A Gastonia man found a box of medical records on his front porch that contained Social Security numbers, birthdays and other personal information of dozens of people. He didn’t know whether to shred the papers or mail them back, so he contacted Action 9 to ask what he should do. Blake Drumm ...

The hacker who gained access to the databases of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and stole the personally identifiable information (PII) and W-2 information of approximately 65,000 UPMC employees has been handed the maximum sentence for the offenses and will serve 7 years in ...

On Wednesday a case was removed from the District Court of Jefferson County, Texas to the Eastern District of Texas. The case was filed against CVS Health Solutions LLC and brings allegations of invasion of privacy and violation of HIPAA by an employee of CVS. Pharmacies are one of the ...

A Florida patient has filed a class-action lawsuit for HIPAA violation against UF Health Central Florida (UFHCF) after a data breach exposed the personal information of more than 700,000 people. According to a complaint to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida filed on Oct. ...

A former Horry-Georgetown Technical College professor is facing a lawsuit after being accused of sending a racist text about a female student and violating HIPAA by telling a colleague about her learning disability. Sheryl Lindquist, an English professor at HGTC on Sept. 22, 2020, is accused of ...