Updates to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Security Rule (“HIPAA Security Rule”) are planned for Spring 2024. New guidance from The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) via a recently...more
2/15/2024
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Healthcare ,
HIPAA Security Rule ,
HITECH Act ,
Information Technology ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Technology Sector
In yet another indication of the increasing weight being given by government officials to cybersecurity, on July 26, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules requiring public companies to disclose...more
7/28/2023
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Corporate Governance ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
New Rules ,
Proposed Rules ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Required Forms ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Only three months after the introduction of a bill to the House of Representatives that, if passed, will ban non-compete agreements nationwide for non-exempt employees, on January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”)...more
For companies that conduct business in both the European Union and the United States, data transfers between the EU and the U.S. has long been a challenging process, primarily in light of the EU’s strict privacy regulation,...more
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”) was a bi-partisan regulation passed by Congress in 1999 in an attempt to update and modernize the financial industry. One component of the GLBA, its Safeguards Rule, requires financial...more
10/7/2022
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Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FTC Act ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
New Amendments ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Rule ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Safeguards Rule ,
State Privacy Laws
Internet users have (mostly) learned to avoid scams by supposed Nigerian princes looking to share a vast inheritance, and there has been a rise in awareness of other common signs of phishing attempts, such as poor spelling...more
9/8/2022
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
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Phishing Scams ,
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Ransomware
Privacy and data security professionals have been closely monitoring the ongoing battle regarding a new proposed federal law, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act ( ADPPA), which in July made it out of committee with...more