Libby Wilson reports: An alleged privacy breach involving doctors’ own health and safety information has sparked debate. Waikato District Health Board human resource staffers entered health and safety files of specialists without authorisation, according to the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS). The union has advised its Waikato members to stop using or giving medical information to the board’s Health and Safety Service. Read more on…
Improper disclosure of research participants’ protected health information results in $3.9 million HIPAA settlement
There’s a follow-up to a breach I first noted on this blog in 2012 when Feinstein Institute for Medical Research issued a press release about a laptop stolen from a programmer’s car. Now HHS has issued a press release of its own: Improper disclosure of research participants’ protected health information results in $3.9 million HIPAA…
NY: Centers Plan for Healthy Living Notifies Members of Stolen Laptop
March 1, 2016 Subject: Stolen Laptop On January 4, 2016, Centers Plan for Healthy Living learned that on or about January 1, 2016 a laptop was stolen from its corporate offices. It is suspected that the laptop may have contained a file which included the name, address, date of birth, Medicaid number and/or Medicare number,…
FINRA fines Raymond James $500,000
Linn Freedman of Robinson & Cole writes: Financial services firm Raymond James Financial Services Inc. (Raymond James) has agreed to settle an investigation by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for $500,000. The investigation stems from allegations that Raymond James requested that new financial advisers disclose and bring confidential customer information to Raymond James when…
More details emerge on DOJ probe of Tiversa, company involved in FTC v. LabMD
When I’m right, I’m right. The DOJ did raid Tiversa. DataBreaches.net was subsequently able to get additional details from a source. But first start with this report from Reuters’ Joel Schechtman: Federal agents are investigating whether cyber-security firm Tiversa gave the government falsified information about data breaches at companies that declined to purchase its data protection…
Topeka business fined $70,000 for dumping personal information in trash
There’s a follow-up to a breach I had noted on this blog in 2014. Release Date: Mar 15, 2016 TOPEKA – (March 15, 2016) – A business that dumped more than 900 files containing unredacted personal information of its customers and others will pay a hefty fine to settle claims that it violated Kansas consumer privacy…