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Vermont Health Connect had 10 data breaches last winter

Posted on April 18, 2021 by Dissent

Katie Jickling reports that there were 10 instances where individuals saw other individuals’ information when connecting to Vermont Health Connect.

I wouldn’t call that 10 data breaches.  It sounds more like one problem that happened to 10 people.  In any event, she reports:

Andrea De La Bruere, executive director of the Agency of Human Services, called the data breaches “unfortunate.” But she downplayed the severity of the issues. Between November and December, 75,000 people visited the Vermont Health Connect website for a total of 330,000 page views, she said. The 10 incidents? “It’s a very uncommon thing to have happen,” she said.

De La Bruere said the issue was fixed on Feb. 17, and users had reported no similar problems since. The information that was shared was not protected health information, she added, and the breaches didn’t violate the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA.

“No matter what the law says technically, whether it’s HIPAA-related or just one’s personal information, it’s really concerning,” said Health Care Advocate Mike Fisher.

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