Gloria Rebecca Gomez reports: A data breach exposed the personal information of thousands of Arizona students enrolled in the state’s school voucher program, according to Gov. Katie Hobbs, but the state’s top education official says it’s not a problem. Earlier this month, ClassWallet, the online financial administration platform that handles payments for Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship…
Category: Breaches
Why Doctors Using ChatGPT Are Unknowingly Violating HIPAA
Science Blog writes: With the rise of artificial intelligence, clinicians are turning to chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT to organize notes, produce medical records or write letters to health insurers. But clinicians deploying this new technology may be violating health privacy laws, according to Genevieve Kanter, an associate professor of public policy at the USC Sol Price School of…
Rush Health Must Face Suit Over Health-Info Sharing With Google
Christopher Brown reports: Rush System for Health must defend a proposed class action alleging it shared health information of patients using its patient portal with Google Inc. and other third parties, in breach of its contract with patients and in violation of the Illinois Eavesdropping Act. Marguerite Kurowski successfully stated a claim for breach of contract regarding…
In SEC Battle, Covington Ordered to Disclose Names of 7 Clients
Abigail Adcox reports: U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta of the District of Columbia has ruled that Covington & Burling must disclose to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission the names of seven clients whose information may have been exposed in a 2020 cyberattack that impacted the firm. “Covington shall produce to the Commission the names…