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LabMD Responds to FTC Complaint: Claims Agency Lacks Enforcement Jurisdiction

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Dissent

Just received this press release from Cause of Action with LabMD’s response to FTC’s complaint: Cause of Action (CoA), a government accountability organization, filed an answer to an aggressive and arbitrary enforcement action brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against LabMD, a small cancer diagnosis company. CoA is defending LabMD against a complaint brought by the FTC in…

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Kaiser Permanente lawsuit against former business associate dismissed, but are patient data still at risk?

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Dissent

If you’re a privacy professional or information security professional looking for a cautionary tale or a nightmare case to use in your presentations, this may be it.  In reading about this case, however, keep in mind that there has never been any indication that patient misinformation was disclosed improperly or that it has been misused….

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LabMD Responds to FTC Complaint: Claims Agency Lacks Enforcement Jurisdiction

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Dissent

Just received this press release from Cause of Action with LabMD’s response to FTC’s complaint: Cause of Action (CoA), a government accountability organization, filed an answer to an aggressive and arbitrary enforcement action brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against LabMD, a small cancer diagnosis company. CoA is defending LabMD against a complaint brought by the FTC in…

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Edgewater Hospital’s Medical Records Found at Abandoned Premises

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Dissent

Nancy Loo reports that more than a decade after its closing, medical records have been found at the abandoned Edgewater Hospital on Chicago’s North side. A joint WGN – Chicago Tribune investigation has confirmed an extraordinary situation involving medical records at the old hospital.  And as Nancy Loo reports, not only were medical files left…

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NHC Oak Ridge discloses breach involving unencrypted backup tape

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Dissent

The following email was published by The Oak Ridger after it was sent to them by NHC Oak Ridge administration: Officials at NHC Oak Ridge, 300 Laboratory Road, have reported a possible breach of patient information due to a missing backup tape that wasn’t encrypted. The information on this tape included patient names, Social Security…

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NZ privacy commissioner finds that physician properly mitigated harm following a breach

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Dissent

Case Note 248601 [2013] NZ PrivCmr 4 : Medical practice mitigates future harm after data breach A doctor working in a suburban medical practice had his car broken into and bag stolen. The bag contained a USB stick holding the personal information of a number of patients, including the complainant. The data detailed the complainant’s…

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