IT Governance

MAY 2, 2023

Additionally, billing information, insurance numbers and other financial details were stolen in the attack. The crooks reportedly had access to sensitive data for two weeks and that information included patients’ Social Security numbers, dates of birth, home addresses, healthcare provider information and healthcare history.

Data breaches 105

Data breaches Ransomware Personal data Access 105

IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

Source (New) Finance USA Yes 3,494 Woodruff Sawyer Source (New) Insurance USA Yes 3,087 Blackburn College Source (New) Education USA Yes 3,039 CAIRE Inc. Source (New) Transport USA Yes 3,815 Okta Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) Cyber security USA Yes 3,800 Shah Dixit & Associates, P.C.

Data Privacy 78

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 78

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Managing the interaction of these new requirements with existing obligations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA), and other health privacy laws will continue to be an area of focus in the health privacy community for years to come.

Privacy 45

Privacy Healthcare Sales Insurance 45

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Managing the interaction of these new requirements with existing obligations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA), and other health privacy laws will continue to be an area of focus in the health privacy community for years to come.

Privacy 40

Privacy Healthcare Sales Insurance 40

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Managing the interaction of these new requirements with existing obligations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA), and other health privacy laws will continue to be an area of focus in the health privacy community for years to come.

Privacy 40

Privacy Healthcare Sales Insurance 40

Data Matters

JANUARY 2, 2018

In Carpenter , the government obtained months’ worth of a suspect’s cell phone location records pursuant to the Stored Communications Act (SCA). And the robot Sophia, which can communicate with realistic facial expressions and process emotional data, was granted citizenship in Saudi Arabia, raising issues of the legal status of AI.

Privacy 67

Privacy Cybersecurity Data breaches GDPR 67

Data Matters

AUGUST 24, 2018

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2018 National Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, from August 4 to 7, 2018. NAIC Continues its Evaluation of Insurers’ Use of Big Data . The NAIC is also considering insurers’ use of big data in underwriting life insurance products.

Insurance 60

Insurance Big data e-Delivery Risk 60

IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

Doncaster-based One Call Insurance hit by ransomware (unknown) Ransomware attack on Swiss Cloud Computing AG (6,500) Wolfe Eye Clinic victim of Lorenz threat actors (unknown) One of the US’s largest pipelines shuts down to contain cyber security breach (unknown) J. Find out more. Ransomware. Spargo & Associates Inc.

Data breaches 124

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Energy and Utilities 124

IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Among other news: Lancashire-based Lad Media was wound up , and its director, Keith Hancock, was banned from forming or managing an organisation for four years, after the company was deemed to have violated the PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations). Unsurprisingly, the judge dismissed the case.

Data breaches 58

Data breaches GDPR Passwords Personal data 58

IT Governance

JANUARY 3, 2024

TB exfiltrated Comcast Cable Communications, LLC (Xfinity) Source 1 ; source 2 (New) Telecoms USA Yes 35,879,455 Tecnoquadri Srl Source (New) Manufacturing Italy Yes 33,000,000 Asia Insurance Co.

Data Privacy 103

Data Privacy Insurance Manufacturing Retail 103