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Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
FTC Files Complaint Against Medical Testing Lab for Exposing Consumers’ Personal Data
On August 29, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it filed a complaint against LabMD, Inc. for failing to protect consumers' personal data by exposing documents containing names, Social…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
North Dakota Amends Breach Notification Law to Include Medical Information
North Dakota has amended its data breach notification law to include "medical information" and "health insurance information." See N.D. Century Code, Section 51-30-01. Amendments to the law also provide an…
DuetsBlog
Is it time to add cyber security insurance?
A recent study found that 31% of companies have cybersecurity insurance policies, while 39% planned to purchase a policy in the future. Ponemon Institute, a data privacy and cybersecurity research…
Tech Law Blog
Respecting the Rights of Data Subjects
By Alison Quinn
The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner has this week made informal contact with The National Maternity Hospital over a potential personal data security breach. An earlier media publication had…
Health IT Law Blog
Video interview: discussing the Affinity Health Plan photocopier data leak with LXBN TV
Following up on my recent post on the matter, I had the opportunity to speak with Colin O'Keefe of LXBN regarding Affinity Health Plan's photocopier PHI leak. In the interview,…
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Top 10 in Law Blogs: Retaliation Quiz, Advice for Law Grads, D.R. Horton Rejected
It is just about time to get out of the office and walk down the street to see King Felix pitch at Safeco Field. But before then, we of course…
Health Law Update
Health Plan Settles HHS OCR Investigation Related to Photocopier Breach for $1.2M
By Lynn Sessions, Theodore J. Kobus III, King L. Wong, Ph.D.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced its fourth resolution agreement of 2013. Affinity Health Plan, Inc., a nonprofit managed care plan…
Proskauer on Privacy
A $1.2 Million Photocopier Mistake: Health Plan Settles with HHS in HIPAA Breach Case
By Ryan Blaney
We have heard the well-publicized stories of stolen laptops and resulting violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and we generally recognize the inherent security…
Health IT Law Blog
Affinity to pay $1.2 million for photocopier breach
In 2010 CBS Evening News purchased a photocopier previously used by New York City area Affinity Health Plan and discovered patient-identifiable medical records on the device’s hard drive – which had…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
HHS Settles with Affinity Health Plan Over Photocopier Security Breach
On August 14, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services announced a resolution agreement and 1.2 million dollar settlement with Affinity Health Plan stemming from an information security breach…