Jeffrey M. Schlossberg writes about the Doe v. Guthrie Clinic case and lawsuit discussed previously on this blog. When does a medical clinic’s employee’s unauthorized texting of patient confidential health information result in liability to the clinic? The answer; it depends. In Doe v. Guthrie Clinic, Ltd., the Second Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a patient’s claim against…
Triple-S Salud fined $6.8M for HIPAA breach (updated)
Caribbean Business reports that Triple-S Salud has been fined nearly $6.8 million for violations of the federal Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA). Triple-S Salud is a licensee of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Puerto Rico and handles managed care for Medicare enrollees. The penalty handed down by the Puerto Rico government’s Medical Insurance Administration…
Muslim Directory hacked, 38,903 User Credentials Leaked
A hacker using the handle @th3inf1d3l has today announced an leak of data from muslimdirectory.co.uk resulting in 38,903 User credentials being leaked online. The breach has been announce from th3inf1d3l’s twitter account with a link to pastebin which contains a short message, some server and database information and a link to the complete leak on stashbox.org. OpFuckMohammad…
KR: Shinhan Bank allegedly snooped into accounts of politicians
Na Jeong-ju reports: Shinhan Bank may face punishment by regulators for allegedly illegally accessing hundreds of bank accounts held by its customers, including politicians, sources said Monday. The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) is currently looking into claims by an opposition lawmaker last year that the bank accessed bank accounts held by 22 people, including 16…
Wachovia customer sues bank for failing to protect his account and then falsely fingering him to the feds
Jay Weaver of the Miami Herald has a must-read piece about what Carlos Gomez, a Wachovia Bank customer, went through after becoming a victim of ID theft by a bank employee, and how he’s suing Wachovia, which has since been taken over by Wells Fargo: Just before dawn, insistent pounding on the front door jolted…
Report of the Health Data Research Forum: Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner for B.C. and the B.C. Ministry of Health
From the report: On December 9, 2013, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia (OIPC) and the B.C. Ministry of Health (MoH) convened a meeting of 38 representatives from the health research community and its stakeholders in British Columbia. The attendees were invited to come together to discuss and seek solutions…