GRAND RAPIDS – U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Jessica Nicole Pitcher, 41, of Shelbyville, Michigan, was charged by misdemeanor information with unlawfully accessing health information pertaining to a patient of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs without authorization, in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 1320d-6(a)(2)….
Finnish SA: Administrative fine imposed on Posti for unlawful processing of personal data
Posti is the Finnish mail and package delivery service. The Finnish State exercises the shareholder’s decision-making power over it. On December 6, the European Data Protection Board announced a decision by the Finnish Supervisory Authority that imposed a monetary penalty of 2.4 million euros and a reprimand. As EDPB summarizes the case: The Finnish Supervisory…
Compliance With Most Provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy is Required by December 23, 2024
On April 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights announced a final rule, entitled the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy. The rule strengthens privacy protections for medical records and health information for individuals who are seeking, obtaining, providing, or facilitating lawful reproductive health care. Health…
HHS Office for Civil Rights Imposes a $548,265 Penalty Against Children’s Hospital Colorado
Not all monetary penalties are for breaches affecting large numbers of patients. In this case, HHS imposed a penalty on an entity that had breaches in both 2017 and 2020. PogoWasRight notes that the 2017 incident affected 3,370 patients, and the 2020 incident affected 2,553 patients — as reported to HHS at the time. Today,…