A concerned reader from Canada sent me this commentary with permission to post it: Alberta¹’s legislature has introduced amendments to the Public Health Act that allow the province’s Chief Medical Officer to release personal medical information to the government of a foreign country or an agency of any of those governments for a range of…
Author: Dissent
Valley National Bank replaces cards after Heartland
When payment processor Heartland Payment Systems announced it had been breached on January 20, management at Valley National Bank in New Jersey went into action. By January 26, they had notified the New York State Attorney General’s Office that they were replacing 20,013 cards as a result of the breach and had kicked into high…
CVS Settles with FTC on privacy charges; CVS Pharmacy pays $2.5 million to settle HIPAA allegations
CVS Caremark has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to take reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect the sensitive financial and medical information of its customers and employees, in violation of federal law. In a separate but related agreement, the company’s pharmacy chain also has agreed to pay $2.25 million…
CVS Caremark Settles FTC Charges; CVS Pharmacy Also Pays $2.25 Million to Settle Allegations of HIPAA Violations
FTC Press Release: CVS Caremark has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to take reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect the sensitive financial and medical information of its customers and employees, in violation of federal law. In a separate but related agreement, the company’s pharmacy chain also has agreed to…
GSA responds to GovTrip breach (follow up)
In response to my inquiries about the incident involving the GovTrip site, the GSA replied that the incident is still under investigation and that all they could say at this time is the following: February 11, 2009, some users of GovTrip when logging on to the site were redirected to a site that delivered malicious…
NY: BCC error causes release of Social Security numbers on alumni magazine (updated)
Eric Reinagel reports: Sherry Barton’s family is already dealing with issues related to identity theft. That’s why she was irked to discover that her alma mater, Broome Community College, sent out a mailing last week with her Social Security number posted prominently on the back cover. The winter/spring 2009 alumni magazine was mailed to 28,000…