Law360 reports: The Federal Trade Commission told a New Jersey federal judge on Friday that Wyndham Worldwide Corp. can’t demand the FTC’s work product, saying the agency sent Wyndham all the information it could about its interviews of consumers allegedly harmed by data breaches that cost over $10.6 million. Read more on Law360 (subscription required)….
KS: Online data breach affects employees of Children’s Mercy Hospital
Why is this first being disclosed now when other affected entities disclosed in March? Was Staywell late in notifying or OnSite Health Diagnostics, or….? Alan Bavley reports: A security breach has been discovered in an online scheduling application used two years ago to register more than 4,000 Children’s Mercy Hospital employees and spouses for a wellness program….
Thousands of veterans notified after their information was left in a ladies' restroom
The South Carolina VA incident wasn’t the only large incident the Veterans Administration reported to Congress for July. In a separate incident, a folder containing multiple patients’ information including full names, SSN’s, and other medical information was found in a ladies restroom in the main lobby of the medical center in Albuquerque, New Mexico on July 30….
VA notifies thousands of veterans after boxes with their records go missing
One of the incidents the Veterans Administration reported to Congress for July affected thousands of veterans seen in South Carolina. The VA reports that an employee noticed on July 14 that four boxes that were being prepared for shipment to the Records Center and Vault located in Neosho, Missouri, were missing. According to the employee, the boxes…
AU: Federal privacy authorities called in over Centrelink breach
Noel Towell reports: Federal privacy authorities have been called in after Centrelink left revealing personal and financial details of clients lying around at a suburban railway station last month. Documents containing details of 23 clients’ full financial disclosures, including bank account numbers and details of property holdings, superannuation and investments, were left by an official…
Community Health Systems says 4.5 million patients' data stolen in cyber attack (updated)
Reuters reports: U.S. hospital operator Community Health Systems Inc said it suspected personal data, including patient names and addresses, of about 4.5 million people were stolen by Chinese hackers from its computer network during April and June. The company said the data, considered protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, included patient names,…