Cybersecurity and Data Breaches
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2020 Whistleblower of the Year Candidate – Sophie Zhang
Posted 01/4/21
October 8, 2020
CHS/Community Health Systems Inc. will pay $5 million to resolve the claims of 28 states related to a data breach that affected over six million patients, exposing their names, birthdates, social security numbers, and other information. CHS also agreed to take undertake specific measures to help keep patients’ information secure. NCTop Ten Whistleblower Developments of 2019
Posted 02/6/20
Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team’s Top-Ten “Staff Picks” of 2019
Posted 01/27/20
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- Your worst nightmare – private data exposed to the unscrupulous – could be curbed...
Top Ten Non-Healthcare False Claims Act Recoveries of 2019
Posted 01/10/20
Catch Our Rising Star!
Posted 10/17/19
September 12, 2019
Futures commission merchant Phillip Capital Inc. will pay $1.5 million to settle CFTC charges that its email system was breached and customer information accessed, with cyber criminals withdrawing $1 million in PCI customer funds. The CFTC found that PCI failed to disclose the breach to its customers in a timely manner, and failed to have adequate cybersecurity policies and employee supervision. CFTCSeptember 4, 2019
Google and its subsidiary, YouTube, will pay a record $170 million to the FTC and New York for allegedly violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule, which requires that websites and services directed at children under 13 obtain parental consent prior to collecting personal information. According to the complaint, YouTube allegedly monitored, tracked, and served targeted ads to children under 13 without parental consent. FTC, NY AGTech Whistleblowers Needed: Inquire Within
Posted 08/16/19
