HHS has announced another enforcement action. This one stems from an investigation into a breach noted on this site in May, 2013. Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic, P.A. of North Carolina (Raleigh Orthopaedic) has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle charges that it potentially violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule…
Category: Of Note
Feds made 5,670 privacy breaches last year; CRA worst offender
CTV reports: New documents show that the private information of tens of thousands of people was mishandled by the federal government last year, including hundreds of taxpayer files inappropriately accessed by employees of the Canada Revenue Agency, which was the worst offender. Read the detailed findings on CTV. I can’t help it. I’m reading the above…
Turkish PM points finger at CHP’s İzmir branch for massive data leak
Hurriyet reports: Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has accused a provincial branch of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) of leaking a database containing the personal information of nearly 50 million Turkish citizens, strictly rejecting the responsibility of any state institutions or ministries. Speaking live on Habertürk TV station late on April 11, Davutoğlu said…
RESOURCE: State Security Breach Notification Laws
Mintz Levin has updated its convenient chart of state breach notification laws. Read more here. I’ve already downloaded my copy of their updated chart to keep on my desktop.
RESOURCE: Bryan Cave 2016 Data Breach Litigation Report
The law firm of Bryan Cave has issued its 2016 Data Breach Litigation Report. From their Executive Summary, some of their key findings: 83 cases were filed during the Period. This represents a nearly 25% decline in the quantity of cases filed as compared to the 2015 Data Breach Litigation Report (the “2015 Report”). When multiple filings against…
The security holes at the heart of the Panama Papers
James Temperton and Matt Burgess report: The front-end computer systems of Mossack Fonseca are outdated and riddled with security flaws, analysis has revealed. The law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers hack has shown an “astonishing” disregard for security, according to one expert. Amongst other lapses, Mossack Fonseca has failed to update its Outlook Web Access login…