Since 2012, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued large monetary fines for violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Some of its biggest fines, in fact, have been due to stolen laptops.In several instances, a single stolen laptop led to fines in excess of $1,0...
$1.7M Fine for A Stolen USB Drive in Alaska On 26 June 2012, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Servicesagreed to a pay a $1,700,000 finesettle HIPAA violations due to the theft of a USB hard drive (thumb drive). In this case, the stolen USB drive was also unencrypted and...