An April meeting of attorneys general will focus on data security issues. This comes in the wake of Connecticut AG forming a data privacy division and the attorneys general in NY, OR and WA recommending legislative changes to address data security.
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A glut of credit card and financial data on the black market has driven down its price. As a result, hackers are targeting more lucrative health care records. Health care records are selling for as much as 7 times the value of financial data on the black market. Legal Intelligencer 1. More respect for financial institutions in courts. Data breaches lead to law suits. Law suits lead to multiple law suits. Multiple law suits become class action law suits. High dollar class action lawsuits are facing Target and Home Depot. 2. Push for national data breach legislation by multi-state companies. 3. More health care data breaches.
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A student at the Univeristy of Oregon, Go Ducks!, alleges she was raped by 3 basketball players. The University found the sudents at fault and kicked them out of school and off the basketball team. After the alleged rape, the student sought treatment at the student health center. Her treatment included mental health care. She eventually sued the school as the alleged offenders were never tried for a crime. During the lawsuit her mental health records, when she sought care … A data breach of medical records at an Ohio hospital system has led to a $5,000,000 class action lawsuit. It took 4 months for the hospital system to notify patients of the data breach. The legal complaint is based on the medical records data breach creating a “threat of immediate harm has injured her privacy as a result of negligence.” The Illinois Attorney General is working to expand the definition of what is private information that triggers data breach notifications. She wants to include the following information: Her proposal doesn’t specify when the consumer and the Attorney General office must be notified. Instead, busine… Hailed as a victory for plaintiff’s lawyers, class actions are proceeding for data breaches at Target and Sony. Since the February breach at Anthem, more than 40 class action lawsuits have been filed. Legal experts say data breach cases move forward when the plaintiff can allege: Connecticut’s SB1024 applies higher data privacy standards on health care providers, by establishing regulations through the department of insurance. Which health care entities are affected? Theodore Kobus III, co-leader of the Privacy and Data Security Practice at Baker Hostetler, favors state regulation over one size fits all federal regulation of data security notification. He suggests the right template for data security is HIPAA’s approach. HIPPA has been functioning for more than 10 years and has no uniform standard for security. Businesses need flexibility to respond to data breaches. The flexibility is necessary based on 3 factors: Last week Anthem experienced a data security breach that resulted in the exposure of personal information for up to 80 million people. This week, a class action lawsuit has been filed in Atlanta. Here’s what plaintiffs allege:Health Care Data is Valuable. High Dollar Target of Data Hackers.
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Breach Leads to Class Action. Rinse. Repeat.