Children’s National Health System is facing a potential class-action lawsuit following the hack of up to 18,000 patients’ personal data last year, Washington Business Journal reports. Patient Fardoes Khan filed the suit after being informed her data was compromised. In New York, insurance payer Healthfirst is notifying members of a data breach affecting approximately 5,300 individuals, and, in Georgia, approximately 3,000 clients of Community Care Services Program are being notified that the state’s Division of Aging Services program inadvertently emailed their personal data to a contracted provider not authorized to view the information. Editor’s Note: IAPP VP of Research and Education Omer Tene recently wrote about class-action lawsuits for Privacy Tracker.
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