Wendy Davis reports that LinkedIn is second dismissal of Khalilah Wright’s second amended complaint stemming from a breach affecting over 6 million users. LinkedIn says that the consumer, Virginia resident Khalilah Wright, still hasn’t set out sufficient allegations to proceed with their lawsuit, which alleges that the company didn’t use basic encryption techniques to secure…
Month: June 2013
Lawmakers seek credit monitoring for veterans
Kevin Freking of Associated Press reports: A bipartisan group of lawmakers asked the Veterans Affairs Department on Friday to offer credit monitoring to veterans and dependents whose personal information, including birth dates and Social Security numbers, might have been disclosed when its computer systems were hacked. The lawmakers are responding to testimony at a hearing where witnesses said foreign-sponsored…
HHS releases statement on Prime Healthcare/Shasta Regional settlement
In a press release issued yesterday and posted today, HHS writes: Shasta Regional Medical Center (SRMC) has agreed to a comprehensive corrective action plan to settle a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) investigation concerning potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. The HHS Office for Civil…
NC veterans' PHI left in recycle bin
Associated Press reports: The Veterans Affairs hospital in Fayetteville says documents containing the personal information of nearly 1,100 veterans were found in a recycling bin two months ago. The Fayetteville VA Medical Center announced Friday it’s notifying the 1,093 affected veterans whose consultation reports from the optical shop were incorrectly placed in a recycle bin…
Tepco employee loses info on 22 claiming nuclear compensation redress
Everywhere you go, documents are left on public transportation by employees, it seems: Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday that one of its employees has lost documents that include the personal information of 22 individuals who have applied for compensation related to the triple-meltdown crisis at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, adding that this…
Did Auckland District Health Board overreact to privacy breach?
In the U.S., we expect entities to take strong and effective action to address employee snooping or improper sharing of patient confidential information. But a professional group in New Zealand is not happy with the Auckland District Health Board’s response to a breach previously reported on this blog involving a patient who sought emergency treatment…