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Plastic surgeons often store nude photos of patients with their identity information. When would we call that “negligent?”

Posted on June 14, 2025 by Dissent

Claims of “negligence” are often raised in lawsuits. DataBreaches is not a lawyer, of course, but wonders whether by now, we should consider a plastic surgeon “negligent” in their data security if they store nude photos of their patients with patient names and identity information in plain text and no strong encryption or suitable alternative…

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Almost one year later, U.S. Dermatology Partners is still not being very transparent about their 2024 breach

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dissent

U.S. Dermatology Partners, which has over 100 locations across eight states, recently posted a notice of a data security incident on its website. As stated in their notice: On June 19, 2024, USDP experienced a network disruption. Upon detecting the incident, we quickly took steps to secure our network, immediately initiated our incident response processes…

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North Shore University Sleep Disorders Center employee charged with secretly recording patients in restrooms

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Dissent

On May 23, the North Shore University Sleep Disorders Center in New York notified HHS that 13,332 patients were affected by a breach that it coded as “Unauthorized Access/Disclosure” of data located “Other.” While the number affected might not seem unusually disturbing in this day and age of big breaches, the circumstances of the breach…

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Comstar LLC agrees to corrective action plan and fine to settle HHS OCR charges

Posted on May 30, 2025 by Dissent

In May 2022, DataBreaches reported that ambulance billing service Comstar LLC in Massachusetts was notifying an undisclosed number of people following a data security breach of their system detected on March 26, 2022. On May 26, 2022, they also notified HHS of the incident, reporting that 68,957 patients were affected. Today, HHS OCR announced that…

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HHS OCR Settles HIPAA Security Rule Investigation of BayCare Health System for $800k and Corrective Action Plan

Posted on May 29, 2025May 29, 2025 by Dissent

HHS OCR has settled another enforcement action involving the HIPAA Security Rule. From their press release yesterday, it sounds like an insider wrongdoing case. In its formal resolution agreement, the government states that on October 23, 2018, OCR received a complaint alleging that on October 8, 2018, an unknown third party accessed her printed and…

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HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Cybersecurity Investigation with Vision Upright MRI

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Dissent

On March 10, 2025, Vision Upright MRI notified HHS of a breach affecting 23,031 patients, but there was nothing posted on their website to explain the breach. A press release issued by HHS today provides some explanation for the incident that involved the medical images of 21,778 patients. From their release: OCR initiated a compliance…

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