Loss of a Single Laptop Leads to $50k Fine Against Idaho Hospice

netbuzz writes "Losing a single laptop containing sensitive personal information about 441 patients will cost a non-profit Idaho hospice center $50,000, marking the first such HIPAA-related penalty involving fewer than 500 data-breach victims. Yes, the data was not encrypted. 'This action sends a strong message to the health care industry that, regardless of size, covered entities must take action and will be held accountable for safeguarding their patients' health information,' says the Department of Health and Human Services."

Re:Government penalizers doing...

[Cryacin]

Yeah, bunch of HIPAA-crits

Re:This is why God invented encryption

[webmistressrachel]

Yeah, he could at least idolize one with a three-letter UID - ~Jeremiah Cornelius [slashdot.org]. Have *some* class...

Re:What a Joke

[Guido69]

If you've seriously got a viable business model where encrypting a single laptop can bring in $N00k, please let me know.