David Navetta has a thought-provoking article over on InformationLawGroup that begins: With the recent news of several restaurants teaming up to sue point-of-sale system provider Radiant Systems (a copy of the complaint can be found here) for failing to comply with the PCI Standard, it appears that some merchants may be in a mood to…
Blumenthal suspects HealthNet disk was stolen
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says a missing disk containing confidential data on almost 450,000 Health Net patients in Connecticut may have been stolen, rather than lost. Blumenthal said today he is notifying federal criminal investigators, asking that they take a closer look into the matter. Health Net got into hot water with AG’s office in…
TSA, HSBC in secret doc redaction oopsie
John Leyden of The Register reports on the HSBC redaction breach reported previously on this site, but also alerts us to a TSA redaction goof that does not involve personal information but is more of a national security concern or risk: Blacked-out portions of a TSA document on screening techniques could be reversed by a…
Military Rules Said to Hinder Therapy
James Dao and Dan Frosch of the New York Times report: Pfc. Jeffery Meier, who struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder and drug addiction after two deployments to Iraq, got an appointment in August to see a psychiatrist at Fort Carson, Colo. But when he arrived for his first session, he was asked to sign a…
Blumenthal suspects HealthNet disk was stolen
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says a missing disk containing confidential data on almost 450,000 Health Net patients in Connecticut may have been stolen, rather than lost. Blumenthal said today he is notifying federal criminal investigators, asking that they take a closer look into the matter. Health Net got into hot water with AG’s office in…
HIPAA's role in liability cases tested in Mich.
Amy Lynn Sorrel reports: Michigan’s Supreme Court is set to decide whether the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act preempts a state law allowing defendants in medical liability lawsuits to informally interview plaintiffs’ other treating physicians — a move that doctors say could put them at a disadvantage in defending such cases. At issue is…