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Sharon Klein

Sharon Klein

Pepper Hamilton LLP


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U.S. Responding To Cyber-Espionage: White House Acknowledges Increasing Threat

No longer cut from the cloth of 007’s expensive suits, fast cars or well-mixed drinks, present-day espionage is carried out, to a great extent, through computer screens, proxy servers and spoofed e-mail addresses. Dubbed...more

3/15/2013 - Barack Obama China Critical Infrastructure Sectors Cyber Espionage Cybersecurity Data Protection National Security Trade Secrets

FTC Recommends Framework For Mobile Privacy

Building on the privacy concepts articulated in their December 2012 report, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a staff report on February 1, which recommends a framework for mobile privacy. Like the report issued...more

2/25/2013 - Advertising Networks App Developers App Platform Providers COPPA FTC Mobile Devices Mobile Privacy Operating System Developers Path Inc. Personally Identifiable Information Privacy Policy Trade Associations

Executive Order Begins Process Of Strengthening Nation’s Cybersecurity And Critical Infrastructure

During his State of the Union address on February 12, 2013, President Barack Obama announced his signing of a long-anticipated Executive Order on cybersecurity. After months of discussions with technology companies the...more

2/22/2013 - Barack Obama CISPA Critical Infrastructure Sectors Cybersecurity Cybersecurity Framework DHS Executive Orders Infrastructure NIST Voluntary Standards

The Omnibus Final HIPAA Rule Is Here

On January 17, 2013, the Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the omnibus final rulemaking (Omnibus Rule). According to HHS, this Omnibus Rule is needed to strengthen...more

1/29/2013 - Business Associates Data Protection Electronic Medical Records HHS HIPAA HIPAA Omnibus Rule HITECH OCR Patient Privacy Rights PHI

CA Attorney General’s Report Highlights Best Practices For Mobile App Developers

On January 10, 2013, California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris released a report that provided recommendations and guidelines for strong privacy practices for developers of smartphone and mobile device applications,...more

1/24/2013 - App Developers Kamala Harris Mobile Ad Networks Mobile Apps Mobile Devices Mobile Ecosystems Privacy on the Go Privacy Policy

FTC Strengthens Laws To Protect Children’s Privacy

On December 19, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made major changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) for the first time in nearly 15 years, by significantly amending the Children’s Online...more

1/7/2013 - Consent COPPA Data Collection Data Protection FTC Mobile Apps Notice Requirements Parental Consent Personally Identifiable Information Third-Party

FTC Survey: Disclosure Of Use Of Private Information In Mobile Apps For Children Is Insufficient

A report recently released by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reveals that mobile applications targeted at children often collect and share children’s private information with third parties but generally do not provide...more

1/7/2013 - COPPA Data Protection Disclosure Requirements FTC Mobile Apps Notice Requirements Parental Consent Personally Identifiable Information Privacy Policy

De-Identifying Protected Health Information: OCR Issues Long-Awaited Guidance

The HIPAA Privacy Rule is intended to protect individually identifiable health information by limiting its use and disclosure. But the Privacy Rule expressly permits the de-identification of that information, and in doing so...more

1/5/2013 - Data Breach Data Protection De-Identification Health Information Technologies HIPAA Life Sciences OCR Personally Identifiable Information PHI

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