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Company: ATA Consulting LLC dba Best Medical Transcription
Penalty: $30,508
Year: 2018
Date: November 2, 2018
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: ATA Consulting and its owner agreed to pay $200,000 (all but $30,508 suspended) in settlement of allegations it violated federal and state laws by exposing private health information of patients of the Virtua Medical Group when it misconfigured a server, allowing access through the internet without a password. Virtua Medical Group made a separate settlement concerning the data breach in April 2018.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: New Jersey
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