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Utah’s Medicaid Data Breach Worse Than Expected

compliancesoftware — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:37:43 +0000

Utah Department of Technology Services (DTS) reveals 780,000 individuals have been affected by the theft of sensitive Medicaid information. That’s far worse than initial estimates via Utah’s Medicaid Data Breach Worse Than Expected – Healthcare – Security & Privacy – …

Final phase of Mass. data protection law kicks in March 1

compliancesoftware — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:27:00 +0000

All companies storing personal data on Massachusetts residents have just over a month to ensure that their contractors, suppliers, technology providers and other third parties comply with a provision of a state data breach law that went into effect in …

Medical data breaches soar, according to study

compliancesoftware — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:42:48 +0000

Security breaches among healthcare organizations are soaring. That’s the conclusion of the Second Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security via Medical data breaches soar, according to study.

Nasdaq Server Breach: 3 Expected Findings

compliancesoftware — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:22:00 +0000

Last week, two experts with knowledge of Nasdaq OMX Groups internal investigation said that while attackers hadnt directly attacked trading servers, they had installed malware on sensitive systems, which enabled them to spy on dozens of company directors via Nasdaq …

TRICARE Breach Notification in Works

compliancesoftware — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:40:25 +0000

All 4.9 million TRICARE military health plan beneficiaries that were affected by a recent data breach will be notified by mail, but they won’t be offered free credit monitoring services. via TRICARE Breach Notification in Works.

California: Consumers Must Be Notified Directly of Data Breaches

compliancesoftware — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:13:21 +0000

Most importantly, the new law PDF available here, courtesy Information Law Group states that notification must be direct. Yes, it can be electronic, but it must provide a way for the notified party to follow up with questions, and give …

Half a Billion Electronic Records in the U.S. compromised over last 6 yrs

compliancesoftware — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:42:45 +0000

Data breaches, including those originating inside and outside of the organization, continue to affect companies at an alarming rate. Nearly half a billion electronic records in the United States have been compromised over the last six years via Nearly Half …

Data breach hits Yale University

compliancesoftware — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:18:43 +0000

Another week, another data breach at a major university. This week it’s Yale, which announced Friday that the names and Social Security numbers of 43,000 people affiliated with the university had been publicly viewable on Google for the past 10 …

HIPAA Auditor Involved in Own Data Breach

compliancesoftware — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:06:29 +0000

KPMG, which won OCR’s $9.2 million contract for HITECH-required HIPAA audits in June 2011, told the Saint Barnabas Health Care System of West Orange, NJ, in June 2010 that a KPMG employee lost an unencrypted flash drive that may have …

20% of Data Breaches Involving Business Associates

compliancesoftware — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 03:15:29 +0000

Data Breaches Involving Business Associates According to data on OCR’s website, there have been 292 breaches affecting 500 or more individuals since September 2009. Business associates have been involved in 57, or about 20%, of those breaches. via OCR Deciding …