25,000 Patients Contacted About Lake County Health Department Data Breaches
The personal and protected health information of approximately 25,000 patients has potentially been impacted in two separate data breaches according to the Lake County Health Department in Illinois . The initial breach took place during 2019 when a Lake County Health member of staff sent an unencrypted email from their corporate email address to an internal employee’s personal email account. The email in question included a...
5 Best Free Password Managers
When you are doing your market research to identify the best free password management solution to use, there will be some features that you should not do without. It should naturally be easy to create strong, unique passwords for each account, which means the solution should have a random password generator. It should also be easy to use the solution and save passwords and other sensitive data in the password vault, and to share...
What are the Best Windows Password Managers?
Using a password manager on Windows will simplify the creation and storage of passwords for all of your Internet accounts, but there are many options available and choosing the best Windows password management solution can be a time consuming process. There are many things you need to take into account when selecting a solution, including aspects such as compatibility across a range of devices and operating systems, usability,...
Is Bitwarden the Most Secure Password Manager?
Bitwarden is a powerful password management solution with some great features and excellent security. You can easily create strong and unique passwords for all of your accounts, control access to passwords, share them securely between team members, and have the strongest possible privacy for your company without impacting the productivity your workers, but is it the most secure password manager on the market? Bitwarden provides the...
US Court of Appeals Ruling Suggests Legal Action Possible for Privacy Breaches Under 14th Amendment
A ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit suggests individuals whose privacy has been violated could potentially take legal action under the 14th amendment, but has confirmed that there is no private cause of action under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) when an individual’s privacy is violated as a result of an improper disclosure of their protected health information. The case...