The US Department of Education has issued new guidance for schools and postsecondary institutions that emphasizes their obligation to protect student privacy under the Family…
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The Federal Trade Commission has taken action against GoodRx Holdings Inc., a telehealth and prescription drug discount provider, for failure to comply with the Health…
Robert S. Miller LICSW, ACSW (RSM), a therapist located in Washington, has recently informed 640 of his current and former clients of a phishing attack…
Fertility Centers of Illinois has offered a $450,000 settlement to resolve a legal dispute brought forward by those affected by the data breach which occurred…
Health Specialists of Central Florida Inc. (HSCF), located in Orlando, Florida, recently paid a $20,000 financial penalty to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at…
A settlement has been proposed by Famington, New Mexico-based San Juan Regional Medical Center (SJRMC) in hopes to resolve an ongoing class action lawsuit concerning…
Connexin Software Inc., a company that supplies pediatric physician practice groups with electronic medical records and practice management software, recently acknowledged that it had been…
The HIPAA-covered entity Community Health Network, based in Indiana, recently reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights that…
A settlement has been proposed by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital to resolve an ongoing class action lawsuit filed following 2 unauthorized disclosures…
A class action lawsuit has been filed West Virginia-based Mon Health following a data breach where an unauthorized third party had accessed its network for…
A member of the Netwalker ransomware gang has been sentenced to 20 years in prison and is ordered to pay a forfeit of $21,500,000 for…
A data breach class action lawsuit has been settled by LifeBridge Health Inc. to resolve claims made by individuals impacted by a data breach in…
Texas-based primary care clinic network Family Health Centers (FMC) has recently notified the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of a data breach involving…
A class action lawsuit has been settled by Magellan Health on behalf of approximately 273,000 patients who had their protected health information exposed in a…
Iowa-based Wolfe Eye Clinic has issued a breach notification to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights reporting a data…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced the conclusion of three investigations into alleged violations of the…
Ohio-based law firm Bricker & Eckler LLP has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit following a data breach affecting 420,532 individuals. The law firm…
The New York-based Ambulance Service, Empress Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has recently experienced a ransomware attack. On July 14, 2022, the EMS provider discovered some…
A class action lawsuit has been settled by Ambry Genetics for $12.25 million following a data breach affecting 232,772 patients. The lawsuit stems from an…
Richmond, Texas-based Oakbend Medical Center has recently announced that they have experienced a ransomware attack. On September 1, 2022, the healthcare provider discovered a file…
Syracuse-based Practice Resources has announced that they have recently experienced a data breach involving the protected health information of 924,138 individuals. Practice Resources is a…
Detroit, Michigan-based law firm Warner Norcross and Judd (WNJ) has reported a data breach to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) affecting the…
Parma-based Health Aid of Ohio has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit to resolve claims made by individuals who had their information exposed in…
A class action lawsuit filed against Missouri-based BJC Healthcare has resulted in a settlement. The nonprofit healthcare provider has agreed to create a fund to…
A class action lawsuit filed against the Urology Center of Colorado has reach a settlement agreement. The lawsuit was filed against the healthcare provider in…
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Morristown-based Lamoille Health Partners following a ransomware attack involving the PHI of 59,381 patients. On June 13,…
A class action lawsuit against California-based Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare has resulted in a $340,000 settlement. The healthcare provider will establish the fund to resolve…
A lawsuit has been filed against Wilsonville-based Avamere Holdings for a data breach affecting 96 senior living facilities and involved the release of the protected…
A lawsuit has been filed to data broker Kochava by the U.S. Federal Trade Commision (FTC) for its alleged unlawful collection of geolocation user data,…
A class action lawsuit has been settled by Humana & Cotiviti after a data breach that disclosed the personal information of 64,654 individuals. The breach…
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s primary enforcer, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has recently settled a violation case with the New England…
Henderson & Walton Women’s Center P.C. (HWWC) has recently announced that it has experienced a data breach involving the exposure of the protected health information…
Vermont-based Lamoille has recently announced that they have experienced a ransomware attack involving PHI of 59,381 patients. On June 13, 2022, Lamoille Health Partners detected…
Florida Orthopaedic Institute (FOI) has agreed to a $4 million settlement for a class-action lawsuit regarding a data breach affecting approximately 640,000 individuals. In June…
Novant Health has recently issued a notification reporting a data breach has occurred involving the PHI of over 1.36 million patients. The unauthorized disclosure of…
Telehealth solution provider, Let’s Talk, has announced that it has achieved full HIPAA compliance. The statement, issued on April 13, 2022, confirmed that the provider…
A class action lawsuit has been settled by Dental Care Alliance as the result of a data breach affecting 1.7 million individuals. Dental Care Alliance…
Fast Track Urgent Care, a network of urgent healthcare clinics based in Florida, has recently announced that it has experienced a data breach affecting 259,411…
Aetna ACE has recently announced it has been subject to a ransomware attack on a mailing vendor. The data breach involves the unauthorized disclosure of…
Professional Finance Company, a Greely, Colorado-based accounts receivable management company has announced that they experienced a ransomware attack in February 2022. The payment vendor provides…
The Cloud Security Alliance has released guidelines advising how healthcare organizations can manage risks to data security posed by third party vendors. Business associates of…
A class action lawsuit has been settled in the Harris County District Court in Texas involving the Methodist Hospitals Inc. The settlement comes as a…