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A Look Back: $4.1 Million Settlement
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Background
20,000 people visited the Stanford Hospital emergency room between March 1st, 2009 and August 21st, 2009. Each one of them had their protected…

Canadian Digital Privacy Act Raises Stakes
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Digital Privacy Act
Recently, Canada added an amendment to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). The Digital Privacy Act creates…

Anthem Pays $115 Million Settlement
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Superlative Settlement
On August 16th, Anthem Inc. signed the check for the $115 million settlement of the class action lawsuit against them for their…

Veriphyr's Survey of Patient Privacy Breaches
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Employees are the Leading Source of Breaches
In 2011, Veriphyr published the results of a survey on Protected Health Information (PHI) privacy…