On January 25, ClickOrlando reported: A hack at a pulmonary practice in Tavares might have exposed sensitive patient information, including Social Security numbers and medical histories. Officials from AdventHealth said in a news release on Friday that an unauthorized third party gained access to systems at AdventHealth Medical Group Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine at Tavares, formerly…
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Business hotspot Truluck’s reports data breach at 8 restaurants
Paul O’Donnell reports: Credit card information for customers dining at Truluck’s Seafood, Steak & Crab House in downtown Dallas and Southlake might have been copied by malware inserted into point of sale systems at the restaurants, the company announcedWednesday. The Houston-based chain said the data breach occurred in November and December at the two Dallas-Fort Worth restaurants,…
Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City notifies 3,472 patients after surgery schedules stolen from nurse anesthetist’s car
The notice on their web site: Notice to Our Patients of Recent Privacy Incident Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City is committed to protecting the confidentiality and security of our patients’ information. Regrettably, this notice is to inform our patients of an incident involving some of that information. On December 16, 2018, we learned from an…
Fla. Courts Require Actual Injury to Demonstrate Standing in Data Breach Cases
Nicole Rekant and Stevan Pardo write: The proliferation of data breach cases in Florida courts has focused on Article III standing. To meet the pleading standard under Article III, a plaintiff must allege sufficient facts to show the injury-in-fact is concrete, particularized, actual, and imminent, not conjectural or hypothetical. An allegation of imminent injury may suffice…
Hackers Wipe VFEmail Servers, May Shut Down After Catastrophic Data Loss
Sergiu Gatlan reports: The U.S. servers of privacy-focused e-mail provider VFEmail were hacked into on February 11 and all the data was destroyed, on both the main and the backup systems. According to VFEmail’s owner, the hackers did not leave a ransom note and, given the extent of the destruction, the service will most likely…
Standing in Data Breach Litigation: Will the U.S. Supreme Court Weigh In?
Joseph J. Lazzarotti and Maya Atrakchi of Jackson Lewis write: … The U.S. Supreme Court may finally weigh in on the status of standing in data breach litigation this term, in Frank v. Gaos. The Court recently requested supplemental briefs addressing whether any of the name plaintiffs has standing such that federal courts have Article III…