See the companion press release from the FTC in a previous post. Rite Aid Corporation and its 40 affiliated entities (RAC) have agreed to pay $1 million to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today….
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Rite Aid Settles FTC Charges That It Failed to Protect Medical and Financial Privacy of Customers and Employees
The following is the FTC’s press release. In the next post, I’ll publish HHS’s press release on their settlement with Rite Aid. Rite Aid Corporation has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to protect the sensitive financial and medical information of its customers and employees, in violation of federal law. In…
The plot thickens….
Steve Adams reports: A Pennsylvania company hired by South Shore Hospital to dispose of patient records outsourced the work to a second company, contributing to delays announcing the disappearance of 800,000 patients’ files. Phoenixville, Pa.-based Archive Data Solutions was notified in early May by the outside vendor that 800,000 individuals’ records removed from the hospital…
SC: Post Office Admits Error in Sending Out Personal Information
Michael Benning reports: The United States Post Office is responding to a story aired on WLTX where two women say they were delivered employees’ personal information. Friday, Anne Clarkson and Sam Ruskin told us they had received a receipt in the mail last week for an outgoing package. On the back of the receipt was…
Hacked investment firm says hack intended as a launch pad
Attorneys for Resnick Investment Advisors in South Carolina have notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that in June 2010, the investment firm’s network was breached. The breach was discovered on June 22, and the means of attack identified and reported to the FBI. An investigation into the incident reportedly indicated that the breach did…
Mississippi Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring with a Police Officer to Commit Identity Theft and Fraud
Patricia A. Wilson, 34, of Woodville, Miss., pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Jackson, Miss., to conspiring with her cousin, a Natchez Police Department police officer, to commit identity theft, credit card fraud and bank fraud, the Justice Department announced last week. During her plea, Wilson acknowledged that on May 23, 2009, her cousin…