Category: Privacy and Security
Resource Launch: Introducing Cooley’s HIPAA Privacy and Security Enforcement Tracking Chart
Today, we added an exciting new resource to our blog: a tracking chart that provides an overview of select privacy and security settlements related to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Included in the tracking chart are summaries of allegations, settlement amounts, descriptions of corrective action plans, and […]
Mobile Health Apps Implicate Data Privacy and Security Laws
Privacy concerns regarding mobile devices in health care are raising eyebrows and making headlines. The Telegraph reports that “health and fitness apps have been harvesting sensitive personal data and passing it on to insurance and pharmaceutical companies” although “apps companies . . . have denied that the information is personally […]
Theft of Personal Data of 4 Million Patients in Illinois
On August 23, 2013, Advocate Medical Group (“AMG”), Illinois’s largest health care network, announced that four computers housing the personal information of over four million patients were stolen in the burglary of an administrative building on July 15, 2013. Upon discovering the burglary, AMG immediately notified local police, who are […]
Do Exchanges Protect Data Privacy? State Officials Worry
During the last several weeks, officials in multiple states including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and West Virginia have expressed concerns regarding data privacy risks presented by programs that assist consumers with enrollment in health insurance via the Health Insurance Exchanges […]
Pharmacist’s Snooping Leads to $1.8 Million Verdict in Indiana
On July 26, 2013, an Indiana jury awarded Abigail Hinchy $1.8 million for damages suffered as a result of a Walgreen Co. pharmacist, Audra Peterson, impermissibly accessing and exposing her confidential medical records. The Marion County Superior Court jury found that Peterson acted as a Walgreen employee when infringing upon Hinchy’s privacy […]
