7 Eyewitness News is looking into a letter detailing alleged HIPAA violations at a Buffalo medical group: The letter, sent on what appears to be Buffalo Medical Group letterhead, is apparently addressed to a patient claiming he is one of many patients whose personal information was compromised. The authors of the letter claim to be three anonymous…
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American Fidelity Notifies Customers of Possible Data Disclosure
A press release from American Fidelity Assurance: American Fidelity recently learned of an incident that involves personal information of some of our Customers. The information did not include Social Security numbers. On February 15, 2016, debit card substantiation letters were mailed to some of our Customers. An error in the mailing process caused some of…
More details emerge on Florida Dept of Health Palm Beach County breach
As reported yesterday, more than 1,000 patients have been notified of a breach involving Florida DOH – Palm Beach County. DataBreaches.net has obtained some a few additional details. According to Timothy O’Connor, Public Health Communication Manager, Florida Department of Health – Palm Beach County, agents from the Justice Department first contacted the DOH in mid-February with a list and…
NY: Health care agency owner accused of stealing clients’ personal information
Serenity Care’s tagline on their web site is “putting a loving touch on home healthcare.” Maybe it should add, “and putting a touch on your wallet.” The owner of a private home health care agency is under arrest after a nine-month investigation. Allison Delong, 38, owns Serenity Care, which is based in Chatham. Police say Delong stole…
Kylie Jenner Lip Kit Website Glitch Personal Customer Info Exposed
TMZ reports: Kylie Jenner’s cosmetics site has a shaky foundation, because it’s been inadvertently exposing very personal customer information. Here’s the problem. When someone tried to log into the site, it would send them to an existing customer’s account, revealing names, email addresses, personal addresses, order history, etc. Every time a customer refreshed the site,…
University employees vulnerable after tax data breach involving W-2 vendor
Hannah Knowles reports that a breach involving a W-2 vendor has left employees in the education sector at risk of tax refund fraud. This time, it’s W-2 Express and Stanford University, although other clients of W-2 Express are also reportedly affected: At least 600 current and former Stanford employees are vulnerable to tax fraud following the illegitimate download…