Health Insurer Loses 1.5 Million Patient Records

A health insurer lost 1.5 million patient records last May but waited six months to disclose the incident. The data, which was stored on a portable disk drive that disappeared from the insurer’s office, was unencrypted and included patient Social Security numbers, bank account numbers and health data, according to the Hartford Courant . The disk also contained personal information on at least 5,000 physicians. Health Net discovered the loss in May but never informed patients, law enforcement or government entities, despite data breach laws in some states that require data spillers to notify victims and state officials when residents are affected by a breach. The insurer finally sent…
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theamwayne (THE AMERICAN WAYne) : ~ atheist lost appeals-'In God We Trust' on U.S. currency disrespects him; breaches separation church & state. Its not ? http://lnk.ms/5TQHr.. Updated : 2010-03-12T09:33:25Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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ghuebbers (Georg Hbbers) : A very good source for the total # of data breaches in the US since 2005: http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/ChronDataBreaches.htm#Total.. Updated : 2010-03-12T09:11:43Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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skygirlblue (Maggie Blue) : RT @just_karen_lol: it's about time Meryl took some proper action against members like not_an_eloi and the trappers. Those posts are clear b.. Updated : 2010-03-12T08:59:35Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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just_karen_lol (Blabber Mouth) : it's about time Meryl took some proper action against members like not_an_eloi and the trappers. Those posts are clear breaches... Updated : 2010-03-12T08:27:54Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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onlykashif (Kashif Riaz) : 70 substantiated privacy breaches in 2009: Medicare http://bit.ly/cwH11T.. Updated : 2010-03-12T08:06:55Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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