Charles Ornstein reports: UCLA Health System in Los Angeles has agreed to pay the federal government $865,000 to resolve allegations that its employees violated federal patient privacy laws by snooping in the medical records of two celebrity patients. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, between 2005 and 2008, unauthorized UCLA employees repeatedly…
Category: Health Data
MI: Laptop missing from Hurley Medical Center contained patient data
The other day they were claiming that there was no personal data involved, so I didn’t even mention the incident on my blogs. What a difference a day makes. Matt Franklin reports: Personal information of almost 2,000 Hurley Medical Center patients may be in the wrong hands this afternoon because the hospital says it is…
AL: Patient data stolen from Troy Regional Medical Center used in tax refund fraud scheme
A press release dated July 6 – admirably prominently posted from the medical center’s home page – says: TROY, Ala. (July 6, 2011) – Troy Regional Medical Center (TRMC) has notified certain patients of a data theft incident involving unauthorized access and removal of some of their personal information. TRMC is conducting a comprehensive investigation into…
Papers left on train result in undertaking for U.K. barrister
Another undertaking in the U.K. quietly posted to the ICO’s web site without fanfare, relates to the loss of documents by a barrister, Raisa Saley. The facts of the case, as summarized in the undertaking: The Information Commissioner (the ‘Commissioner’) was informed by the data controller that she had lost a bundle of court papers while…
AL: Patient data stolen from Troy Regional Medical Center used in tax refund fraud scheme
A press release dated July 6 – admirably prominently posted from the medical center’s home page – says: TROY, Ala. (July 6, 2011) – Troy Regional Medical Center (TRMC) has notified certain patients of a data theft incident involving unauthorized access and removal of some of their personal information. TRMC is conducting a comprehensive investigation…
Indiana Attorney General reaches settlement with WellPoint in consumer data breach
Health insurer WellPoint Inc. will pay the State a $100,000 settlement over a data breach where the personal information of thousands of WellPoint customers was potentially accessible via the Internet. The settlement resolves a lawsuit that Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller’s office filed under a new data-breach notification law passed in 2009. “This case should…