January had 61 data breach reports involving 500 and up records submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), a 22% month-over-month decrease in reported data breaches. […]
California AG Accepts $5 Million Settlement with Quest Diagnostics Concerning Improper Disposal of Waste and Patient Information California Attorney General Rob Bonta has reported that a $5 million settlement with Quest Diagnostics has been approved […]
U.S. Fertility Offers to Pay $5.75 Million Settlement of Class Action Data Breach Lawsuit U.S. Fertility LLC, which operates over 100 fertility clinics throughout the U.S., has offered to pay $5.75 million to resolve a […]
HIPAA does not apply to entities that do not handle protected health information (PHI), such as life insurers, employers (in most contexts), workers’ compensation programs, and educational institutions covered by FERPA. While many organizations in […]
Lincare Holdings Offers $7.25 Million Settlement of Data Breach Lawsuit Regarding the Lincare Holdings Inc. Data Breach Litigation, Lincare Holdings proposed a $7.25 million settlement to resolve the class action lawsuit filed over a data […]
Netherlands COVID-19 Testing Laboratory Database Exposed A medical lab based in the Netherlands that was used as a COVID-19 testing center has left a database compromised online that included the sensitive information of about 1.3 […]
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