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Tag Archives: data security
5 Million Mass. Residents Affect by Data Breaches Since 2007
According to Barbara Anthony, head of the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, 5,000,000 residents of the Commonwealth have been affect by data breaches since October 2007, when the state’s data breach notification law was enacted. According to … Continue reading
Belmont Savings Bank Fined $7500 for Lost Backup Tape
According to a settlement with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office, Belmont Savings Bank has fined $7,500 for losing personal information belonging to more than 13,000 customers. In May, an unencrypted backup computer tape containing information from more than 13,000 customers … Continue reading
Red Flags Exemption Bill Signed at Last!
This past Saturday, President Obama signed legislation that exempts many businesses, including lawyers, accountants, physicians’ offices, therapists, and many other types of healthcare providers, from the Red Flags Rule. This legislation narrows the definition of the term “creditor” so as … Continue reading
Don’t Hold Your Breath
If you’ve been standing by your mailbox waiting for a breach notification letter to arrive from South Shore Hospital, the waiting is over. As things stand now, you will not receive anything via the United States Postal Service. Instead, if … Continue reading
Pharmacy Records Lost
The health care breaches just keep coming! Customers of Walsh Pharmacy of 202 Rock St., New Bedford, will be receiving notices from the pharmacy that their personal information has been compromised. A legal notice was placed in the Boston Herald … Continue reading
And the Breaches Keep on Coming!
Since my last post I have read of three, and possibly four, data breaches in Massachusetts alone. The first, reported by the Herald on August 2nd, involved a stolen laptop belonging to biomedical chemist Galen Loving, who is doing cancer … Continue reading
South Shore Hospital Unable to Locate 800,000 Records Containing Personal Information
South Shore Hospital in Weymouth is the latest Massachusetts organization to announce a data security incident. The hospital issued a press release on July 19, 2010, reporting that backup computer files containing approximately 800,000 records have apparently been lost. The … Continue reading
Massachusetts Data Breach Compromises 139,000 Records
June 8, 2010 – The Massachusetts Secretary of Commonwealth’s office has acknowledged that it unintentionally released to a business publication personal information belonging to 139,000 state-registered investment advisers. The information was reportedly provided to IA Week, an investment industry publication, … Continue reading
