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New York Fines Health Insurer $4.5M for Data Breach that Exposed Private Data

Health insurance company EyeMed Vision Care LLC will pay a $4.5 million penalty to New York State for violations of the state’s cybersecurity regulation that officials said exposed hundreds of thousands of consumers’ personal health data, including data concerning minors. …

UnityPoint Patient Records in Iowa, Illinois at Risk

A third-party employee for a health system that operates hospitals and clinics in Iowa and Illinois had unauthorized access to personal records of about 1,800 patients, the company said Wednesday. UnityPoint Health said a recent audit revealed a pattern of …