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Insurance company, WellPoint, fined $1.7m over data exposure |
July 12, 2013
Insurance provider WellPoint has agreed to pay a $1.7 million fine for exposing more than 600,000 personal records online due to weak database security, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) said Thursday.WellPoint, based in Indianapolis, is one the largest health insurers in the U.S., with more than 100 million customers covered by it and its subsidiaries.In 2009, WellPoint reported to the federal agency that an online database holding personal and health information for 612,402 individuals was left accessible over the Internet between October 2009 and March 2010. The data included names, addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers, phone numbers and health information.The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act requires that organizations which fall under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules must report health-related data breaches, according to HHS.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2044201/insurance-company-wellpoint-fined-17m-over-data-exposure.html#tk.rss_all
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