New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed a bill (S.562) into law on January 9, 2015 that will impose a standard more stringent than HIPAA on health insurance carriers authorized (i.e.,
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Update on Massive ECMC Data Breach
By Mark G. McCreary on
ECMC reported on Friday that the storage medium containing the names, addresses, dates of birth and social security numbers of some 3.3 million individual student loan borrowers was recovered and “law enforcement officials” do not believe that the personal information was compromised.
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Data Breach Affecting 3.3 Million Borrowers with Student Loans
By Mark G. McCreary on
ECMC reported last Friday, March 26th, that a data breach occurred over the weekend of March 20-21. During this breach, which has been termed a “theft,” data was stolen that included names, addresses, dates of birth and social security numbers of some 3.3 million individual student loan borrowers.
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