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FL: Federal jury finds wrongdoing, but no emotional distress, in records snooping case

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Dissent

Well, this is different. A jury actually found for a plaintiff who alleged snooping in her driver’s records – and awarded her damages that included penalizing the Marion County Sheriff’s Office for enabling the snooping.  Nicki Gorny reports: An Ocala woman did not suffer emotional distress when a former Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy snooped…

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TX: State sues defunct health care management firm after health records found in recycling bin

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Dissent

Patrick Danner reports: A defunct home health care management company that was based in San Antonio has been sued by the state over clients’ personal information found in a recycling container at Stevenson Middle School. Files belonging to Alliance Health Management & Consulting Inc. were recovered by Northside Independent School District police officers on July 14, 2014,…

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NYC Dermatologist Emails Spreadsheet Containing Personal Info for 15K Patients

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Dissent

Ida Siegal reports: When Missy Brown opened her email Monday morning, she was stunned to find a document from her doctor’s office containing personal information for 15,000 names. “I think the subject line said ‘coupon attached,’ and I saw that there was a spreadsheet attachment,” she said. “As soon as I opened it, I saw that…

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LabMD Sues FTC Complaint Counsel Lawyers Over Data Security Case

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Dissent

C. Ryan Barber reports that one week after the initial decision by Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell in FTC v. LabMD, Michael Daugherty and LabMD filed a civil suit against three FTC attorneys involved in the case. The suit, which names Carl Settlemyer, Alain Sheer and Ruth Yodaiken as defendants, was  filed Friday in U.S. District Court for…

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Quest Diagnostics sued over fax errors breach, but are they really responsible?

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Dissent

A few days ago, I noted a report from NBC about hundreds of misdirected faxes that were intended for Quest Diagnostics. The report mentioned that a lawsuit had been filed over the breach. Here’s the press release on the lawsuit, below, but I’m not sure on why it’s Quest being sued. Are they responsible or liable…

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LabMD ruling should be a wake-up call for FTC data security enforcement

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Dissent

For another informed perspective on the impact of the initial decision in FTC v. LabMD, I’d strongly encourage this site’s readers to read Gus Hurwitz’s thought-provoking analysis and commentary on TechPolicyDaily.com.  Here’s a snippet: … Judge Chappell had none of the FTC’s argument. “The term ‘likely’,” he tells us, “does not mean that something is merely…

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