In this episode of “Lawyers With Game,” host Darius Gambino from Saul Ewing’s Video Gaming and Esports Practice chats with colleagues Sandy Bilus and Evan Foster from Saul Ewing’s Cybersecurity & Privacy group about data...more
On November 9, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) published proposed amendments (the “Proposed Amendments”) to its Cybersecurity Regulations (23 NYCRR 500), commonly referred to as Reg. 500. The...more
Passed this summer, the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (“SHIELD”) Act introduces new requirements on all businesses that own or license the “private information” of any New York resident....more
St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center (SEMC), a tertiary care hospital based in Brighton, Mass., agreed to pay $218,400 to address deficiencies in its HIPAA compliance activities. The SEMC settlement continues a pattern of...more
In response to the recent wave of high-profile data breaches, President Obama has revealed proposed legislation aimed at improving the nation’s cybersecurity by increasing certain privacy protections, streamlining the...more
On April 8, 2014, several news agencies, including the New York Times and CNN, reported the discovery of a vulnerability in a core security protocol used by an estimated two-thirds of the world’s servers. The vulnerability...more
The OIG recently posted an Advisory Opinion which concluded that a hospital's proposal to provide free access to an electronic interface between the hospital and area physicians for laboratory and diagnostic services was not...more
On November 26, 2012, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published guidance (the "Guidance") on the two approved methods for de-identifying protected health information (PHI) to satisfy the HIPAA Privacy Rule's...more