The N.C. Utilities Commission is eating crow after inadvertently posting a Greensboro moving company’s confidential information online in violation of the commission’s own privacy policy. The gaffe happens at a time when the commission has issued fines of up to $1,000 against more than 50 moving companies – and is threatening to yank their operating…
Author: Dissent
(update and correction) North Carolina Baptist Hospital/Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center breach
Back in March, I noted that HHS had added a breach report to their web site from North Carolina Baptist Hospital. At the time, the only information I had was from the HHS log showing that the PHI of 554 individuals was involved in the theft of paper records on February 15 and I did…
House Bill to Limit Scope of Red Flags Rule with Amended "Creditor" Definition
Hunton & Williams have an informative law blog, Privacy and Information Security Law Blog, and if you haven’t already bookmarked, you should. Yesterday they wrote: On November 17, 2010, Representative John Adler (D-NJ) introduced the Red Flag Program Clarification Act of 2010 (H.R. 6420) to “amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act with respect to the…
Penalty-based system could make you sick
In a letter to the editor, Matt Pierce of Bloomington, Indiana and District 61 state representative. comments: Indiana University portrays its new Health Engagement Program as providing employee discounts on health insurance premiums in exchange for healthier living. In truth, it punishes employees who refuse to surrender their privacy to the university or allow it…
IN: Some 1st Source Bank customers get letter informing them of possible security breach
Rich Molina reports: A suspected security breach may have compromised the personal data of some customers at a local bank. Some 1st Source Bank customers got a letter Friday informing them they will be getting a new pin and debit card in the mail. The letter said there was a breach at a third-party payment…
Insurance Glitch Affects AARP Customers
A Glen Burnie man helped uncover an error in the AARP insurance program that sent life insurance reviews to the wrong customers, compromising their identities…… “I looked at the form, and I was shocked. It didn’t have my name on it, phone number, date of birth or my policy number. It had someone else’s personal…