Cyrus Farivar reports: On Tuesday, an Alaska man became the lead plaintiff in a proposed class-action lawsuit filed against the makers of Family Tree, a Texas-based DNA testing company. In his suit, Michael Cole alleges that months after purchasing a Family Tree at-home genetics kit and joining a “project,” an online forum for people doing related research about…
Category: Health Data
UC Irvine notifying patients after keylogger exfiltrated patient data for six weeks
The University of California – Irvine is notifying patients of a data security breach involving their medical information. On March 26, UC Irvine discovered that one of the computers in the UC Irvine Student Health Center had been infected with a virus. They subsequently verified that two other computers also were infected. “The three computers were infected…
Ultimate Software dropped from federal lawsuit against UPMC
Not surprisingly in light of their statement that UPMC wasn’t even a client of theirs, the UPMC employee who has sued UPMC over a data breach affecting 27,000 employees has now dropped Ultimate Software from her lawsuit.
Federal court dismisses LabMD's complaint against the FTC
Well, only minutes ago I had said Judge Duffey of the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia might still be persuaded by the government’s arguments about jurisdiction, however annoyed he appeared with the FTC. And I was right. He just dismissed LabMD’s complaint, finding that the complaint was not ripe for review because…
No southern comfort for the FTC in a Georgia federal court?
If federal judge William S. Duffey, Jr. in the Northern District of Georgia decides his court has jurisdiction to hear LabMD’s challenge to the FTC’s authority to enforce data security for HIPAA-covered entities, the FTC may be in for a bumpy ride. In a hearing on May 7, Judge Duffey noted how burdensome consent orders…
What's with all these attacks on doctors' e-mail accounts – and what are you doing about it?
Sometimes it takes a few breaches before I notice a trend or general issue that I think needs to be addressed. This week, I found myself looking at so many reports of doctors’ e-mail accounts being compromised that I decided the topic deserved a post of its own. If you do not know what breaches…