The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has taken more than 20 enforcement actions concerning patients’ rights to timely access to their medical records from their provider. Those enforcement actions and their monetary penalties can be found linked from here. For comparison purposes between the GDPR and HIPAA, here…
Category: Breaches
Ireland’s privacy watchdog sued for inaction over ‘massive Google data breach’
Natasha Lomas reports: Ireland’s evasive response to a major security complaint filed against Google’s adtech the year the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into application is the target of a new lawsuit — which accuses the Data Protection Commission (DPC) of years of inaction over what the complainants assert is “the largest…
HBO hit with class action lawsuit for allegedly sharing subscriber data with Facebook
Steve Dent reports: HBO is facing a class action lawsuit over allegations that it gave subscribers’ viewing history to Facebook without proper permission, Variety has reported. The suit accuses HBO of providing Facebook with customer lists, allowing the social network to match viewing habits with their profiles. It further alleges that HBO knows Facebook can…
Student invasion of privacy case moved to April hearing
On March 2, Kendrick Calfee reported: The scheduled hearing for a felony case involving a Northwest student has been postponed to April 12 after 4th Circuit Associate Judge Robert Rice granted continuance. Logan D. Fainter, 19, of Macon, Missouri, is charged with invasion of privacy — a Class E felony — for allegedly video recording two female…