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Montana Medical Clinic Cyberattack Compromises Data of 130K Patients

Montana hospital officials have confirmed a data breach may have compromised the personal information of about 130,000 medical clinic patients. The Daily Inter Lake reported that Kalispell Regional Healthcare employees were unaware of the May cyberattack until an outside forensic …

California Proposes Regulations to Enforce State Privacy Law

California proposed regulations Thursday that would give consumers more control over how businesses collect and manage their personal information, including requiring a “Do Not Sell My Info” link on companies’ websites or apps. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra detailed the …

Missing Drive Has Health Patient Info of Nevada’s Largest Healthcare Provider

The largest health care provider in northern Nevada says some of its patients’ private information was stored on a thumb drive that’s been missing since June 30. Renown Health said in a letter sent to patients last week the incident …

FEMA Accused of Wrongly Releasing Data of California Wildfire Victims

The Federal Emergency Management Agency wrongly released to a contractor the personal information of 2.3 million survivors of devastating 2017 hurricanes and wildfires, potentially exposing the victims to identity fraud and theft, a government watchdog reported. The Homeland Security Department’s …

California Could Require Businesses to Offer E-Receipts Under New Bill

California would become the first state to require businesses to offer electronic receipts unless customers ask for paper copies under legislation proposed this week. Many businesses and consumers already are moving toward e-receipts, said Democratic Assemblyman Phil Ting of San …

Five Key Takeaways from California’s Watershed Privacy Law

California recently enacted a sweeping new privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, which is likely to have broad implications for organizations providing services to, or collecting data from, California consumers. The CCPA, enacted on June 28, shares …

Arizona City’s Online Payment System Finally up Following Cyber Attack

Officials in Goodyear, Ariz. say the city’s online payment system is functioning again after a cybersecurity attack affected the software. The city became aware of the situation on its online payment system May 7 and immediately shut it down. Customers …

Idaho School Trying to Recover Data Weeks After Ransom-Seeking Cyberattack

Nearly six weeks after being hit by a massive ransomware cyberattack, the Jerome School District is still working to recover. On Dec. 11, school district officials found out much of its data was encrypted. Each affected file included a message …

Dwelling Data. No Pun Intended.

This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Using Quality Data to Enhance User Experience Insurers who sell homeowners insurance direct-to-consumer through a website must find that delicate balance between collecting enough information to quote and bind a …

Data Breach: A Wide Coverage Gap for Small Business

Based on what we see in the trade press, it would appear most large businesses in the U.S. are addressing their exposure to data breaches in some way. But what about the small, Main Street businesses such as those we …