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Your Unencrypted Laptops Can Lead To A Lawsuit Against You

Published on Fri Mar 28, 2014

Class action suit based on laptop theft results in serious damages. A failure to encrypt PHI on your laptops might bring more than penalties from HHS. It could result in a pricey class action lawsuit, even if no actual harm resulted from the theft. Case in point: Health insurer AvMed Inc. recently entered into a settlement agreement through the U.S. [...]
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