Page 2 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – Friday, July 12, 2019 Law Offices of John Mackey & ASSOCIATES * PERSONAL INJURY * REAL ESTATE * FAMILY LAW * GENERAL PRACTICE * PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY 14 Norwood St., Everett, MA 02149 Phone: (617) 387-4900 Fax: (617) 381-1755 John Mackey, Esq. WWW.JMACKEYLAW.COM Patricia Ridge, Esq. * Katherine M. Brown, Esq. ~ LETTER TO THE EDITOR ~ City of Everett holds successful Independence Day Celebration Dear Editor: I want to give a big thanks to everyone who attended the City of Everett’s Independence Day Celebration on Sunday, July 7. We welcomed a crowd of over 7,000 people to Glendale Park to enjoy a day of food, activities, entertainment, and a grand finale fireworks show. All of the City workers and volunteers did an amazing job. I know they all appreciated having so many residents come out to join in the fun. It made all of the hard work worth every minute. 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I am happy that people from all over came and visited Everett and shared in the excitement and celebration of all that Everett is and is becoming. ministration offers a variety of programs, events, and opportunities for our residents and I greatly appreciate that so many people come out to enjoy these programs. On behalf of all our residents, Mayor Carlo DeMaria Community celebrations, such as this one, are one of the reasons why Everett is one of the top ten places to live in Massachusetts. Everett is a place where we live, work, and celebrate together. Our community is so alive and vibrant. As Mayor, it has always been important for me to make sure that my adI would also like to thank all the community organizations that helped sponsor this year’s event, as well as all of our other activities. Without their help we would not be able to provide all that we do for our residents. Thank you to Schnitzer, Malden Transit, State-line Graphics, American Bread Co., Kelley & Ryan Associates, Oliveira’s Restaurant, Senior Whole Health, Honda Cars of Boston, Century Bank, KP Law, Beta Group Inc, Councilor John Hanlon, McKinnon’s, Market Basket, Kayem Foods, xfinity, Wheelabrator Technologies, and Costco. Sincerely, Mayor Carlo DeMaria Healthcare services/IT provider fined $120K for data breach affecting nearly 1,900 state residents B OSTON – A healthcare administrative services and IT provider will pay $120,000 and change its business practices to resolve an investigation into its failure to provide timely notice of a data breach that affected nearly 1,900 Massachusetts residents, Attorney General Maura Healey announced on July 2. The Massachusetts Data Breach Law requires companies to report data breaches as soon as possible. Massachusetts companies must notify the AG’s Office, the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation and all affected Massachusetts residents of a known data breach as soon as possible and without reasonable delay. CoPilot Provider Support Services Inc. is a New York– based company that operates a website for healthcare providers to check whether a patient’s insurance provides coverage for certain medications. To provide this service, CoPilot’s website connected to a database that contained, among other things, sensitive personal information about consumers, including names and social security numbers. According to the Assurance of Discontinuance filed on July 2 in Suffolk Superior Court, CoPilot learned that that information had been breached as early as December 2015 but waited more than a year, until January 2017, to notify affected residents of the breach and report it to the AG’s Office. “CoPilot broke the law by failing to let our residents know that their sensitive data was compromised,” Healey said. “Companies must safeguard the personal information of consumers and disclose any breaches as soon as possible.” The AG’s investigation found that in December 2015, CoPilot began receiving email messages from a former employee who claimed that CoPilot’s databases containing consumers’ personal and health information could be found and downloaded from the Internet. Soon after receiving these emails, CoPilot knew or had reason to know of a potential breach and should have provided notice. 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