The Press Association reports: Alleged computer hacker Lauri Love finds out next week if he has successfully challenged a ruling that he can be extradited to the US. Two judges sitting at the High Court in London will give their decision on Mr Love’s appeal on Monday. Read more on Daily Mail.
Month: February 2018
AU: Notifiable Data Breaches scheme takes effect on 22 February 2018
Sylvia Ng, Steph Baker and Rohan Shukla of PwC Australia write: In brief The Notifiable Data Breaches scheme (NDB Scheme), as enacted by the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2017 (Cth) (Act) comes into effect on 22 February 2018. Under the NDB Scheme, organisations covered by the Privacy Act 1988(Cth) (Privacy Act)willbe required to…
Massachusetts AG Healey Launches Online Data Breach Reporting Portal
Note the last paragraph in the following press release. We’ll have a bit more ready transparency about breaches reported to Massachusetts, but in terms of numbers, we will only see the number of Massachusetts residents affected. That’s still better than what we have right now, though, so good news! BOSTON – Making it easier and more…
People are taking Equifax to small-claims court via chatbot — and winning
Ethan Wolff-Mann reports: In September, entrepreneur Joshua Browder’s Do Not Pay chatbot website added a new skill: allowing people to sue Equifax for its monumental data breach that exposed the personal information of 145.5 million people, which included Social Security numbers. A few months later, the results are coming in and people are winning judgements…
Court Declines to Dismiss Claims Against Business Associate Subcontractor Responsible for HIPAA Breach
CVS Pharmacy, Inc. v. Press America, Inc., 2018 WL 318479 (S.D.N.Y. 2018) A federal court has declined to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) against a mail service that violated the HIPAA privacy rule when it misaddressed mail and improperly disclosed protected health information (PHI) of 41 individuals. The PBM, which…
Forrest General Hospital patients notified after business associate breach involving protected health information
HORNE LLP (“HORNE”) is providing notice of an incident that occurred at HORNE and may affect the security of protected health information of certain Forrest General Hospital patients. HORNE has access to these individuals’ personal health information as part of services HORNE provides for Forrest General Hospital with certain Medicaid reimbursement services. While HORNE is…