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New detail emerges on Boston Baskin Cancer Foundation breach

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Dissent

Ouch. The Boston Baskin Cancer Foundation breach, reported here, affected 56,694 patients and employees, according to the entity’s report to HHS. The breach affected patients who were seen at each of Boston Baskin’s office locations between 2008 and July 2014, as well as current and former employees. I wonder how many of those 56,694 patients and employees…

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Medicare/Medicaid fraud can put you at risk – protect yourselves.

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Dissent

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

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Dissent

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…

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Anthem says hackers had access to customer data back to 2004

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Dissent

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…

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Ca: Privacy of Rob Ford’s medical records breached by third hospital

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Dissent

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…

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St. Joseph Dodges Ex-Patient's Data Breach Class Action

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Dissent

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…

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