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Ex-Employee Arrested For Extortion, Cyberstalking

The Johnstown County Report reports:  A former employee at a Selma animal hospital has been charged with extortion and cyberstalking. Eduardo Figueroa, age 40, of S. Sussex Drive, Smithfield was arrested December 14 at his residence by Smithfield Police. Stolen medical records from the animal hospital were also recovered at his home, police said....

Law firm Proskauer sues ex-COO, claiming data theft (UPDATED)

Reuters reports: U.S. law firm Proskauer Rose on Tuesday sued its former chief operating officer, alleging he stole a trove of confidential information about the firm’s finances, lawyer compensation and clients before leaving his job there this month. The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court, claims Jonathan O’Brien deceived Proskauer staff members into allowing...

Data leak at Degroof Petercam affects hundreds of Belgian companies

The BrusselsTimes reports: A data leak at Belgian merchant bank Degroof Petercam has compromised the data of hundreds of the bank’s clients, including major Belgium companies and corporations, Le Soir reports. An employee of the bank is reported to have abused his access to customer information and illegally downloaded client files. Le Soir learned of the...

HHS Civil Rights Office Enters Settlement with Dental Practice Over Disclosures of Patients’ Protected Health Information

From HHS, resolution of a complaint they received in 2017: The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has settled with B. Brandon Au, DDS, Inc., d/b/a New Vision Dental (New Vision Dental), in California, over the impermissible disclosure of patient protected health information (PHI) in response to online reviews, and other potential violations of the...

IN: Munster student gained access to school network and student information

Carole Carlson reports: School Town of Munster parents learned recently a student gained access to an administrative file back in April and copied privacy information. Superintendent Bret Heller told parents it was discovered Oct. 26 after officials noticed an administrative file in an unexpected location. Through an investigation, officials found a student gained access...

Reminder that small-n medical privacy breaches can cause harm

Over on PogoWasRight.org this morning, I linked to a post by Eric Goldman involving litigation over a medical privacy breach.  One plaintiff claimed to have suffered significant harm in her life due to a hospital employee mailing her information to an unrelated third party who then posted it online. I mention that case because...

Ca: Riverside Health Care reports privacy breach was due to inappropriate access of EMR by a staff member

Press Release: Riverside Health Care recently concluded an investigation into a privacy breach that was the result of a staff member inappropriately accessing patient electronic medical records. The inappropriately accessed personal health information was not disclosed or otherwise used by the staff member. Steps were immediately taken to prevent further inappropriate access to personal...