CMS criticized for lax enforcement of HIPAA security rules

November 24th, 2008
Agency officials disputed the OIG findings but agreed to enhance compliance-assurance activities. … Patients’ privacy depends on the security of health information, said Deborah C....

UF officials say hacker accessed 344,400 dental-patient records

November 13th, 2008
University of Florida officials say an unauthorized intruder accessed a College of Dentistry computer server containing personal information of more than 344,000 current and...

Threat Claims Theft of Data on Patients

November 7th, 2008
Express Scripts Inc., one of the nation’s largest pharmacy-benefit managers, said it received an anonymous letter early last month seeking money as part of...

Social Security number, medical records found in municipal Dumpster

November 7th, 2008
Branches of county and state government in Pinellas have improperly disposed of documents that contain citizens’ sensitive personal information. Pinellas clerk of the circuit...

Calif. hospitals face penalties for privacy violations

October 3rd, 2008
California hospitals will face tougher penalties for patient privacy breaches and must do more to inform state regulators of such lapses, according to two...

Outsourcing aids many data thefts, Verizon says

October 2nd, 2008
IT outsourcing eases organized crime’s theft of credit-card data from chains, Verizon says NEW YORK (Associated Press) – The reliance of restaurant chains and retail...

Texas AG Charges Rehab Facility With Unlawfully Dumping Client Records

September 29th, 2008
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today charged Treatment Associates of Victoria Inc., with violating the Texas Identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act. According to...

Human error to blame for Grady data breach

September 23rd, 2008
Private medical records of Grady Memorial Hospital patients were made public on the Internet, in a way that has become an increasing concern to...

DNA profiles blocked from public access

August 29th, 2008
Health agency takes down online databases after a study reveals new analysis could confirm identities.

New oversight, stiffer penalties approved for snooping into patient records

August 27th, 2008
Alarmed by breaches in which UCLA Medical Center employees snooped in the confidential records of celebrities including Britney Spears, Farrah Fawcett and California First...