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Bon Secours notifies 655,000 patients that vendor error exposed patient info on Internet

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Dissent

Bon Secours Health System, Inc. (“Bon Secours”) and its affiliates are committed to maintaining the privacy and security of our patient information. This notice is to inform our patients of an incident involving one of our vendor’s handling of some patients’ information. On June 14, 2016, Bon Secours discovered that files containing patient information inadvertently…

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Proposed class action over CareFirst data breach dismissed

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Dissent

Brendan Pierson reports: A federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action over a 2015 cyberattack against health insurance company CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield that compromised the data of about 1.1 million people. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington, D.C. ruled Wednesday that the CareFirst policyholders who brought the lawsuit had not shown that they…

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Three TheDarkOverlord incidents appear on HHS’s public breach tool

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Dissent

Quick note to point out that three of TheDarkOverlord’s victims have reported their breaches to HHS, although the numbers they report do not always match what had been claimed by TDO and previously reported in the media: Midwest Orthopedic Pain and Spine reported that 29,153 patients (not 48,000) were affected; Athens Orthopedic Clinic reported that 201,000…

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Walgreens avoids penalty after 9-year privacy breach investigation

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Dissent

I have been following this case from the beginning and wondering why the heck HHS didn’t come down on Walgreens like they did on their competitors CVS and RiteAid. And now we learn that OCR just closed the case with no penalty? Seriously? So CVS and RiteAid get clobbered by both the FTC and HHS/OCR, and Walgreens…….

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UK: Domestic abuse privacy breach: Greater Manchester Police pays victim

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Dissent

BBC reports: A domestic abuse victim has received £75,000 from a police force after it revealed details of her treatment by a former boyfriend without her consent. The unnamed woman had agreed Greater Manchester Police (GMP) could refer to her experience in a training session providing she remained anonymous. However, she later learned her identity…

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UK: Medical data leak: Doctors hit with £40,000 fine from UK watchdog

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Dissent

Jennifer Baker reports: A doctor’s surgery in Hertfordshire has been fined £40,000 by the UK’s privacy watchdog for giving out personal medical information in breach of data law. Regal Chambers gave information about a woman and her family to her estranged ex-partner, despite staff at the practice being warned that this might happen. Read more on…

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