To cut to the chase: you can read the language of the proposed data breach notification law here. Sadly, the proposed language allows entities NOT to notify affected individuals if they conduct a risk assessment and determine that there is no risk to those whose data were breached. Other problems I see on a first…
Author: Dissent
OH: Laptop with financial information stolen from the home of state Auditor’s Office employee
Reginald Fields reports: A state-owned laptop containing some financial audits of public offices in northwest Ohio was stolen this week during a burglary at a house in Findlay. It was the home of a regional auditor for the state Auditor’s Office. The employee, whose identity has not been released, was suspended for 15 days because…
Sony notifications to New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office
Although there doesn’t seem to be anything new in them, if you’re curious, you can see Sony’s breach notifications to New Hampshire of April 26 and May 2.
Wyndham continues to identify and notify hotel guests impacted by past breaches
Some breaches seem to go on forever. Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, which reported a hacking incident in 2008 and hacking incidents in 2009 and 2010, has recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of an update to its report of June 2010. That report did not and does not appear on the state’s breach report…
Stolen Speare Memorial laptop contained some non-patient data, too?
In addition to notifying approximately 6,000 patients about a stolen laptop, Speare Memorial Hospital apparently had some non-patients to notify, too. By letter dated April 29 to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, Speare reports that it was notifying 54 New Hampshire residents that their names, and in some cases, National Provider Identifiers, NH Medical…
IN: Employee social security cards, licenses and more found in dumpster
Fox59 found hundreds of employees files inside a recycling dumpster in Fishers. The files were full of copies of social security cards, driver’s licenses, birth certificates and lots of other personal information. Information that anyone could have grabbed. […] When Fox59 went through the folders, we found information on employees who used to work for…