HHS has now started revealing the names of the HIPAA-covered entities who had previously been listed only as “private practice” in their list of those having breaches affecting 500 or more individuals. PHIprivacy.net had been one of a number of entities that had complained about private practices being shielded, but OCR had interpreted the Privacy…
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CT: Missing computer drive contains teacher retirement data
Linda Conner Lambeck reports: Teachers around the state received a letter last week warning them that a computer flash drive containing retirement fund data is missing. The letter from the State Teacher’s Retirement Board said the flash drive contains encrypted 2007-08 member annual statement data. [….] It’s not known what kind of data is on…
Akron man could face 40 years in prison after stealing credit card info from mother’s business
Tonya Sams reports: A 46-year-old Akron man faces a maximum of 40 years in prison after pleading guilty Friday in Summit County Common Pleas Court for stealing credit card information from customers at his mother’s dry cleaning business and writing bad checks to the state. Michael Bukuts was guilty of engaging in a pattern of…
Ohio agency accidentally exposes personal data of disabled – twice
Alan Johnson reports: Personal and sensitive medical information on 200 developmentally disabled Ohioans was accidentally posted twice on a state computer network in the past 10 days. Officials with the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities said yesterday that the incident was not a “data breach” because the general public never had access to the information….
(follow-up) TX: S.A. has its largest ID-theft case ever
Guillermo Contreras reports: Credit-card numbers from 17,000 guests at the Emily Morgan Hotel were stolen and used in a three-state shopping spree to buy farm and ranch equipment, tires, machinery, all-terrain vehicles and other goods, federal officials say. Prosecutors unsealed indictments Thursday against five people in what officials say is the largest identify-theft case ever…
WI: Village of Big Bend Employees Have Payroll Info Stolen
Employees of a Waukesha County village are worried about identity theft, after their payroll information was stolen. Big Bend Village Clerk Bobbi Wopper says the company that processes the village’s payroll had a laptop stolen from a car in Milwaukee last week. And police have not recovered that computer. She did not say who the…