A breach involving Carson Village Market, reported previously on this blog, continues to result in new fraudulent charges on customers’ cards, and customers who used their card since January 1 are now being advised to cancel their cards. WOOD has the story.
UK: Morrisons supermarket suffers major payroll data breach (Updated)
John E. Dunn reports: British supermarket Morrisons has reportedly suffered a major data breach which saw the pay-roll data of an unknown number of its 100,000 staff stolen and published on a website. In an email sent to staff and later seen by TV media, the attack was said to have involved the theft of…
Meanwhile, in the LabMD case…
The FTC has uploaded additional rulings this week. Two relate to LabMD’s motion for additional deposition of a detective involved in the day sheets aspect of the case and the FTC’s motion for sanctions for alleged non-compliance with discovery orders: Administrative Law Judge’s Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Complaint Counsel’s Motion for…
UK: Home care agency warned after vulnerable people’s details left in the street
A Welsh home care provider has been found in breach of the Data Protection Act after the files of 10 vulnerable and elderly people were found on a street in Neath Port Talbot. The news follows an investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) into the data loss by Neath Care in August 2013. The…
StayWell breach affects over 12,000; how many more not disclosed (update1)
A breach at StayWell Health Management in 2012 resulted in at least three HIPAA-covered entities notifying patients, members, or employees. The incident was posted to HHS’s public breach tool in an update this week. According to HHS’s entries, Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan notified 10,024 members while Clorox Company Group Insurance Plan notified 520 members and…
Former patient sues St. Helena Hospital over alleged privacy breach
Kerana Todorov reports: A man who underwent drug rehabilitation treatment at St. Helena Hospital in 2012 is suing the hospital and others for allegedly disclosing medical information about his care with an employer and others, according to the complaint filed Monday in Napa County Superior Court. The plaintiff, who is only identified as “John Doe”…