Scott Graham reports: Sutter Medical Foundation did not violate California’s medical confidentiality act—and expose itself to potentially $4 billion in statutory damages—when a thief stole a computer containing 4 million patients’ medical records, the Third District Court of Appeal ruled Monday. The state’s medical privacy statute was not triggered because there’s no evidence the thief…
MCCCD breach: view from the under the bus
It appears that Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) is doubling down on trying to throw employees under the bus in the wake of its 2013 breach affecting 2.5 million. According to a web site created by the attorney for the employees: The MCCCD Administration is accusing Mr. Corzo of not doing a job that wasn’t his…
Possible Card Breach at Goodwill Industries – Krebs
Brian Krebs reports: Financial institutions across the country report that they are tracking what appears to be a series of credit card breaches involving Goodwill locations nationwide. For its part, Goodwill Industries International Inc. says it is working with federal authorities on an investigation into these reports. […] In a statement sent to KrebsOnSecurity, Goodwill industries said it first learned about a…
Johns Hopkins settles privacy breach lawsuit for $190M
Back in February 2013, we learned of a horrific privacy breach in which a gynecologist had been secretly recording his female patients. His conduct had been reported to the hospital by a female co-worker and he was fired. The files were found in his home after he committed suicide. In March of 2013, some of his…
Ie: Private investigator to be tried over data breaches in October
Elaine Edwards reports: A private investigator charged in relation to alleged breaches of data protection legislation will be tried in October. Michael J Gaynor, trading as MJG Investigations, Beatty Grove, Celbridge, Co Kildare, was before Dublin District Court this morning facing a prosecution by the Data Protection Commissioner. Mr Gaynor faced 72 criminal charges in…
Ca: Med records privacy breached in mystery phone call
Colin Graf reports: A Sarnia, ON woman is asking how a medical company knew details of her surgery when they tried to persuade her to change surgeons. While Patricia Pede is recovering from surgery this week, she has more on her mind than just the physical discomforts. She’s also occupied with worrying about how her…