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Connecticut Attorney General Jepsen Forms Permanent Department on Privacy, Data Security within Office of the Attorney General

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Dissent

March 11, 2015 – Attorney General George Jepsen today announced the creation of a new department within the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General – the Privacy and Data Security Department – that will work exclusively on investigations and litigation related to privacy and data security. In 2011, Attorney General Jepsen appointed a multidisciplinary Privacy Task…

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For 3 months Hillary Clinton’s email access was unencrypted, vulnerable to spies

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Dissent

I’ve studiously avoided reporting on this when the purpose was solely political, but there is a security point to be made. Robert Hackett reports: Security firm Venafi has found that Clinton’s email server may have been open to foreign intelligence snoops when traveling abroad. On Tuesday, former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made her…

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Miami-Dade County Resident Sentenced In Stolen Identity Unemployment Insurance Fraud Scheme

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Dissent

A North Miami Beach resident was sentenced yesterday to 96 months imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for filing fraudulent unemployment insurance claims using the personal identifying information (PII) of more than 90 individuals. According to court records, from at least as early as December 2013, through the summer of 2014, the…

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Fear of data breaches leads 21% of patients to withhold information from physicians

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Dissent

Elizabeth Earl reports: The national attention on the risk of data breaches may be keeping patients from sharing information with physicians. A survey from Austin, Texas-based software advising firm Software Advice of 243 people found that 45 percent of respondents were moderately or very concerned about security breaches involving personal health information. Nearly a quarter,…

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Hospital worker: Ex-husband’s email snooping violated patient rights

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Dissent

Priscilla DeGregory and Laura Italiano report: It was a new low — even for her already sneaky, abusive ex-husband. A New York anesthesiologist testified Wednesday that she was “completely shocked” to learn that her physician husband had been reading her emails for seven years — including as they separated, divorced, and battled over support and…

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California Department of Justice Investigates Berkeley Health Center, and Look What Center Left Behind!

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Dissent

Sam Levin reports: In February, the Berkeley Health Center, a clinic that provided medical services to low-income patients, closed down in the wake of serious financial troubles, including allegations that it had mismanaged public funds. A federal judge forced the clinic out of its site at 2908 Ellsworth Street in South Berkeley after the nonprofit healthcare…

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