How Can Office For Civil Rights’ $6.8 Million In Penalty Get Any More Real?
If you don’t think regulatory compliances such as HIPAA, NIST, PCI DSS, GDPR violations are real and happening all the time, check out these headlines from the Office for Civil Rights (OCR):
OCR fines Health Insurer $5.1 Million to Settle Data Breach Affecting Over 9.3 Million People – January 15, 2021
OCR receives $202,400 from City Health Department that failed to terminate former employee’s access to protected health information – October 30, 2020
OCR secures $1 Million HIPAA Settlement from Life Insurance Company and affiliated covered entity for three HIPAA breaches – October 28, 2020
OCR Imposes a $6.85 Million Civil Penalty to Settle Data Breach Affecting Over 10.4 Million People – September 25, 2020
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