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Massachusetts Attorney General Strikes: South Shore Hospital Settles Data Breach Allegations for $750,000
By Brad Rostolsky, Nancy Halstead
On May 24, 2012, the Attorney General of Massachusetts announced that South Shore Hospital of South Weymouth, Massachusetts (South Shore) agreed to settle allegations that it failed to protect the…
Technology Law Dispatch
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office issues the largest monetary penalty in its history to NHS hospital trust
By Christine Nielsen Czuprynski
This post was written by Cynthia O'Donoghue. The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) has issued its largest-ever fine of £325,000 GBP ($503,705 USD) to Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
FTC Reaches Settlements Over P2P Data Breaches
The Federal Trade Commission yesterday announced settlements with two companies over security breaches caused by peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing software. The settlements require the companies to establish and maintain comprehensive…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Massachusetts Hospital Settles Data Breach Lawsuit
On May 24, 2012, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced that South Shore Hospital agreed to a consent judgment and $750,000 payment to settle a lawsuit stemming from a data…
Technology Law Dispatch
Vermont Strengthens Data Breach Notification Law
By Paul Bond
This post was also written by Frederick Lah. Vermont has recently updated its data breach notification law, Vt. Stat. Tit. 9, Ch. 62, sections 2430 and 2435, to make it one…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Hospital to Pay $750,000 to Settle Data Breach Charges Brought by Massachusetts AG
By Marcy Wilder
On May 24, a Massachusetts hospital agreed to pay $750,000 to settle alleged HIPAA violations relating to a 2010 data breach. This was the largest settlement to date for actions…
Data Counsel
Massachusetts Attorney General Settles Enforcement Action for $750,000
In June, 2010, South Shore Hospital announced on its website that unencrypted back-up tapes containing patient information went missing and were believed to have been discarded at a dump. Reports…
Data Counsel
UPDATE: If There is Credit Card Fraud, There Must Have Been a Breach
As we reported in December 2010, after an online merchant suffered chargeback losses of almost $12,000 on nine fraudulent orders, it sued the bank that issued the nine cards that were…
Health IT Law Blog
Data breach costs Massachusetts hospital $750,000
South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Massachusetts agreed this week to pay $475,000 to settle allegations connected with a 2010 data breach affecting the confidential health records of more than 800,000…
Inside Privacy
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Class Action Suit Stemming From Data Breach
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision that put an end to a proposed class action lawsuit stemming…