The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a plan to provide resources and incentives for the healthcare industry to adopt cybersecurity measures and to increase potential regulatory penalties for...more
Much has happened since the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect on May 25, 2018. Many EU countries have enacted national legislation to implement and expand the requirements of the...more
5/22/2019
/ Austria ,
CCTV ,
CNIL ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
France ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Germany ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Netherlands ,
Personal Data ,
Personnel Records ,
Portugal ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Risk Management ,
Social Networks ,
Surveillance ,
Video Recordings
Data breaches continue to be an unfortunate risk that companies face with increasing frequency. In this podcast, Rebecca Bennett, Stephen Riga, and Justin Tarka discuss data breaches from both a U.S. and EU perspective,...more
12/17/2018
/ Best Practices ,
Breach Notification Rule ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hackers ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Third-Party Service Provider
The last couple of years have brought a steady rain of bad news for the healthcare industry when it comes to data security: Insurers faced with massive data breaches affecting thousands of health plans and millions of...more
6/20/2016
/ Cyber Threats ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
HIPAA Audits ,
Hospitals ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
Ransomware
This morning, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, one of the largest health insurers in the country, notified its policyholders, members, and business partners that it was recently the target of an external cyber attack that...more
Four years ago, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) introduced major revisions to the Privacy and Security Rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of...more