On December 31, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission announced that Accretive Health, Inc. (“Accretive”) has agreed to settle charges that the company’s inadequate data security measures unfairly exposed sensitive consumer information to the risk of theft or misuse. Accretive experienced a breach in July 2011 that involved the protected health information of more than 23,000 patients.
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FTC Reaches Settlement With Accretive Health on Inadequate Data Security
Feb 1, 2014 | Data Protection & Privacy, Medical & Pharmaceutical Industry Hiring, Occupational Fraud
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