Late last week I communicated with Linda McGlasson about a story she was putting together for bankinfosecurity that was published today, “Bank of New York Mellon Investigated for Lost Data Tape: 4.5 Million Customers Potentially Exposed.”
It’s a good and interesting article; check it out.
In Linda’s article there was a quote from Bank of New York (BONY) Mellon’s spokesperson Ron Sommer,
Archive for the ‘Privacy Incidents’ Category
BONY Loss Of Backup Tape With Unencrypted PII Is Disappointing…But Not Surprising
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008Addressing the Insider Threat
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008My May issue of “IT Compliance in Realtime” is now available!
The first article I have within this issue is, “Addressing the Insider Threat.”
Here is the unformatted text of the article; download the PDF to get the much nicer, prettier, formatted version…
A Couple Of Little Known HIPAA Facts
Thursday, May 8th, 2008Last week I was contacted by Corey Goodman, a reporter for HCPro, about a story he is doing that sounds like it will be quite interesting! He is collecting examples and anecdotes about “little know HIPAA facts” and asked me to contribute some for his article.
I anticipate that he will be cutting the couple of little known facts I provided to him down quite a bit, so I wanted to provide them here not only as a future reference for myself, but also for those of you who may be interested!
Yet Another Stolen Laptop With Clear Text Patient PII
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008Yet another in a long procession of laptop thefs, “Stolen laptop contains personal info of 2,500 patients“.
Here are the first few paragraphs…
What Business Leaders Need to Know About Privacy Breach Notifications
Thursday, March 13th, 2008The third article in my March e-journal issue of “IT Compliance in Realtime” is “What Business Leaders Need to Know About Privacy Breach Notifications.”
Here it is, unformatted:
The “Reasonable Belief” of a Privacy Breach
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008The second article in my March e-journal issue of “IT Compliance in Realtime” is “The “Reasonable Belief” of a Privacy Breach.”
Here it is, unformatted:
The “Reasonable Belief” of a Privacy Breach
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008The second article in my March e-journal issue of “IT Compliance in Realtime” is “The “Reasonable Belief” of a Privacy Breach.”
Here it is, unformatted:
Will Bad News Come in 3’s For Health Net?
Saturday, March 1st, 2008In the past several days Health Net made the news…in ways they would rather not have…
First this on 2/22:
Example privacy breach response plan
Sunday, February 24th, 2008Too few organizations are prepared to respond to a privacy breach when it happens. Too many naively believe a privacy breach will not happen to them.
It is helpful to look at existing privacy breach notice plans when creating your own. The U.S. government agencies actually provide some good plans you can use as examples.
