I’ve occasionally blogged about privacy and security concerns raised by mobile health applications. I’m happy to report that there’s now an app in beta-testing that may be very helpful to consumers without requiring consumers to sacrifice data security or privacy. The app automatically pulls in your prescription records from your pharmacy to enable you to…
Patient records shared in Idaho health data exchange unless patients opt-out
Audrey Dutton has an informative and thought-provoking article in the Idaho Statesman on health data exchanges and consent. It begins: Karen Helms didn’t realize until this year that her medical records were being shared with a statewide network of health care providers. The discovery prompted her to question the state’s health data exchange and to…
HealthCare.gov has already had a privacy breach – report. Get it together, folks.
It seems like healthcare.gov has had a security breach already in which limited personal information from two applicants was disclosed to another applicant. Kelsey Harris and Rob Bluey report: Justin Hadley logged on to HealthCare.gov to evaluate his insurance options after his health plan was canceled. What he discovered was an apparent security flaw that disclosed eligibility letters addressed…
Vendor’s printing error exposes TD Bank customers’ account numbers to other customers
TD Bank has notified thousands of customers after a vendor’s printing error exposed their names, addresses, and account numbers to other customers. In a letter dated October 17, TD Bank’s Head of Privacy & Social Media Compliance Albert M. Raymond notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of the incident involving customers’ September bank account…
Montgomery Man Sentenced In Identity Theft Related State Income Tax Fraud
John Irving Wheeler, 31 years old, of Montgomery, was sentenced to serve 210 months of incarceration on October 31, 2013. Wheeler was also ordered to pay one million dollars in restitution to the States of Georgia and Michigan. Wheeler pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud on April…
North Georgia Tech Students Asked to be Alert After Possible Security Breach
David Stephens reports: Maybe not the way some college students wanted to start off the month of November, as North Georgia Technical College is advising some students to keep a close eye on their credit reports – that after one of their student data bases may have been breached. According to college spokesperson Sandra Maughon,…