The California legislature passed an important breach notification bill authored by state Senator Joe Simitian this week, but will Governor Schwarzenegger veto this bill too, as he did the last time around in its previous incarnation? Senate Bill 1166 would mandate certain information about the breach be included in any notification. In a press release…
Do Healthcare Data Breaches Really Lag Other Industries?
Over on HealthLeaders Media, Dom Nicastro has an article with the optimistic headline, “Healthcare Data Breaches Lag Other Industries.” Unfortunately, the article is based on the recent Verizon-USSS report. As I’ve previously commented, the results of that study are at odds with other studies that are based more on media reports and other resources. As…
HHS Committee Sanctions Health IT Security Proposal
Anthony Guerra reports that there was heated debate at the meeting this week over recommendations generated by the IT Policy Committee’s “tiger team” on privacy and security: Devan McGraw and Paul Egerman, chair and co-chair, respectively, of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health IT Policy Committee’s privacy and security team, entered the full…
B.C. Lottery relaunches gambling site after costly breach
Emily Jackson reports that the B.C. Lottery Corp. is relaunch its online gambling website, PlayNow. com. A security breach during its debut last month had compromised personal information of 134 players and exposed 12 players’ information to other users. The breach apparently cost them a lot compared to any delay they might have incurred in…
Nl: TV show leaks data
Karin Spaink translates another breach: Breekijzer is a by now defunct tv show to which people could send their complaints about companies, institutes and government bodies; the program would select some of these complaints and attempt to help the complainers. All (or most) of the complaints that Breekijzer received are stored in an online database;…
Nebraska AG agrees to permanent injunction of state abortion law
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning announced Wednesday that he has agreed to a permanent injunction of a Nebraska abortion law [LB 594 materials] because he believes there is little chance that the law will withstand a court challenge. The law, known as the Women’s Health Protection Act, would have required physicians to evaluate patients to…