Many employers are wondering what their obligations are in the wake of the Anthem data breach announced on February 5, 2015.  Anthem is a large insurer with customers in 14 states. Anthem stated in its letter that only personal information was accessed during the security breach, but, apparently, no medical information was accessed.  Therefore, Anthem, apparently, has not yet determined whether it believes HIPAA is in play since “only” personally identifiable information was accessed.  (A brief definition/overview of HIPAA is
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