[WSBAPT] Premera Insurance records breach

[Claudia A Gowan]

Tom, I learned that Ann Guinn has a client who preparing to file a class action lawsuit related to the breach. You may contact her at Anngp15 at aol.com<mailto:Anngp15 at aol.com>.

Ann provided me with a copy of the text of a notice that she sent out to another listserve that provides insight into the scope of the lawsuit:


"As you may be aware, Premera Blue Cross got hacked last May, and 11 million members' records were compromised. The company has only just now admitted to the hack. I have a client in NY who is working with another firm to file a class action on behalf of Premera members and she's looking for WA insureds. If you are interested in lending your name to this, please let me know.

Also, I'm wondering if you have children insured by Premera. Children are even more vulnerable than adults because problems usually don't show up for them until many years down the road when they apply for credit, or even file for social security. If someone else is using your child's identify and social security number to receive medical services, this can come back to get your child when he/she is taken to the hospital for emergency treatment after an accident in a school baseball game. The child's on-line health information may show that he/she is, say, Type A blood, so that's the transfusion your Type O child will receive. Providing free credit report checking for a year or two isn't enough.

Thanks! Please let me know if you're willing to speak with my client about this."

Best, Claudia




Claudia A. Gowan

Claudia A. Gowan, PLLC
Market Place One, Suite 330
2003 Western Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
(206) 443-2733 (T)
(206) 448-2252 (F)
claudia at cagowanlaw.com<mailto:claudia at cagowanlaw.com>

www.seattletrustsandestates.com<http://www.seattletrustsandestates.com/>


From: Thomas Haensly [mailto:thaensly at msn.com]
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 8:36 AM
To: Claudia A Gowan
Subject: Re: [WSBAPT] Premera Insurance records breach

Claudia, Did you ever get any responses?  If so, could you please share.  Thanks.  Tom

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From: Claudia A Gowan<mailto:claudia at cagowanlaw.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 1, 2015 7:52 AM
To: wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com<mailto:wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com>
Subject: [WSBAPT] Premera Insurance records breach

Colleagues, any thoughts on how (or if) the breach of Premera medical records should be handled or to whom clients can be directed?

A client received notice that her minor child’s records may have been breached. She is wondering if she needs to talk with a lawyer about it.

Many thanks,

Claudia

Claudia A. Gowan

Claudia A. Gowan, PLLC
Market Place One, Suite 330
2003 Western Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
(206) 443-2733 (T)
(206) 448-2252 (F)
claudia at cagowanlaw.com<mailto:claudia at cagowanlaw.com>

www.seattletrustsandestates.com<http://www.seattletrustsandestates.com/>


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