2017: Penalty for date leak
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services fined the founder the same of service for cardio parients - CardioNet company - 2.5 million dollars. Date leak of 3610 clients of service became the reason of severe sanctions.[1]
In January-February, 2012 CardioNet informed the ministry on information leak: someone from the staff of the company left in the machine the notebook with client data, and stole this notebook.
In reply the ministry started federal investigation during which it became clear that in CardioNet company there were no necessary procedures for ensuring data protection; there were no neutralizations of effects of violations of safety rules of sensor and prevention of leaks, risks assessment was not carried out.
The order of carrying out of electronic media of data and the equipment from the company territory also was not regulated in any way.
The large penalty was written out within the agreement between the Ministry of Health and CardioNet under the terms of which the company abstains from recognition of fault and does not bear a financial responsibility over the specified penalty fee. The complete text of the agreement is available according to this link:[2]
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