A laptop stolen from a Pathways Professional Counseling employee’s vehicle in September contained unencrypted personal, clinical, financial, and insurance information. Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes & Family Ministries, d/b/a Pathways Professional Counseling (PPC) appears to be a hybrid entity under HIPAA. PPC has numerous locations throughout Alabama and describes itself as a non-profit counseling ministry. Here is the…
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Breach at IT Automation Firm LANDESK
Brian Krebs reports that LANDESK may have been hacked as early as June, 2014, and the impact may extend beyond employee data being stolen: LANDESK, a company that sells software to help organizations securely and remotely manage their fleets of desktop computers, servers and mobile devices, alerted employees last week that a data breach may…
FTC files notice of appeal in FTC v. LabMD
The FTC has filed a notice of appeal in FTC v. LabMD, stating: Complaint Counsel intends to preserve and advance all arguments presented before the Administrative Law Judge at the evidentiary hearing and through Complaint Counsel’s post-trial briefs, including Complaint Counsel’s Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, Post-Trial Brief, Reply to Respondent’s Proposed Findings of Fact,…
U.S. Air Force looking into data breach related to contract protest
Andrea Shalal reports: The U.S. Air Force is looking into how classified data about a competition for a next-generation U.S. bomber found its way into a report published by Forbes magazine, according to several sources familiar with the issue. Boeing Co and Lockheed Martin Corp this month filed a formal protest against the Air Force’s…
Anthem Fires Back at Data Breach Suit
Ross Todd reports: Anthem Inc., the nation’s second largest health insurer, has taken its first swing at narrowing litigation stemming from a major data breach affecting about 80 million customers. In court papers filed Monday, Anthem’s lawyers at Hogan Lovells maintain that customers have failed to show any actual damages as a result of the…
Lahey Clinic Hospital settles OCR charges stemming from theft of laptop used with CT scanner
Hot off the presses: there’s been another settlement announced by OCR. This one involves Lahey Hospital and Medical Center (Lahey Clinic Hospital), who have agreed to pay $850,000 and to adopt a robust corrective action plan to correct deficiencies in its HIPAA compliance program. Lahey is a nonprofit teaching hospital affiliated with Tufts Medical School, providing primary…