See today’s story in the Salt Lake Tribune.
Month: April 2012
New York Moves To Protect Health Data Privacy
Nicole Lewis reports: In the aftermath of criticism from the New York Civil Liberties Union, New York State health officials have taken further steps to tackle patient privacy. Specifically, the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC), in collaboration with the New York State Department of Health, has established the Statewide Health Information Network of New York…
Mayor’s Attorney Goes After City Attorney’s Office for LAFD Disclosure Policy
Do HIPAA and the California Confidential Medical Information Act bar city emergency services from providing detailed, real-time dispatch information and response times? The Mayor of Los Angeles says they don’t but the city’s attorney seems to think otherwise: An attorney for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa ripped into the City Attorney’s Office today over legal advice given…
Follow-up: Staff won’t face discipline after UVic private data stolen
The president of the University of Victoria says nobody will lose their job after administrative staff failed to properly secure and store all employees’ sensitive information prior to it being stolen during a January break-in. Nearly 12,000 employees past and present at UVic had their names, social insurance numbers and banking details taken when an…
Meanwhile, in the courts….
The 9th Circuit overturned the lengthy sentence of a man convicted after having been found in possession of over 500 stolen credit card numbers. Why? Because the credit card numbers were all expired at the time. via Courthouse News
Baylor Law Screw-Up Reveals Personal Data of Entire Admitted Class: Data That We’ve Got
Elie Mystal writes: There are data breaches, and then there are data dummies. The people at Baylor Law seem to be in the latter category. Nobody was trying to steal the personal information of the admitted students at Baylor Law. But a screw-up by someone at the school resulted in all of the personal information of the admitted…