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Utah Becomes First State To Enact AI-Centric Consumer Protection Law

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On March 13, 2024, Utah enacted the Utah Artificial Intelligence Policy Act (UAIP), which imposes certain disclosure requirements on entities using generative AI tools with their customers, and limits an entity’s ability to...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

BA Depicted by OCR as Example of Ransomware Dangers Recovered Quickly, Didn’t Expect Fine

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Report on Patient Privacy 23, no. 11 (November, 2023) Tim DiBona clearly remembers Christmas Eve 2018 when the staff of his small firm—Doctors’ Management Service (DMS)—arrived at their West Bridgewater, Mass., office to...more

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Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 43 | Key Developments in Privacy & Cybersecurity

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NSA and CISA Release Report on “Top Ten” Cybersecurity Misconfigurations; CISA Calls for Software Manufacturers to Implement Best Practices - On October 5, 2023, the United States National Security Agency (NSA) and...more

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Cyber Crime - Protecting Yourself from Publishing Scams in the UAE

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Introduction: In the rapidly advancing digital age, cybercrime has become a serious global concern, and the UAE is not immune to this threat. Scammers are becoming increasingly sophisticated, using tactics such as fake calls,...more

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Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - January 2023

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In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we analyze recent fines against Meta and their impact on the future of behavioral advertising, the timeline for the California Privacy Rights Act’s regulations to become...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

OCR: Current Fines Too Low to Spur Compliance; Agency Also Seeks Funding Boost, Injunctive Relief

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Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 5 (May, 2022) - Compared to other agencies, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is a little fish in the big federal pond, but it has an outsize effect on HIPAA covered entities (CEs) and...more

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[Webinar] Preparing for data breaches: mitigate risk & avoid fines - March 31st, 10:00 am - 11:00 am CET

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A data breach can be the result of a cyber/ransomware attack or an honest mistake. Either way, the potential impact of compromised data is huge. This impact can be financial (in the form of fines) and reputational (by...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Wait, that’s covered? Insurability of Fines and Penalties Flowing From a Cybersecurity Breach

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Despite the great strides companies have made to mitigate the risks associated with security breaches, including putting insurance in place to cover those risks, cyber criminals have remained two steps ahead, finding new and...more

King & Spalding

DOJ Announces Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative to Use False Claims Act to Enforce Cybersecurity Standards in Government Contracts

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FCA ENFORCEMENT SHIFT - On October 6, the Deputy Attorney General (“DAG”) announced a new Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative – an effort that pulls together attorneys and experts across DOJ focused on...more

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CNPD vs. Amazon, the largest GDPR fine on record – what do we know so far?

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Amazon’s financial records have revealed that the Luxembourg data protection supervisory authority, the Commission Nationale pour la Protection des Données (“CNPD”), is fining the retailer’s European arm (Amazon Europe Core...more

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New York DFS Fines Mortgage Lender in Cybersecurity Enforcement Action

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New York’s Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) announced on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, that an independent mortgage lender, Residential Mortgage Services Inc. (“RMS”), has agreed to pay a $1.5 million fine to the agency...more

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British Airways Faces Significantly Reduced £20M Fine for GDPR Breach

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At £20 million, the fine imposed on British Airways (BA) for its infringement of the General Data Protection Regulation is the biggest fine of its kind in the history of the U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)....more

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FTC Fines Kids’ App Developer For COPPA Violations

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The FTC has fined an app developer for failure to acquire parental consent for sharing online identifiers for use for targeted advertising. A developer of apps that are popular with children has agreed to pay $150,000 and to...more

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Texas Health and Human Services Fined $1.6 Million for HIPAA Violations

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The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it has fined the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (TXHHS) $1.6 million for HIPAA violations. This is one of the few fines the OCR has levied against a state agency....more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

The Scariest Data Privacy Breaches of 2019

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With it being Halloween, October being National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and 2019 drawing to an end, let’s take a look at the data privacy breaches giving compliance professionals a fright this year! ...more

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French Regulator Fines Auto Insurance Company For Failing To Prevent Web Crawling

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Web crawling and data protection: CNIL has issued a 180,000 EUR fine against a provider of automobile insurance policies for failure to adequately protect data in violation of GDPR, specifically citing disallowing web...more

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Overview of ICO's Decision to Fine British Airways

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On July 8, 2019, the Information Commission’s Office (ICO) announced its intention to fine British Airways £183.39M ($230M), for infringements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)....more

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British Airways Facing Major Fine Under GDPR For Data Breach

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If you wait for them, the big General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) fines will come. UK Data protection authority, ICO, announced its intent to fine British Airways 183 million GBP (1.5 percent of annual revenue) for a...more

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Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - April 2019

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In this month's Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine several recent U.K.-related cybersecurity developments and the SEC's risk alert reminding investment advisers and broker-dealers to follow through on implementing...more

K&L Gates LLP

OnRisk: What U.S. Policyholders Should Know About GDPR

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In this episode of OnRisk, Lucas Tanglen and Jeff Meagher discuss the cyber insurance implications of the European Union’s new privacy regulation—the General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR. The GDPR, which took effect on...more

Hogan Lovells

GDPR Enforcement Update: Increasing Fines Expected from German DPAs

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Many companies have been struggling with GDPR implementation over the past two years, putting much effort into new roles, privacy concepts, and workflows. ...more

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Massive GDPR Fine Is a Wake-Up Call to Get Compliance and Cyber Insurance Squared Away

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Have $57 million (or more) to spare? You’re going to need it if you run afoul of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) without cyber insurance. In late January 2019, the French data protection authority, CNIL,...more

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Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - October 2018

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In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the European Data Protection Board's published opinions on data protection impact assessments, an Ohio court's ruling that bitcoin is covered insured...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Your Cyber Insurance Policy May Not Cover GDPR Fines and Liabilities

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You may be paying for cyber insurance that will not cover the most significant cyber risks faced by your business. Recent studies call into question whether a company can insure against the unprecedented huge fines for...more

Jackson Walker

Internet of Things Part 2: Dogs, Cameras, and Cybersecurity

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I recently purchased an Internet Protocol (IP) camera to monitor my dog, Ruben, during those times that he has free reign of the house. Since “RubenCam” has been online, I’m not sure he has been any less rambunctious, but I’m...more

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