DataBreaches.Net

Menu
  • About
  • Breach Notification Laws
  • Privacy Policy
  • Transparency Report
Menu

Berea College incurs breach costs because they forgot to ask a business associate to sign a BA agreement

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Dissent

Berea College in Kentucky is notifying current and former patients of the Berea College Health Service of a self-discovered HIPAA violation that has not been associated with any harm to patients. In a notice posted on their website today, they explain:

Berea College Health Service (BCHS), a department of Berea College and medical care provider for the Berea College campus community, recently recognized during a review that it did not have a written agreement to protect patients’ medical privacy with a contractor who handled insurance billing for BCHS from January 2012 through October 2013. The provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) required BCHS to have such an agreement in place when the contractor began providing services in January 2012.

Although this contractor had access to medical records, including names, addresses, dates of births, insurance numbers, social security numbers, and diagnosis and treatment information, BCHS has no reason to believe that any patient information has been misused or disclosed inappropriately. We did not have a written agreement in place because BCHS failed to request it. The contractor has advised us that patient health information was used and disclosed only for BCHS billing and for no other purpose, and we have been assured that the contractor has returned to BCHS or destroyed any patient information that she might have accessed. Nevertheless, we are obligated to notify you of this issue.

Read the full notice here (pdf).

No related posts.

Category: Uncategorized

Post navigation

← Moscow Hacker Faces Extradition Requests by U.S., Russia
IN: Employee defection sparks battle between brokerages →

Now more than ever

"Stand with Ukraine:" above raised hands. The illustration is in blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine's flag.

Search

Browse by Categories

Recent Posts

  • India’s Max Financial says hacker accessed customer data from its insurance unit
  • Brazil’s central bank service provider hacked, $140M stolen
  • Iranian and Pro-Regime Cyberattacks Against Americans (2011-Present)
  • Nigerian National Pleads Guilty to International Fraud Scheme that Defrauded Elderly U.S. Victims
  • Nova Scotia Power Data Breach Exposed Information of 280,000 Customers
  • No need to hack when it’s leaking: Brandt Kettwick Defense edition
  • SK Telecom to be fined for late data breach report, ordered to waive cancellation fees, criminal investigation into them launched
  • Louis Vuitton Korea suffers cyberattack as customer data leaked
  • Hunters International to provide free decryptors for all victims as they shut down (2)
  • SEC and SolarWinds Seek Settlement in Securities Fraud Case

No, You Can’t Buy a Post or an Interview

This site does not accept sponsored posts or link-back arrangements. Inquiries about either are ignored.

And despite what some trolls may try to claim: DataBreaches has never accepted even one dime to interview or report on anyone. Nor will DataBreaches ever pay anyone for data or to interview them.

Want to Get Our RSS Feed?

Grab it here:

https://databreaches.net/feed/

RSS Recent Posts on PogoWasRight.org

  • German court awards Facebook user €5,000 for data protection violations
  • Record-Breaking $1.55M CCPA Settlement Against Health Information Website Publisher
  • Ninth Circuit Reviews Website Tracking Class Actions and the Reach of California’s Privacy Law
  • US healthcare offshoring: Navigating patient data privacy laws and regulations
  • Data breach reveals Catwatchful ‘stalkerware’ is spying on thousands of phones
  • Google Trackers: What You Can Actually Escape And What You Can’t
  • Oregon Amends Its Comprehensive Privacy Statute

Have a News Tip?

Email: Tips[at]DataBreaches.net

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

Contact Me

Email: info[at]databreaches.net

Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

DMCA Concern: dmca[at]databreaches.net
© 2009 – 2025 DataBreaches.net and DataBreaches LLC. All rights reserved.