Bridgewater Associates, LP offers employees continuing health coverage (COBRA) when they separate from the firm. That coverage is administered by Ceridian, who maintain a database with the employees’ and their dependents’ names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and other benefit plan information (but no medical information). On or about April 11, a Bridgewater…
Month: August 2013
Man who tries to report breach to Sears finds himself talking to someone in India?
Here we go again. It’s bad enough to have an easily avoidable breach. It’s worse when you make it difficult for people to report it to you. Today’s entry in this Hall of Shame is Sears. Nesita Kwan reports personal information of hundreds of former Sears employees, including their Social Security numbers, photos, records with…
Rocky Mountain Spine Clinic fires employee who e-mailed patient information to her personal e-mail account
Matthew Patane reports that Rocky Mountain Spine Clinic announced Wednesday that a former employee was fired after creating a document with PHI on 532 patients that she sent to her personal email account. The document contained patient names, insurance company information and tracked patient surgeries. The employee, who worked for the clinic’s billing department, said she…