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Community Health Center of Buffalo & Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis Confirm Data Breaches

HIPAA Journal · · US Federal · Healthcare Privacy

Community Health Center of Buffalo and New Jersey law firm Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis have each disclosed separate data breaches. The incidents, reported via The HIPAA Journal, involve organizations that handle sensitive medical and legal information respectively.

Why this matters: A health center and a law firm getting breached in the same news cycle is not a coincidence worth shrugging at. These are two of the most sensitive data environments there are. Health centers hold diagnoses, medications, and financial records tied to people's bodies. Law firms hold disputes, strategies, and privileged communications people never expected to be exposed. When both types of organizations are breached, real people face real consequences — discrimination, fraud, or private details surfacing at the worst possible time. The organizations collected the data. The obligation to protect it came with that.

Who should care: Healthcare professionals · Privacy officers · Compliance

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