Bea Vongdouuangchanh reports: There were 5,600 privacy breaches in the federal government in 2014, affecting almost 44,000 individuals, according to data ministers tabled in the House of Commons on March 23. According to the 2013 (sic) annual report from the privacy commissioner, there were 426 complaints received. This includes all complaints from departments and the…
Category: Commentaries and Analyses
Report Says Former IRS Employees–Think Lois Lerner–Can Still Peruse Your Tax Returns
Robert W. Wood translates a GAO report that was recently reported on this site: Could Lois Lerner still take a look at your tax returns on IRS computers? It sounds preposterous, but a new watchdog report says former IRS employees still have access to IRS computer systems long after they have no official business with the information. The report is by the U.S….
Too small to hack? No such thing.
Dave Forster reports: Rob Hegedus likens website and other malicious data hacks to cockroaches. “If you see one, there’s 20 you’re not seeing,” said Hegedus, the CEO of Suffolk-based cybersecurity firm Sera-Brynn. […] …. any website, no matter its size or affiliation, can wind up in the crosshairs of an attack. “The mentality of, ‘Well,…
It’s a Whole New Paranoid World
Delia Ephron writes: There is probably nothing about me that is not in the hands of hackers. First, JPMorgan Chase, where I have a bank account, got hacked, then Sony, where I have worked as a screenwriter, then Morgan Stanley, where I have a brokerage account, then Anthem Blue Cross, which has my medical information. Read…
California Health Care Facility Breach Statute Updated: Changes Effective Now
Paula Stannard reminds us: As a result of recent breaches – including breaches of health information and information held by health insurers – a great deal of attention has recently been focused on state data breach notification requirements. Most States have general data breach notification requirements that apply to all data breaches, including those involving…
Despite Wave Of Data Breaches, Official Says Patient Privacy Isn’t Dead
Charles Ornstein of Pro Publica talked with Jocelyn Samuels, director of OCR. You can read his interview on ProPublica.org. Pretty much everything they touched on has been discussed numerous times on PHIprivacy.net, so you may not find anything new in the interview if you were a regular reader of PHIprivacy.net, but I suppose it’s still reassuring…