As an update to a case that started in 2007 and that has been previously covered on my blogs: the Associated Press is reporting that Dr. Lisa Barden, the California physician accused of stealing patients’ and colleagues’ identities as part of a prescription drug fraud sceme, has pleaded guilty to 274 counts. Barden had been…
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Ohio State notifies 760,000 of unauthorized access to university server
Earlier this year, Ohio State University (OSU) noted that they had been averaging about data breaches per year, usually minor, but involving SSN. Yesterday, they revealed another breach. I’m not sure how you try to minimize access to a server containing PII on 760,000 people or a finding that your server was used to launch…
Vermont Urges Supreme Court to Overturn Second Circuit's Medical Privacy Decision
From EPIC.org, an update on a case that has been covered on this blog previously (most recently in this entry): The State of Vermont has petitioned the Supreme Court to review a Court of Appeals decision striking down the state’s prescription confidentiality law. The law regulates data mining companies that sell or use doctors’ prescribing records…
Five newly revealed breaches on HHS's web site
With its most recent update, the HHS breach tool site added nine breach reports. We knew about some of them already (the Oklahoma City VA incident, the Triple-Salud breach in Puerto Rico that had been reported by the Puerto Rico Dept. of Health, and the University of Tennessee Medical Center incident), but some of them…
IL: West Side woman accused of stealing identities of the elderly and disabled
Carlos Sadovi reports: A West Side woman was charged in an identity-theft scheme that preyed on elderly and disabled nursing home residents, using their personal information to set up utility accounts for people who were delinquent on their bills in exchange for cash, officials said Thursday. Officials estimate that Artestine Ramey stole at least $500,000…
NYCLU Calls for Greater Privacy Protections as New York Transitions to Electronic Medical Records
At a joint hearing of two New York City Council committees (on Tuesday), the New York Civil Liberties Union raised serious privacy concerns related to New York State’s ongoing transition to electronic medical records. “Sharing health information among health care providers will likely benefit patients greatly, but to recognize this benefit we need to take…