More on the insider breach at Flowers Hospital previously noted on this blog: An attorney claims files containing personal information of patients were stolen from a place inside Flowers Hospital that had limited security and may have been accessible to many people including the public. “I don’t know how many were taken but we have…
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Unfair enforcement? FTC vs. LabMD
Is the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – the agency that is supposed to protect consumers from unfair business practices – itself engaging in unfair practices in its treatment of LabMD? Who protects us from over-zealous regulators? Back in the Day In the second half of the last decade, we all began hearing more reports of inadvertent exposure…
FTC told to disclose the data security standards it uses for data security enforcement actions
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) can be compelled to disclose details of the data security standards it uses to pursue enforcement action against companies that suffer data breaches, the agency’s chief administrative law judge ruled Thursday. The decision came in response to a motion filed by LabMD, a now-defunct medical laboratory that…
FTC told to disclose the data security standards it uses for data security enforcement actions (updated)
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) can be compelled to disclose details of the data security standards it uses to pursue enforcement action against companies that suffer data breaches, the agency’s chief administrative law judge ruled Thursday. The decision came in response to a motion filed by LabMD, a now-defunct medical laboratory that…
Boston Medical Center fires vendor after data breach
Robert Weisman reports: Boston Medical Center said it has fired a transcription service after a health care provider reported that the medical records of about 15,000 patients at the hospital were posted without password protection on the vendor’s website used by physicians. The records contained the names, addresses, and medical information about the patients, including the…
Iowa DHS: Medicaid records sent to wrong clinic
AP reports: Iowa officials say personal information from more than 800 Medicaid clients was accidentally mailed to the wrong health clinic. Iowa Medicaid Enterprise, a division of the state Department of Human Services, says Friday the error occurred during the mailing process. Patient listings were mailed in February. The listings include the patient’s name, phone…