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On Friday (the second best day to report bad news), American Airlines announced that a hard drive had been stolen from it’s Fort Worth headquarters building.
On this hard drive was current and former employee:
Names
Addresses
Dates of birth
Social Security numbers
some bank information
Oh, and “No customer data was affected”…whew! I’m sure the employees are grateful.
Things we don’t know:
Was [...]
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Continue ReadingAs noted in Reuters:
WellPoint Inc., has warned some 470,000 people who applied for its health insurance that a website security glitch may have exposed their Social Security numbers and other sensitive data to the public….The glitch was introduced…by a contractor who upgraded the site….
A couple of things to note here:
Large companies can (and will) continue [...]
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Continue ReadingIt was bound to happen.
Laws are being created.
What’s this about?
As we’ve mentioned a few times on this website, if you use a multi-function photocopier (one that will copy, scan, print and receive faxes), chances are very good (90%+ probability) that your device has a computer hard drive built into it.
This hard drive is intended to [...]
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Continue ReadingA recent national survey* of Hospital Compliance Officers shows concrete data confirming what we see every day in private practices.
Compliance with HIPAA is miserably low.
Some survey numbers are below, but first some clarity.
This survey was of hospitals.
More specifically, large organizations that have lots of money to pay people,
like Hospital Compliance Officers, to ensure they are [...]
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Continue ReadingOften, when I tell my children what I want them to do, I get the blank stare and head nod.
More recently, any time I speak to my children I require the following:
Pause your video game
Look me in the eye.
Don’t act like my children on this subject.
First, another report of stolen laptops:
Five laptops were stolen from [...]
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