Legal, but intrusive and creepy? David Lazarus reports: Think you can keep a medical condition secret from life insurers by paying cash for prescription meds? Think again. A for-profit service called ScriptCheck exists to rat you out regardless of how diligent you are in trying to keep a sensitive matter under wraps. ScriptCheck, offered by…
Obamacare exchange contractors had past security lapses
Be forewarned: I will not allow the comments section for this post to be used as a political platform on Obamacare. Comments about whether government should consider past breaches or problems in awarding government contracts for jobs involving personally identifiable information are welcome. Jaikumar Vijayan reports: Two of the contractors involved in developing the Affordable…
UK: Government and ISPs working together to improve customers’ data security
From Out-Law.com: In response to a report into e-crime (19-page / 286KB PDF) by Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee, the Home Office said that it recognised that a lack of consumer awareness about cyber crime was helping criminals to prosper online and steal customer information. The Home Office said, though, that it was taking steps to address…
Update on AHMC laptop theft: arrest warrant issued
Associated Press reports that an arrest warrant has been for a transient who police say stole two laptop computers from AHMC that contained SSN and personal information of 729,000 patients. Update: Christopher Lee Brown has been arrested.
AvMed To Pay $3M To Settle Data Theft Suit With Customers
Law360.com reports that AvMed will pay $3 million to settle a class action lawsuit filed after the 2009 theft of laptops with information on 1.2 million people. Previous coverage of the AvMed breach on this blog linked from here. As I commented recently, this breach appears to be a still-open investigation on HHS’s breach tool,…
Update: $380k spent investigating, cleaning up after Ferris State’s online security breach
Brian McVicar reports the costs of the Ferris State University breach covered on this blog in August. A total of $380,000 was spent investigating and providing services for those affected by a data security breach at Ferris State University that put at risk personal information of 62,000 people, according to a university report. The report, obtained through…