An update to a breach previously reported on this blog: Jayna Omaye reports that Eltonya Wiley, the last of six defendants in the case, has pleaded guilty to her part in an identity theft for tax refund fraud scheme that used the information of 92 patients at Villages Endoscopy & Surgical Center, where she was…
Attorney: Flower Hospital files not adequately protected, lawsuit filed
More on the insider breach at Flowers Hospital previously noted on this blog: An attorney claims files containing personal information of patients were stolen from a place inside Flowers Hospital that had limited security and may have been accessible to many people including the public. “I don’t know how many were taken but we have…
In wake of massive data breach, Target CEO steps down
In the wake of its massive data breach, Gregg Steinhafel, Chairman of the Target board of directors, president and CEO, steps down.
Minnesota Mulls Amendments to Data Breach Notification Law
V. John Ella writes: The Minnesota House of Representatives introduced a bill in late February to strengthen Minnesota’s current data breach notification law, Minnesota Statutes Section 325E.61. The bill, House File No. 2253, was authored by Representative Dan Schoen. It would require notification within 48 hours to all individuals whose unencrypted personal information has been breached. The current statute requires…
Ca: Breach of privacy leaves patient's family distraught
Darren Taylor reports: A Sault Ste. Marie woman is angry, emotionally distraught and considering legal action over the fact her mother’s medical records were inappropriately accessed by an employee of Sault Area Hospital (SAH). The woman, who prefers to remain anonymous, has told SooToday.com a letter she received from Sonia Tassone, freedom of information and…
Unfair enforcement? FTC vs. LabMD
Is the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – the agency that is supposed to protect consumers from unfair business practices – itself engaging in unfair practices in its treatment of LabMD? Who protects us from over-zealous regulators? Back in the Day In the second half of the last decade, we all began hearing more reports of inadvertent exposure…