Sarah Forgany reports: Imagine your most private information falling into the wrong hands. That’s what some people dealt with after nearly 75 legal files were found in a dumpster off Interstate 10 near Boerne. It only took a few minutes to realize the paperwork was no trash. Rather, it included information like peoples’ lives, names,…
Category: Exposure
Rite Aid Agrees to Pay $1 Million to Settle HIPAA Privacy Case
See the companion press release from the FTC in a previous post. Rite Aid Corporation and its 40 affiliated entities (RAC) have agreed to pay $1 million to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today….
Rite Aid Settles FTC Charges That It Failed to Protect Medical and Financial Privacy of Customers and Employees
The following is the FTC’s press release. In the next post, I’ll publish HHS’s press release on their settlement with Rite Aid. Rite Aid Corporation has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to protect the sensitive financial and medical information of its customers and employees, in violation of federal law. In…
SC: Post Office Admits Error in Sending Out Personal Information
Michael Benning reports: The United States Post Office is responding to a story aired on WLTX where two women say they were delivered employees’ personal information. Friday, Anne Clarkson and Sam Ruskin told us they had received a receipt in the mail last week for an outgoing package. On the back of the receipt was…
TX: Private Information Found Near Public Street in Bryan
Kristen Ross reports: Pounds and pounds of trash are dumped each year in the state in places they shouldn’t be….. That isn’t always the biggest problem. Sometimes, it’s what is found. […] What the couple had found was three small file boxes full of personal records. Although more than a decade old and visibly damaged…
(follow-up) DHR fires worker who posted Social Security numbers on Internet
Liz F. Kay reports that the Maryland Department of Human Resources employee who posted the Social Security numbers of almost 3,000 state residents has been fired: “As of today, the employee is no longer employed with the state,” said Nancy Lineman, DHR spokeswoman. She declined to comment further about the employee, stating that this was…