When health insurance information is involved in a breach, patients need to be vigilant to protect themselves from medical identity theft. But even if you have not been notified of a breach, you should always be on the lookout for medical ID theft, as there are other breaches that generally don’t get a lot of…
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EU: WP29 'distances itself' from reform on further mHealth data processing
DataGuidance reports: The Article 29 Working Party (WP29) issued, on 5 February 2015, a letter to the EU Commission (‘the Commission’) addressing a request to clarify the scope of health data in the context of wellbeing and lifestyle apps. In particular, the WP29 stated that under the current Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) further processing of…
Anthem says hackers had access to customer data back to 2004
Chad Terhune reports: Insurance giant Anthem Inc. said Thursday that hackers had access to customer data going back to 2004 as investigations continue into the massive breach. I would not take that to mean that the Anthem is not retaining data that goes back before 2004, but only that the database the hackers accessed went…
Ca: Privacy of Rob Ford’s medical records breached by third hospital
Olivia Carville reports: Health professionals have been caught snooping into former mayor Rob Ford’s medical records in four separate privacy breaches in at least three Toronto hospitals, the Star has learned. Last Wednesday, the University Health Network (UHN) notified the provincial privacy commissioner of a fourth breach of Ford’s medical records since his shocking cancer…
St. Joseph Dodges Ex-Patient's Data Breach Class Action
In February 2014, this site posted a statement from St. Joseph Health System concerning a breach they had discovered. Apparently, a lawsuit was filed over that breach in March 2014 (Peters v. St. Joseph Services Corporation d/b/a St. Joseph Health System et al), alleging that St. Joseph violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Now Law360 reports that…
FL: Two Pensacola Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Tax Refund Fraud and Identity Theft Scheme
Andrey C. Cook, 34, and Richard J. Beverly II, 25, both of Pensacola, were sentenced to federal prison today on charges of mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. Cook, who worked in a group home for disabled patients, stole the personal identification information of the patients and gave it to Beverly in August 2013 for…