Pete Kasperowicz reports: The House passed the Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act, H.R. 3811, in a 291-122 vote. Sixty-seven Democrats voted for the bill, ignoring arguments from party leaders that the bill was a “messaging” vote meant to discourage people from signing up for insurance. The one-sentence bill says that no later than two…
Month: January 2014
NY Court of Appeals rules employer not liable for actions of employee acting outside scope of employment
There’s a follow-up to a breach lawsuit involving an employee of Guthrie Health System who shared a patients’ sensitive medical information with a third party – and privacy advocates will not be happy. As I first noted in March 2011, “John Doe” sued Guthrie Health System after a nurse sent embarrassing text messages about his…
Target update: 70 million MORE customers affected by breach (Update)
From their press release of today: MINNEAPOLIS — January 10, 2014 Target today announced updates on its continuing investigation into the recent data breach and its expected fourth quarter financial performance. As part of Target’s ongoing forensic investigation, it has been determined that certain guest information — separate from the payment card data previously disclosed —…
GA: Phoebe Putney Hospital notifies 6,777 patients about stolen computer
WALB reports: Phoebe Putney Hospital is notifying thousands of patients that their medical information has been compromised by the disappearance of a hospital computer. Phoebe confirmed to WALB News 10 that on November 6, 2013, the hospital learned that a password protected unencrypted desktop computer disappeared from one of its clinics the day before. Read more…
And yet another Experian breach…
This time, the client whose credentials were compromised to gain access to Experian’s credit report database was Lafarge West in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The breach occurred between December 19 and 20, and was reported to those affected on January 7.
Thumb drive with personal information of Milwaukee employees recovered
There’s an important update in the Dynacare breach that affected City of Milwaukee employees. Fox6 reports that a 17-year-old male has been arrested for his role in the theft of the thumb drive, laptop, and computer bag that were stolen from the employee’s car on October 22. According to Fox6 and other media reports, the…