The Foundation for Medical Care of Merced County previously provided third party administration services for the Merced County School District’s medical and dental plans. The foundation currently provides member claims services for the school district’s medical plans. On August 3, 2021, there was a break-in at the foundation’s location during which an unknown intruder punched…
Category: Health Data
The City of Titusville Provides Notice of Data Security Incident
CITY OF TITUSVILLE, Fla., Oct. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The City of Titusville is providing notice of a recent data security incident that may affect the security of personal information pertaining to certain individuals. This notice provides information about the incident, the City of Titusville’s response, and resources available to individuals to help protect their information from possible misuse, should they…
Seneca Family of Agencies discloses breach personal and medical data
Seneca Family of Agencies (formerly Seneca Center) describes their history as being founded in 1985 as a small Bay Area residential and day treatment program with a simple but powerful mission: to help children and families through the most difficult times of their lives. Since then, Seneca has expanded to provide a broad continuum of…
Samaritan Daytop Village discloses breach
Samaritan Daytop Village, Inc. (“SDV”) has disclosed a breach that they first discovered on September 22. The not-for-profit, which started 60 years ago as an outpatient drug treatment services provider but expanded its scope, reports that they could not be sure whether data was actually viewed, exfiltrated, neither, or both. It is all still under…
Judge rules in favor of University of Mississippi Medical Center in trial against former employees who stole patient records
Will Stribling reports: A federal judge has ruled in favor of the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) over litigation against three former employees who stole patient medical records for their own use and then lied about possessing them for years. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves on Oct. 8 issued a default judgment in the…
Breach at Throckmorton County Memorial Hospital affects patients and employees’ personal and protected health information
Sara Tomarelli reports: Throckmorton County Memorial Hospital has notified patients and employees of a security breach that potentially affected their personal information. According to a press release from Throckmorton County Memorial Hospital the breach was discovered in their system on September 7, 2021, when the hospital experienced a security incident involving unauthorized access and malware….