Blythe Berhard reports a laptop computer and flash drive containing information on 2,600 St. Anthony’s nursing home patients was stolen from a doctor’s car on July 29. The computer included patient names and birth dates and may have contained medical records. It did not hold social security numbers or any financial information, according to the…
Month: August 2013
Attorney General Jepsen Reaches Settlement with Citibank on Online Credit Card System Security
Back in June 2011, I noted a breach involving Citibank (previous coverage here and here). There’s now a follow-up to that breach: Citibank N.A. will pay $55,000 to the state of Connecticut and will obtain a third-party data security audit of its online credit card account system under a settlement filed in court today, Attorney…
Dishonest employees can pretty much be found everywhere
Geoff Liesik reports on an insider breach involving an employee of Kneaders Bakery & Cafe in Provo, Utah. Read more here.
ACOA satisfied with security measures despite theft of computers
From the probably-shouldn’t-say-that dept.: Yes, laptops that possibly contained personally identifiable information were stolen from our office in a burglary, but we don’t need to strengthen our security measures, says the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.
MO: Patients of Olson & White Orthodontics notified of breach
Georgina Gustin reports: A Florissant orthodontist’s office has informed 10,000 people that their personal information could be compromised because of a break-in and burglary at its offices in July. Olson & White Orthodontics, which also has offices in O’Fallon, Mo., was burglarized on July 22. Thieves took computers containing personal data, including patient health information,…
The State of Standing in Data Breach Litigation
Margaret Dale and David Munkittrick of Proskauer have this article on Law.com about the state of standing in data breach lawsuits.