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A health and sciences university signed a resolution agreement with the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights regarding two data breaches that occurred in 2013.
On July 13, a health and sciences university signed a resolution agreement with the United States
Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights
("OCR") regarding two data breaches that occurred in
2013. In the first breach, a laptop belonging to the university
with electronically protected health information was stolen. The
second breach involved the unprotected use of "cloud"
storage. The resolution agreement includes a $2.7 million payment
and a plan for corrective action.
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