HHS/OCR’s web site reveals three more breaches that were never reported in mainstream media: The Long Island Consultation Center in New York is a private mental health clinic providing outpatient psychiatric services. According to an alert on their web site: On May 24, a computer device was reported missing from a secured area at LICC….
Author: Dissent
NDP: B.C.’s new online gambling website may have been hacked (updated)
Vivian Luk reports: British Columbians’ personal information may have been compromised when the government’s online gambling website, PlayNow.com, crashed last week, according to the New Democratic Party. PlayNow, the first government-sanctioned online casino in North America, was shut down only hours after it was launched last Thursday. The B.C Lottery Corp. said unexpectedly high traffic…
MD: State employee posts nearly 3,000 SSNs online
Liz F. Kay reports: A Maryland Department of Human Resources employee was placed on administrative leave after posting the Social Security numbers and other personal information of nearly 3,000 clients of a state agency on a third-party website, a spokeswoman for the agency said. There’s no evidence that the information was used for identity theft,…
FL: Thousands of personal record files dumped in recycling bin
By Lisa A. Davis and Neil Johnson report: On Sunday morning, Karen and Scott Keith made their monthly stop at the Land O’ Lakes Recycling center to drop off household recycling items. When they looked at the paper bin it was not only full to the point of pushing up the lid, it was practically…
FL: Medical, credit files found in dumpster
Steve Gehlbach reports: They were tossed out with the trash. Dozens of boxes filled with personal records turned up Sunday night in an Orlando dumpster. […] Orlando Police are investigating where the documents came from and what, if any, crime was committed. Police say it was a cleaning man who put the old records in…
Pointer: FAQ on the Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Rules: Part Two
Tanya Forsheit writes: This post is Part Two of my FAQ on the proposed modifications to the HIPAA Rules issued by HHS last week. Part One can be found here. Part Two focuses on the proposed modifications to the Privacy Rule. Read Part Two on InformationLawGroup.