I haven’t read the new Javelin Strategy & Research report because it’s pricey, but their press release on it contains some of its key findings. Of note: … nearly 1 in 4 data breach letter recipients became a victim of identity fraud, with breaches involving Social Security numbers to be the most damaging. If 1 in…
EXCLUSIVE: Johns Hopkins offering patients affected by privacy breach free counseling services
As I mentioned in previous posts, Johns Hopkins’ first breach statement about OB/GYN patients who may have been secretly photographed or videotaped by a physician included a reference to “counseling” for patients. Since this was the first time I’ve ever seen a reference to “counseling” in a breach notification statement and it struck me as…
Your noncompliant ways may be coming to an end
Jeff Drummond blogs: OCR to Focus Audits on Entities with Long-Standing Patterns of Non-Compliance. According to BNA (subscription required), OCR will look for organizations with long histories of noncompliance, across all areas of the healthcare industry. Entities that can demonstrate efforts to create and nurture a “culture of compliance” will come out of audits looking good. Entities…
NL: Opposition to digital patient records mounts, court case to go ahead
DutchNews.nl reports: The family doctors’ association Vereniging van Praktijkhoudende Huisartsen is pressing ahead with legal action against the introduction of a new electronic patient records system because its backers have failed to meet agreements on internet security and privacy. The VPH said in December it would delay a planned court case because the organisers pledged…
GAO Report: Americans’ Information Not Adequately Protected by Census Bureau
Kevin Glass reports: The Government Accountability Office released a report this week with a scary conclusion: The Census Bureau, tasked with collecting personal information on every single American, has not adequately protected this data. Specifically, the GAO found, the Census Bureau is not fully prepared in cybersecurity, making Americans’ information vulnerable to hackers. Read more on TownHall.com.
Magistrate Recommends Dismissal with Prejudice of Claims Against Global Payments
Craig Hoffman writes: Global Payments, which processes credit card transactions, announced on March 30, 2012 that an unauthorized person gained access to a portion of its processing system. Global Payments later disclosed that Track 2 data (card number, expiration date, verification code but not cardholder name or address) of 1.5 million cardholders were taken. Three…