The New York Times Room for Debate asks, Can a Genetic Test Be Anonymous? Read the responses by: Ifeoma Ajunwa, Law Professior: There’s No Guarantee Somalee Datta, Director, Bioinformatics at Stanford: A Path to Better Health Care Research Marcy Darnovsky, Center for Genetics and Society: A Dangerous Business Model Frank Pasquale, Author, “The Black Box Society:” Insure People Against Genetic…
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NZ: Southern District Health Board apologizes after spreadsheet with 60 patients' info sent to member of the public
Evan Harding reports that the Southern District Health Board is apologizing for a privacy breach that resulted from human error. A spread sheet containing the details of approximately 60 patients’ proposed surgery was inadvertently emailed to a member of the public. Read more on Press Reader.
Medical College of Wisconsin notifies patients of HIPAA breach after document stolen from doctor's car
Michele McCormack of CBS reports: The Medical College of Wisconsin is contacting hundreds of people after a patient privacy breach. A spokesperson says a document containing private information on approximately 400 patients and a laptop with information on one patient were stolen. It happened when somebody broke into a doctor’s car. There is no statement…
Will state attorneys general sue Anthem to provide more than two years' of credit support services?
There was a time when if an entity offered two years of free credit monitoring/credit restoration services to breach victims, that was considered unusual and commendable. And when the University of Maryland offered five years of credit monitoring services following a breach there, that was really surprising. But as consumers have often noted, if your…
Feds investigating $1.7M possibly stolen from Centra credit union
Ashley Walter reports: Federal authorities are investigating the possible theft of $1.7 million from Centra‘s credit union. […] Since the investigation began in early January, the credit union manager and two other employees of the credit union have been on unpaid, administrative leave and still are. Read more on The News & Advance.
Possible Breach at Luzerne County 911 Center
Andy Mehalshick reports: An investigation is underway into what’s being called a potential security breach at the Luzerne County 911 center. Someone posted sensitive information on a social media website. […] The Luzerne County communications center is in the process of upgrading its computer system, and sent a generic user name and password to some 235 agencies so…