Yes, right, sure we’ll let universities amass oodles of personal info on students… Carol Ann Alaimo reports: Thousands who received payments from the University of Arizona last school year are at risk of identity theft after their personal data was mistakenly put online for more than a month during an upgrade of UA’s financial systems….
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CA: Audit Reveals Records Leak At Local Hospital
On the value of routine audits. Seek and ye may find…. Judy Bowers reports: Bear Valley Community Hospital contacted 102 patients to let them know their medical records had been breached. Rudy Shutta, acting CEO of Bear Valley Community Healthcare District and the chief financial officer, said the breach was discovered following a routine audit….
ABA: Lawyers Must Implement Reasonable Data Security for Client Information
Back on August 2, in response to yet another breach involving a law firm’s records, I wrote to the American Bar Association to ask what the ABA advised members in terms of disposal of records. I got a pro forma response that was totally non-responsive to the question I had posed to them. I wrote…
Breach Penalties: Comparing U.S., U.K.
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee writes: The United Kingdom and the United States are both cracking down on healthcare organizations that have experienced information breaches. But they’re taking very different approaches. In the U.K., the emphasis is on publicizing frequent financial penalties, often for relatively small breach incidents. In the U.S., the focus has been on announcing…
Medical ID theft victim can sue bank and credit rating agency for reporting false information to credit agencies
The frustrating saga of Eric Drew, a cancer patient who had his identity stolen by a hospital worker, continues. Annie Youderian of Courthouse News reports: A cancer survivor whose identity was stolen by a hospital worker can sue Chase Bank and a credit service company for reporting false information to credit-rating agencies, the 9th Circuit…
Steamboat’s Ski Corp. accidentally releases employee data
Steamboat Today reports: Current and former Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. employees were notified by mail last week about the accidental release of personal information. According the letter, Ski Corp. officials learned July 13 that current and former employee W-2 information — including names, addresses, social security numbers and payroll information — was emailed to…