Jason C. Gavejian writes: On January 1, 2015, Delaware employers who dispose of records which contain the unencrypted personal identifying information of employees must take steps to ensure the privacy of such information. The bill, H.B. 294, was recently signed by Delaware’s Governor Jack Markell. Delaware also enacted a companion bill, H.B. 295, in July which imposed the…
Month: September 2014
IN: Floyd Memorial installs fingerprint scanners
Baylee Pulliam reports: Floyd Memorial Hospital hopes a tiny, glowing blue box could help improve patient care and prevent medical identity theft. The box is part of the hospital’s new partnership with technology company CrossChx, which uses unique points of patients’ fingerprints to generate a code linking them to their medical information. Read more on The…
U.S. Bank ordered to pay $48 million in restitution to theft-protection customers
Martin Moylan reports: Two federal regulatory agencies have fined U.S. Bank $9 million and ordered the company to pay $48 million in restitution to customers unfairly billed for identity theft protection. The action affects more than 420,000 consumers who signed up for theft protection from 2003 to 2012. The Office of the Comptroller of the…
WA: Yakima County office computers no longer have virus
Ada Chong reports: A computer virus that hit some Yakima County offices has been fixed. It hit machines in the prosecutor’s office, the courts and the Department of Corrections medical office. The virus encrypted content of attached drives on three computers. It caused a screen to pop up and ask the user for money. There’s…
Benesse ordered to improve personal info management after data theft
Kyodo News provides an update to a breach involving education services provider Benesse. The breach was disclosed in July: The industry ministry on Friday ordered Benesse Corp. to improve its management of personal information after the company was embroiled in Japan’s biggest-ever data theft. The company’s investigative team has found that some 28.95 million customers…
Hurt introduces ACA privacy bill
Elizabeth O’Roark, Savannah Simpson, and Will Marshall report: Reps. Robert Hurt, R-Charlottesville, and John Barrow, D-Ga., introduced a bill Monday which would allow Healthcare.gov users to remove their permanent profile from the website to safeguard their privacy. H.R. 5610, also known as the Healthcare Consumer Privacy Act, on Monday. Read more on The Cavalier Daily.