Patrick Springer reports: FARGO – About 430 Essentia Health patients recently received notice of a “breach of patient information” resulting from a marketing firm’s involvement in promoting an education seminar for patients. A letter touting a “free educational event” was sent June 6 to patients suffering from lower back symptoms, inviting them to learn about…
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Women & Infants Hospital to Pay $150,000 to Settle Data Breach Allegations Involving Massachusetts Patients
There’s a follow-up to a breach disclosed in November 2012: Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island (WIH) has agreed to pay $150,000 to resolve allegations that it failed to protect the personal information and protected health information of more than 12,000 patients in Massachusetts, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced today. The consent judgment, approved…
Update: Benesse data theft suspect’s smartphone had info on 22.6 million customers
Updated breach estimate and scope: Education services provider Benesse Corp. said personal data on 22.6 million customers were stored on a smartphone owned by the Tokyo systems engineer under arrest on suspicion of theft and illegal copying of customer data. While announcing the figure Monday, Benesse, a subsidiary of Benesse Holdings Inc., said the stolen…
FERPA does not require data breach disclosure
Over on PogoWasRight.org, I’ve recapped the U.S. Education Department’s responses to privacy complaints filed by parent and students under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). In going through the data provided to EPIC in response to their Freedom of Information Act request, I noted that in a few cases, the Family Policy Compliance…
TN: Personal records of all Elizabethton students accidentally emailed to parent
John Thompson reports: The Elizabethton City School System accidentally released personal information on all the system’s students on Tuesday. Superintendent Ed Alexander said the information was not further distributed. Alexander said the information release was an internal mistake and there was no hacking. “An official inadvertently hit the wrong button,” Alexander said. “All the report…
Update: Man arrested over Benesse data theft
Mainichi reports: A 39-year-old systems engineer was arrested Thursday over a massive customer data theft from Benesse Holdings Inc. on suspicion of copying confidential business data from the major correspondence education provider for children, police said. Masaomi Matsuzaki is alleged to have downloaded and copied Benesse’s data covering some 10.19 million customers — including such…