Cindy E. Harnett reports: More than two years after the B.C. government said it was forwarding the findings of its 2012 Health Ministry privacy breach investigation to the RCMP, the police said they had yet to receive it. An RCMP officer in the federal serious and organized crime unit asked the B.C. government in November when…
Chesapeake Sues McClendon, Alleging Theft Of ‘Trade Secrets’
Christopher Helman reported: Today Chesapeake Energy sued American Energy Partners, the new company created by its embattled former CEO Aubrey McClendon. The complaint, filed in Oklahoma County District Court, alleges that in his waning days as CEO of Chesapeake, McClendon squirreled away massive amounts of data, containing “highly sensitive trade secrets.” After his departure from…
Say What? Required contents of notice in data breach notifications
Fer O’Neil did some comparisons of state laws on the content of notices. His write-up of what he found is well worth reading. Here’s a snippet from it: The first metric I looked at was the number of states and territories that had some required content of notice. I was a little surprised that 63% (31…
Lone Star Circle of Care notifies 8,700 after learning of web exposure of PHI by contractor
Mary Ann Roser reports: A data breach at Lone Star Circle of Care has compromised the personal information of 8,700 people, including 6,300 patients, officials said Friday. The breach was discovered Jan. 9 after a backup file containing mostly names, addresses, phone numbers, and in some cases, birth dates, was improperly placed on Lone Star’s…
Missouri lawmaker wants disclosure of unvaccinated children
AP reports: A Missouri Republican wants to require preschools and daycare centers to tell parents if there are other children attending who have not been vaccinated against measles or other illnesses. The bill filed Tuesday by Rep. Diane Franklin of Camdenton would require public and private daycares, nursery schools and preschools to inform parents when…
Private Health Info Lost, Law Provides No Recourse
Jenna Susko, Julie Putnam and Jeremy Carroll report: When Don Thorvund unexpectedly got hurt on the job, he went through the proper channels to get treatment through a workers’ compensation claim. But when he opened the envelope for what he thought was his settlement documents, he found someone else’s worker’s compensation paperwork. The documents included…