WFLA reports that CarePlus Health Plans is notifying 11,200 customers after a series of programming and printing errors resulted in explanation of benefit letters being sent to the incorrect members on January 9 or January 16. The breach was discovered on January 17. According to the statement provided by the insurer: The information disclosed included: Member…
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Ron’s Pharmacy Services Notifies Patients of Email Compromise
San Diego, California: February 2, 2018 – Ron’s Pharmacy Services (“Ron’s Pharmacy”) is notifying certain patients of the unauthorized access to certain limited pieces of patient information, including patient names, Ron’s Pharmacy internal account numbers, and payment adjustment information. This information also included prescription medication information for a small number of impacted individuals. Although we…
Nebraska personal information bill wins initial approval
AP reports: A bill designed to protect consumers from identity theft has won first-round approval from Nebraska lawmakers. Senators voted 34-0 on Thursday to advance the measure to the second of three required votes. The proposal would prevent credit reporting companies from charging a fee to impose or lift a security freeze on a consumer’s…
U.S. Supreme Court Watch: Whether to Resolve Circuit Split on Standing for Data Breach Plaintiffs
Jonathan (Yoni) Schenker and Craig A. Newman of Patterson Belknap write: At its first conference this month, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether to weigh in on a Circuit split over standing to sue in the aftermath of a data breach. In CareFirst, Inc. v. Attias, No. 17-641, CareFirst is petitioning the Court to…
Massachusetts AG Healey Launches Online Data Breach Reporting Portal
Note the last paragraph in the following press release. We’ll have a bit more ready transparency about breaches reported to Massachusetts, but in terms of numbers, we will only see the number of Massachusetts residents affected. That’s still better than what we have right now, though, so good news! BOSTON – Making it easier and more…
People are taking Equifax to small-claims court via chatbot — and winning
Ethan Wolff-Mann reports: In September, entrepreneur Joshua Browder’s Do Not Pay chatbot website added a new skill: allowing people to sue Equifax for its monumental data breach that exposed the personal information of 145.5 million people, which included Social Security numbers. A few months later, the results are coming in and people are winning judgements…