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Data Breach
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The Retirement Plan Blog
Stolen Laptop Triggers $1.55 Million Fine for HIPAA Violation
Actually, it was "only" a potential violation of privacy and data security rules imposed by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) for which North Memorial Health…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
Health System Settles for $1.5 Million for Failing To Implement Business Associate Agreement
Matthew Redding contributed to this post. It's a familiar story: a HIPAA breach triggers an investigation which reveals systemic flaws in HIPAA compliance, resulting in a seven-figure settlement. A stolen…
Privacy and Cybersecurity
#ABATechShow – Passing Your IT Security Audit
Breaches happen. They just do. You either know this from experience, or you've been warned. If you're worried about what'll happen when the breach does hit, be sure to follow…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Missing laptop returned after Premier Healthcare reports data breach of 205,748 patients
Premier Healthcare, a multi-specialty group located in Bloomington, Illinois, announced in early March that an unencrypted laptop has been missing from its billing department since early January and started notifying…
Subject to Inquiry
CFPB’s First-Ever Data Security Enforcement Action
Earlier this month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) made headlines by bringing its first enforcement action in the data security space. Dwolla, Inc., an Iowa-based online payment processor, was…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Response to data breach at UCLA creates controversy
Universities are an attractive target for hackers because they contain many access points in their networks, and the networks contain financial and personal data as well as intellectual property. Last…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
21st Century Oncology notifies 2.2 million of data breach
In the continuing saga of health care entities being targeted by hackers, 21st Century Oncology (21st Century) located in Fort Meyers, Florida, late last week began notifying up to 2.2…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Home Depot agrees to settle data breach class action suit for at least $19.5 million and up to $28 million including attorneys’ fees
Home Depot announced on March 7, 2016, that it is agreeing to settle claims against it for the massive data breach that occurred in 2014, affecting up to 56 million debit…
Data Protection Report
British supermarket chain faces group litigation action in the UK based on data breach
In November of 2015, the English High Court in London approved a Group Litigation Order (“GLO”) allowing employees of one of the United Kingdom’s largest supermarket chains to join the…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
University of California Berkeley breached…again…financial data of 80,000
We previously reported that University of California Berkeley had suffered a data breach affecting 550 students and their families in April 2015. Last Thursday, UC Berkeley announced that a hacker…