California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

2024 Mid-Year Review: State AGs Shaping Regulatory Landscapes

Troutman Pepper on 7/23/2024

In 2024, the landscape of state attorneys general (AGs) is poised for significant change, with numerous elections and regulatory actions reshaping priorities and enforcement strategies. This dynamic environment reflects the...more

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 58

Dechert LLP on 7/19/2024

SEC Issues New Guidance as to 8-K Disclosures Relating to Cybersecurity Incidents - On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued new guidance on the agency’s guidelines for cybersecurity...more

What Real Estate Businesses Need to Know About Using Website Tracking Technologies

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/26/2024

Real estate businesses frequently operate multiple websites. These may include corporate websites, websites for each of their properties, and websites for their apps and ancillary service offerings. To maximize the...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - April 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/2/2023

In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we look at Washington state’s passage of the first-ever state-level health data privacy law and the finalized California Consumer Privacy Act regulations. We also examine a...more

California AG’s Examples of CCPA Non-Compliance - Analysis of Targeted Industries

Ankura on 12/19/2022

This is the second article in a three-part series where Ankura privacy experts analyzed the 40 examples of non-compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) published by the California Office of Attorney General...more

Policyholder Best Practices As Cyberattacks Escalate

Flaster Greenberg PC on 9/4/2021

Cyberattacks are exploding. The coronavirus pandemic has further exposed cyber vulnerabilities due to remote work and the increasing use of underprotected devices. Ransomware attacks are increasingly becoming the cyberattack...more

More Privacy, Please - February 2021

Troutman Pepper on 2/3/2021

Do you want a simple way to keep current on important privacy changes? Avoid sleepless nights wondering whether you missed a privacy speed bump or pothole between annual updates? Worry no longer. Troutman Pepper is pleased to...more

California Privacy Rights Act Passes: Five Tips to Help Companies Prepare for California’s New, New Thing!

Fenwick & West LLP on 1/11/2021

The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) passed by ballot measure in November 2020. While it does not repeal the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which became effective in January 2020, it does change and augment CCPA...more

More Privacy, Please - January 2021

Troutman Pepper on 1/8/2021

Do you want a simple way to keep current on important privacy changes? Avoid sleepless nights wondering whether you missed a privacy speed bump or pothole between annual updates? Worry no longer. Troutman Pepper is pleased to...more

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 11. Privacy Briefs: November 2020

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 11/11/2020

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 11 (November 2020) - HHS Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology (ONC) is giving health care organizations more time to meet new rules on information...more

Emerging Technologies Washington Update - July 2020 #1

McGuireWoods Consulting on 7/6/2020

This week: Coronavirus response; House passes massive infrastructure bill along partisan lines; California begins enforcing California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA); comment period announced for proposed FCC modifications to...more

Contradictory Responses by Privacy Regulators Post-COVID-19: Balancing the Economy With Cybersecurity in a Changed World (Privacy)

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 6/1/2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disparate effect on privacy regulators, with varying levels of enforcement advocated by different government entities; the California Attorney General, the U.S. Department of Health & Human...more

Emerging From COVID-19: Data Privacy and Security in a Changed World

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 5/27/2020

As millions have moved their professional and personal lives online, in-person contact during the COVID-19 pandemic has become a memory except for “essential” public services. To receive medical care or an education, be...more

COVID-19 and Data Protection Compliance in the US

White & Case LLP on 4/15/2020

Irrespective of your industry, the current COVID-19 pandemic poses a new and unique challenge to organizations, their employees, and their customers. The emergence of COVID-19 has prompted organizations to collect and process...more

COVID-19: Privacy and Cybersecurity Regulatory and Enforcement Guidance

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/9/2020

As industry continues to adapt to the evolving realities of shelter-in-place orders, companies face challenges in supporting an unprecedented remote workforce while balancing compliance with a variety of regulatory agencies....more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2020 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 3/20/2020

HHS Targeted by Nation-State Hackers - Evil doers know that the best time to attack is during a crisis or a time of vulnerability. As the United States, and specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...more

Coronavirus Upate: Ensuring Privacy in a Time of Crisis

Blank Rome LLP on 3/18/2020

In what feels like the blink of an eye, the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) has reached the shores of the United States and spread across the country in an unprecedented fashion. On March 13, 2020, President Trump officially...more

COVID-19: Practical Considerations Before Disclosing Information

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 3/16/2020

The effects of the COVID-19 outbreak are being felt globally as countries and communities around the world ramp up efforts to contain and limit the spread of the virus. Information gathering and sharing are crucial steps in...more

COVID-19: Need-to-Know Employer Information on Data Privacy and Recent Governmental Actions

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 3/16/2020

As employers respond to the daily influx of information about COVID-19, Faegre Drinker continues to update its Employer’s Action Guide and monitor dynamic federal and state developments. Some governmental agencies have...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2020 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 3/13/2020

City of Durham, NC Hit With Ryuk Ransomware - Another city—Durham, North Carolina—has become the victim of a ransomware attack stemming from a Russian hacker group following a successful phishing scheme. After falling...more

GDPR, CCPA's Potential Impact on Federal Health Care Privacy

WilmerHale on 2/7/2020

In the U.S., we do not, today, have a national privacy law. Pressure from the EU, via the General Data Protection Regulation, and from California, via the California Consumer Privacy Act, are driving an extensive national...more

Cybersecurity 2020 — The Year in Preview: Changes in Health Data Privacy Legislation

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 12/19/2019

Editors’ Note: This is the fourth in our fourth-annual end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity in the coming year. Our previous entry discussed the CCPA, energy, and Brexit. Up next:...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - November 2019

Robinson & Cole LLP on 11/8/2019

Cyberliability insurance provider Beazley Insurance Company has analyzed its internal breach response data and determined that in its experience, there has been a thirty-seven percent (37%) increase in ransomware attacks this...more

2018 Digital Health Data Developments – Navigating Change in 2019

McDermott Will & Emery on 2/5/2019

Data privacy and security legislation and enforcement saw significant activity in 2018 and early 2019. McDermott’s 2018 Digital Health Year in Review: Focus on Data report – the first in a four-part series – highlights...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - January 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/2/2019

In this month's edition, we examine cybersecurity-related state Supreme Court rulings in Pennsylvania, Vermont and Illinois; the Department of Health and Human Services' cybersecurity guidelines for the health care industry;...more

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