Things seem to be getting increasingly ugly between the City of Milwaukee and Froedtert Community Health/Workforce Health after the Dynacare breach mentioned previously on this blog. The city council voted to delay implementation of Phase 2 of its wellness program for employees that was to have been operated by Froedtert Community Health/Workforce Health. The city is…
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Android App Leaks Your Medical Info Online
Appthority posted another analysis/alert this week. Max Eddy explains: We trust medical practitioners to give us good advice, and to keep the deeply personal information about our health and our ailments secure. But the iPharmacy Drug Guide & Pill ID app is playing fast and loose with your personal info. On their Google Play page,…
Data security office has bad data security
Allison Bell reports: The federal agency that enforces health data security regulations did a poor job of protecting the data it was using in its own investigations. Officials at the Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that conclusion in this latest report. Thomas Salmon and other HHS…
Some UW Medicine patients feeling disgruntled by lack of offer of free credit monitoring
When there’s any doubt, patients may want you to provide free credit monitoring following a breach. And when you balance the costs of providing it vs. the patient dissatisfaction if you don’t, well….
Draft Measures on Protection and Privacy of Personal Health Information Published in China
On November 19, 2013, the National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People’s Republic of China published a draft of its proposed new Administrative Measures on Personal Health Information (the “Draft Measures”) and solicited public comments by December 20, 2013. This is the first time the Chinese government has proposed an integrated and uniform framework for the…
Wisconsin man sentenced in Kansas for participating in Anonymous DDoS attack on Koch Industries
A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to two years federal probation and ordered to pay $183,000 in restitution for taking part in a cyber-attack on Koch Industries in Wichita that was sponsored by the collective known as Anonymous. U.S. Attorney Barr Grissom made the announcement yesterday. Eric J. Rosol, 38, Black Creek, Wis., pleaded guilty…