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Mental Health Association Agrees Data Breach Settlement
Original: The Mental Health Association Data Breach Settlement Agreed
The Mental Health Association has agreed to a settlement over a data breach. Details of the terms, the number of people affected and the payout amounts have not been made clear in the available reporting. Given the sensitivity of mental health records, privacy advocates and affected patients are expected to follow the outcome closely, and the case adds to a run of healthcare data breach settlements in recent years.
Why now: Health data breaches affect large numbers of patients and settlements over sensitive mental health records draw wide public concern.
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Evidence
- The Mental Health Association Data Breach Settlement Agreed · The HIPAA Journal
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