We’re finding out about some healthcare sector breaches from state attorneys general sooner than from HHS, it seems. Sometime during the weekend of September 14 – 15, a laptop with unencrypted patient information was stolen from the Audiology Department at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. The theft was discovered on September 16. The laptop, which…
Governor Brown signs SB 46 into law; expands California’s breach notification obligations when online account data is breached
Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 46 into law today. Dominique R. Shelton and Paul G. Martinoof of Alston & Bird had a good summary of the changes the law makes: S.B. 46 amends Section 1798.82(h) to expand the definition of “personal information” for which breach notification is required. The new law adds to the definition:…
MO: R.T. Jones Capital Equities Management, Inc. informs clients’ employees of breach
On July 26, 2013, R.T. Jones Capital Equities Management, Inc. learned of the possibility that the unnamed web hosting facility that hosts its website was the subject of a cyber-attack that occurred on July 22, 2013. Although their investigations are ongoing, on August 7, 2013 the forensic experts hired by the firm confirmed that the attack could result in the…
CDPH reports breach involving paper records
Among their duties, the California Department of Health (CDPH) investigates breaches. In this case, they had one of their own to report. In a letter dated September 26, they write: We are writing to you because the California Department of Public Health, Center for Family Health, Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program experienced a security…
Details emerge on Holy Cross Hospital breach
Last week, we noted that Holy Cross Hospital in Florida was notifying 9,900 patients that an employee had stolen their information – possibly for a tax refund fraud scheme. A letter to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office provides some additional details on the breach that makes the tax refund fraud scheme more probable, and not just…
Piles of private documents found dumped in public bins
Robert Maxwell reports: Thousands of private financial documents were discovered sitting in a wide open community recycling dumpster on Thursday. KXAN received a ReportIt tip late Thursday morning that the dumpster was full of personal documents from a local home builder. We discovered home loans, copies of personal checks, purchase orders and site plans all on display…