From their web site: Southern Hills Eye Care has become aware of a potential data security incident that may have resulted in the inadvertent exposure of patients’ personal and health information. Although at this time there is no indication that an unauthorized party accessed or viewed patient information, or evidence of patient information being misused,…
Category: Health Data
And speaking of refusals to reimburse for breaches….
I don’t have access to the full article, but Law360 is reporting that: CVS Can’t Recoup $1.8M Info Disclosure Penalty From Printer A printing company that contracted with CVS to mail benefit letters to IBM employees doesn’t have to reimburse the $1.845 million the drugstore had to dole out after letters were sent… Read it…
Ca: Sunniva reports filing of class action lawsuit regarding privacy breach
CISO Magazine reports: PRNewswire: Sunniva Inc. recently reported that it has been named in a class action lawsuit, along with its wholly owned subsidiary, Natural Health Services Ltd. (“NHS”), in connection with a privacy breach of the Electronic Medical Record (“EMR”) system used by NHS. Sunniva and NHS will defend this action. NHS identified that…
Proposed settlement agreement between Texas and OCR concerning a 2015 breach
The following analysis in the Texas Senate suggests that OCR and Texas have been negotiating a resolution agreement since Texas first reported this breach in June, 2015. Not only does that seem like a long time for this to be going on, but if you were to look at HHS’s public breach tool to see…
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over UConn Health Phishing Attack
HIPAA Journal reports a development in the aftermath of a UConn Health phishing attack that was first disclosed last month: A class action lawsuit has been proposed which seeks to recover damages for patients whose protected health information (PHI) was exposed in the UConn Health phishing attack that was discovered on December 24, 2018. The…
Information Commissioner orders probe into data protection breach following ‘covert’ op by Belfast trust
Seanín Graham reports: The Information Commissioner has ordered an “enforcement investigation” into the Belfast health trust following the loss of “sensitive personal data” linked to a covert operation into allegations of sectarianism. Correspondence sent by the commissioner to a former security guard at Belfast City Hospital acknowledges the “extreme upset” caused by the trust’s secret…