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Associates of HIPAA-covered entities targets for breaches

Data breaches of medical entities have steadily increased over the past several years, BankInfoSecurity reports, citing figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights' HIPAA Breach Reporting Tool. Of the 10 largest health breaches in 2022, half involved “business associates” of medical providers, the tool showed. The largest breach so far, of Wisconsin-based mailing vendor OneTouchPoint, exposed 3 million individuals’ personal information.

Mobile data broker asks judge to dismiss FTC lawsuit

Mobile data broker Kochava is asking a U.S. District Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission alleging the company sells smartphone users' geolocation data, MediaPost reports. Kochava said the FTC "grossly exaggerates" what location data "may or may not reveal about consumers" and has not shown the alleged practices cause injury to consumers.

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