Today’s post is a reminder that if you make claims on your web site that you take privacy and security very seriously and that you respond promptly to responsible disclosures, you really need to suit your actions to your words. On July 7, Timothy French of Underdog Security contacted LG to report that they had…
Daily Dicta: The FTC Should Be Suing Itself for How It Handled This Case
Jenna Greene has a column today on the LabMD case. Sadly, it is behind a paywall, but it begins: Government consumer protection lawyers are supposed to be the good guys, the ones in white hats sticking up for the citizenry. Which is why it’s particularly upsetting when it turns out they’re in the wrong—as was…
Dental Practice Pays $10,000 to Settle Social Media Disclosures of Patients’ Protected Health Information
HHS OCR has announced another settlement of a HIPAA complaint: Elite Dental Associates, Dallas (“Elite”) has agreed to pay $10,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and to adopt a corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act…
AU: Inside a massive cyber hack that risks compromising leaders across the globe
Garrett Davis reports: One email was all it took for hackers to steal some of the most personal information from people potentially now in high-ranking roles across the globe. The cyber attack was so sophisticated it didn’t even need the person to click on a link or open a document to compromise decades worth of…
AU: Contractor for Landmark White charged over Sydney data breach
AAP reports: A Sydney IT contractor has been charged over a data breach at a property evaluation firm that allegedly affected more than 270,000 people, cost the company more than $8 million and resulted in troves of personal information being uploaded onto the dark web. Stephen Grant allegedly accessed and published more than 170,000 data…
Ca: Pharmacy patient health files discovered at Rankin landfill
Darrell Greer reports: The North West Company has recently issued a public information release notifying Kivalliq residents that materials containing health information were recovered from the Rankin Inlet landfill site this past Feb. 28. The release went on to state that the information belonged to patients of the previously operating Sakku Drugs in Rankin (since…