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2014 Was Landmark Year For Health Data Breaches

Greg Slabodkin | Health Data Management | December 26, 2014

When it comes to health data breaches, 2014 was a milestone year. Healthcare organizations accounted for about 42 percent of all major data breaches reported this year, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center...

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Experian Sold Consumer Data To Identity Theft Organization

Pam Baker | FierceBigData | October 21, 2013

If consumers and financial institutions weren't disillusioned enough with the shoddy performance of traditional credit bureaus, they will be now that a KrebsOnSecurity investigation discovered Experian sold consumer data to an identity theft organization. Read More »

Federal Report Highlights The Effects Of Medical Debts On Credit

Ann Carrns | The New York Times | December 11, 2014

One in five American consumers — 43 million people — have blemishes on their credit reports because of overdue medical bills, while medical debts make up more than half of collection items on credit reports, according to a newly released federal report. Read More »

Hacking Health Care Records Reaches Epidemic Proportions

Nsikan Akpan | Scientific American | March 29, 2016

In February 2015, Anthem made history when 78.8 million of its customers were hacked. It was the largest health care breach ever, and it opened the floodgates on a landmark year. More than 113 million medical records were compromised last year, according to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) under Health and Human Services. Consider it this way: if each case represented a single individual, one in three Americans would have been a victim...

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New Federal Database Will Track Americans' Credit Ratings, Other Financial Information

Richard Pollock | Washington Examiner | May 30, 2014

As many as 227 million Americans may be compelled to disclose intimate details of their families and financial lives -- including their Social Security numbers -- in a new national database being assembled by two federal agencies.  

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UKs Tax Authority To Sell Taxpayers' Financial Data

Rowena Mason | The Guardian | April 18, 2014

The personal financial data of millions of [British] taxpayers could be sold to private firms under laws being drawn up by [His Majesty's (HM)] Revenue & Customs in a move branded "dangerous" by tax professionals and "borderline insane" by a senior Conservative MP.  

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Will 2015 Be Worst Year Yet For Data Breaches?

Tom Sullivan | Government Health IT | December 30, 2014

This past year the FBI warned the entire healthcare realm that security practices are not keeping pace with other industries. And a new report is suggesting that healthcare organizations should expect even more data breaches in the New Year...

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