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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New Jersey Data Protection Act: What Businesses Need to Know

On January 16, 2024, New Jersey became the first state to enact a comprehensive data privacy law in the new year, with Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) signing the New Jersey Privacy Act (NJPA) (SB 332) into law. The New Jersey law...more

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Data Classification Policy: What it is and How it Can Boost Your Information Governance Efforts

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An estimated 82% of the data breaches that occurred in 2022 involved human error or intentional misconduct. That’s why organizations need to be diligent in protecting their data from both internal and external threats. One...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Protecting Employees' Private Health Information from a Cyberattack in the Age of COVID-19

With COVID-19, employers are receiving and processing an ever-increasing amount of their employees' confidential health information. From COVID-19 test results to vaccination status, many employers are routinely collecting...more

Baker Donelson

Data Privacy Day: Top Considerations for 2021

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Happy Data Privacy Day! Since 2007, privacy professionals from across the globe have gathered together on January 28 to raise awareness about data privacy and security best practices and issues. ...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

The California Attorney General's Settlement with Glow: A Wake-Up Call for Consumer Health App Developers

Consumer-directed health apps are experiencing a boom thanks to COVID-19, as consumers seeking to avoid doctors’ office waiting rooms are increasingly relying on apps to measure and maintain their health.  That trend is...more

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Big tech’s access to medical records

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Recent high-profile news articles have drawn public attention to large technology companies’ access to medical information. As a result, health care entities need to prepare for questions about this topic and increased...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Ohio Gives Breach Safe Harbor for Companies with Written Data Security Program

Effective November 2, 2018, companies that suffer a breach may have certain defenses in Ohio if they have a written cybersecurity program in place. Under this new law, companies can use as an affirmative defense the existence...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Summary Judgment: Recent HIPAA Case Emphasizes Encryption, Action on Risk Analysis - AHLA Health Information and Technology...

On June 18, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced that an HHS Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) granted summary judgment to OCR in an enforcement action...more

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HIPAA-Covered Entities: It’s Time to Cover Yourself - Are you prepared for Colorado’s new data breach law to take effect?

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On May 29, 2018, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed changes to Colorado law that significantly increase potential data breach burdens and financial penalties on entities operating in Colorado.1 Beginning September 1,...more

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Part Two: Abandoned Mines and Data Retention Policies

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As discussed in Tuesday’s post, in addition to taking reasonable precautions to secure data, companies should consider whether they have an affirmative duty to destroy data in the United States – to clear the explosives out...more

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Fenwick Privacy Bulletin - Fall 2016

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Privacy Shield – An Early Reflection - EU law generally prohibits the transfer of personal data from the European Economic Area to the U.S., unless the transfer is made in accordance with an authorized data transfer...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Der Markteintritt für deutsche IT Firmen aus dem Bereich des Gesundheitswesens

With expenditures of over $ 3 trillion of market in the field of health care in the United States is huge. Incentives of the Federal Government for the introduction of electronic medical records resulted increasingly in the...more

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Data privacy in the Americas - At a glance

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As multinational employers are aware, data privacy laws can vary greatly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Ensuring compliance with the different requirements can be challenging, and the penalties for noncompliance can be...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Recent Enforcement Shows the Importance of Encrypting Mobile Devices Containing Protected Health Information

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With headlines every day announcing another release of Protected Health Information (PHI), providers are asking themselves – is there a way to protect against these breaches? Beyond improving the security of large...more

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Blog: Connecticut Court Holds HIPAA Does Not Preempt Common Law Claim for Breach of Confidentiality

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The Connecticut Supreme Court held that the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) does not bar individuals from bringing negligence and emotional distress claims under state common law for breach...more

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FTC and Accretive Health Settle Unfair Business Practice Complaint Centered on Data Security Measures

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Accretive Health recently agreed to settle a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint that stems from a July, 2011 incident in which an Accretive employee’s laptop was stolen from his car. As a medical billing and revenue...more

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How To Catch-Up in a Revised HIPAA World

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The HIPAA final omnibus rule (Omnibus Rule) made sweeping changes to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification and Enforcement Rules earlier this year. Although the compliance deadline of September 23, 2013 has come...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FTC Files Complaint Against Lab Over Failed Health Information Security

In a reminder that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), with its HIPAA security requirements and enforcement authority, is not the only game in town when it comes to health information privacy, the...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Hiding in plain sight: Failure to scrub patient data from digital copiers returned to leasing company results in $1.2 million...

We’ve sounded warnings about the lowly copy machine before. The proliferation of digital devices in the workplace means that data security must extend beyond computer networks and laptops. Seemingly old fashioned equipment,...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Seven-Figure HIPAA Settlement Prompted by Photocopier Breach

The Office for Civil Rights’ (OCR) latest seven-figure fine for HIPAA violations resulted from a failure to remove protected health information or “PHI” from the hard drive of a leased photocopier. The $1,215,780 settlement...more

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