The 2013 breach at Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) in Arizona affected approximately 2.5 million faculty, staff, vendors, and students, making it the largest breach involving student information ever reported by a U.S. institution of higher education. A complaint by this privacy advocate alleges violations of the Safeguards Rule. Having researched and reported on breaches for about…
Paytime sued over breach
It was only a matter of time, right? idRADAR has the story and a copy of the complaint.
Re-identification risks have been overstated
Dr Philippa Brice writes: Genomic databases are the bedrock of new moves towards more tailored and precise personalised medicine, and nowhere more so than in cancer. Tumour genome sequences can both inform diagnosis, prognosis and treatment for cancer, and serve as a crucial research resource to underpin the development of new and improved options for…
UK: NHS patient information in data breach by Diagnostic Health
Michele Paduano reports: As many as 10,000 NHS patients may have been affected by a series of data protection breaches by a private firm. A leaked report from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) revealed patient data was stored unencrypted by Birmingham company Diagnostic Health. The company, which carries out ultrasound scans for the NHS, said…
Cantor’s Defeat: Impact on Breach Law
Eric Chabrow reports: Kentucky became the 47th state to enact a breach notification law last week. And while a national law superseding the widely varying state statutes is long overdue, the primary election defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor makes passing such a bill tougher. Read more on GovInfoSecurity.com.
UK: Scores of blunders sees Norfolk councils breach data laws over confidential information
Freedom of information requests are useful tools for uncovering breaches. Dan Grimmer reports on what one such investigation revealed: Personal information about some of the most vulnerable people in the region has been lost, misused or mistakenly shared because of a string of blunders at local councils, new statistics have shown. The catalogue of mistakes…