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Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: February 2024

The American Hospital Association (AHA) has warned that information technology (IT) help desks are being targeted in a social engineering scheme that uses the stolen identity of revenue cycle employees or employees in other...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Balancing New Federal & State Cyber Reporting Rules on Health Care & Financial Services Industries

Balancing cybersecurity incident disclosures has been a challenge for those in the trenches for years. That has not changed, and recent regulatory activity should not alter the challenges breach counsel confront. In short,...more

Knobbe Martens

The State Of Health Data For Vulnerable Populations, Why Cybercriminals Target Children, The Elderly, and the Dead

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As of 2021, more than twice the number of data breaches are now being reported than 6 years ago and three times the number of data breaches that occurred in 2010. While credit cards and social security numbers are perennial...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

BCLP

Do Companies Need a Written Security Information Plan?

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As of January 1, 2020, California became the first state to permit residents whose personal information is exposed in a data breach to seek statutory damages between $100-$750 per incident, even in the absence of any actual...more

Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report Weekly Update December 2018 #1

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Breaking News- Alaska Governor Appoints Kevin Clarkson as Attorney General- Recently elected Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavey, a Republican, appointed Kevin Clarkson as Attorney General, replacing AG Jahna Lindemuth....more

Jones Day

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Issue 18 | June 2018

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JONES DAY CYBERSECURITY, PRIVACY & DATA PROTECTION ATTORNEY SPOTLIGHT: Richard Martinez - Europe's new General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") is driving an evolution in corporate privacy practices globally. As...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2017

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McAfee Report Lists Health Care Sector as Most Targeted Industry for Cyber-Attacks - In its cybersecurity incident report outlining vulnerabilities for the second quarter of 2017, security firm McAfee lists the health care...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

New York’s New Cybersecurity Regulations and its Impact on your Sensitive Health Information

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Effective March 1, 2017, the New York State Department of Financial Services promulgated regulations to help protect against cybercriminals and their efforts to exploit sensitive electronic data. These cybersecurity...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - October 2016"

In this edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we take a look at the FCC's new rules for broadband privacy, the FTC's new playbook for data breach response and notification, the NHTSA's voluntary guidance for...more

Carlton Fields

Heal Thyself: Insider Threats to Heed, Especially for Industries with Large Amounts of Personal Information

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A recent study by the Ponemon Institute found that insider threats due to malicious or negligent employees are the leading cause of private-sector cybersecurity incidents. Of the over 600 information security professionals...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

HIPAA Wake-Up Call for Financial Institutions: First HIPAA Settlement with Business Associate

It’s a HIPAA first. A business associate has settled a direct enforcement action over allegations that it potentially violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). This settlement portends future...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Alphabet Soup and Data Security

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In the span of two days, mobile device users learned of two data breaches that could compromise their personal data. In one, Experian (a credit reporting agency) reported that it was hacked, potentially putting 15 million...more

Troutman Pepper

How to Avoid and Respond to a Cybersecurity Breach

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In light of numerous recent data breaches, cybersecurity has emerged as an issue impacting organizations ranging from the local hardware store to the largest multi-national firms in the world. In short, no industry is immune...more

Carlton Fields

The FCC's TCPA Regulatory Ruling Imposes Tighter Call Restrictions

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Last month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a long awaited declaratory ruling and order, FCC 15-72, addressing several petitions which sought clarification of or exemptions from Telephone Consumer...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FCC’s TCPA Order Offers Little Clarity or Relief for Businesses

In potentially its most significant action under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) since the 2003 overhaul of its rules ushering in the National Do-Not-Call Registry and other updates, the Federal Communications...more

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