Behold the “Wall of Shame” Known as the “Wall of Shame,” the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website details 281 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)…
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Insurer Agrees To Pay $55,000 for Data Breach
“Consumers expect – and the law requires – that personal information be treated with the utmost care,” said Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell.
Info Security 101 – Who Touches My Stuff?!
Have you thought about your company and how information is handled?
Sensitive Patient Records Found Scattered At Shopping Center
The billings records contained patients’ Social Security numbers, birth dates, names and addresses — information that could be abused by identity thieves.
Doctor Fined $40,000 For Dumping Patient Records
“What if the wrong people got hold of it, and two or three months from now my identity — I find out somebody’s taken my identity?”
Think About Your Hard Drives Before Recycling Your Electronics
When buying or selling electronic equipment such as desktop or laptop computers make sure to remove, replace and destroy the hard drive. Simply reformatting the hard drive is not enough.…