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FTC Requires Non-Bank Financial Institutions to Report Data Security Breaches Under Amended Safeguards Rule

Jones Day on 11/13/2023

On Friday, October 27, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") announced new amendments to the Safeguards Rule, requiring covered financial institutions to report certain data breaches to the FTC and reflecting its continuing...more

Sanction Policies Can Help Drive Cybersecurity and HIPAA Compliance, OCR Says

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 10/25/2023

Many HIPAA covered entities and business associates struggle with developing and implementing a sanctions policy. What should it say, is zero-tolerance required, do we have to impose discipline in every case, etc. These are...more

Changes to GLBA Safeguards Rule Affect More Than Traditional Financial Institutes

Shutts & Bowen LLP on 10/7/2022

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”) was a bi-partisan regulation passed by Congress in 1999 in an attempt to update and modernize the financial industry. One component of the GLBA, its Safeguards Rule, requires financial...more

[Virtual Event] Clinical Practice Compliance Conference - October 11th - 12th, 8:55 am - 4:45 pm CDT

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 6/16/2022

Looking for updates on government initiatives related to physicians, clinics, and physician integrity trends? Join us this October for HCCA’s Virtual Clinical Practice Compliance Conference and get insights, updates, and...more

FTC Overhauls Safeguards Rule Regarding Customer Information Applicable to Auto-Dealers and Other "Financial Institutions"

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Privacy, Cyber & AI... on 12/3/2021

On October 27, 2021, the FTC announced that it intends to publish (1) a final rule to amend the Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information (Safeguards Rule); (2) a supplemental notice and request for public comment on...more

FTC Releases 2019 Privacy and Data Security Update

Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/26/2020

On February 25th, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its annual Privacy and Data Security Update, which highlights the FTC’s activities during the past year....more

Dental Practice Pays $10,000 Fine to OCR for Disclosing PHI on Social Media

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/14/2019

Elite Dental Associates (Elite), located in Dallas, Texas has agreed to settle alleged HIPAA violations with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) for $10,000....more

FTC Issues 2018 Year in Review

WilmerHale on 3/18/2019

On Friday, March 15, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission released its Privacy & Data Security Update: 2018, highlighting its privacy and data security enforcement actions and other activities last year. Notable Privacy...more

Last Chance for Financial Companies to Weigh in On New FTC Data Security Standards

BCLP on 3/18/2019

For the first time in 17 years, the FTC is proposing significant increases to the information security standards which apply to those financial institutions that are regulated by the FTC and are not already subject to similar...more

FTC Seeks Substantial Changes to the Privacy and Safeguards Rules

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/12/2019

he Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has focused over the course of 2018-2019 on consumer protection, data security, privacy and FinTech issues as part of its review of "Competition and Consumer Protection Issues in the 21st...more

FTC seeks comment on proposed amendments to safeguards and privacy rules

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/8/2019

The FTC has proposed amendments to its 2003 Safeguards Rule and 2000 Privacy Rule, applicable to financial institutions under the Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLBA). The proposed changes are informed by the FTC’s enforcement...more

FTC Seeks Comment on Proposed Amendments to Safeguards and Privacy Rules

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/8/2019

The FTC has proposed amendments to its 2003 Safeguards Rule and the 2000 Privacy Rule, applicable to financial institutions under the Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLBA). ...more

Deal Breaker – Cyber Security Risk in Health Care Transactions

Polsinelli on 1/3/2019

Health care organizations’ lack of compliance with the data privacy and security requirements of both state laws and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) Privacy, Security and Breach Notification...more

California Consumer Privacy Act: The Challenge Ahead – The Interplay Between the CCPA and Financial Institutions

Hogan Lovells on 12/10/2018

This is the ninth installment in Hogan Lovells’ series on the California Consumer Privacy Act. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) exempts information that is collected, processed, sold, or disclosed...more

Data Protection Laws in India

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 2/7/2018

In August 2017, the Supreme Court of India passed a judgment in the case of Justice K S Puttuswamy vs Union of India (Supreme Court of India, WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO 494 OF 2012), in which fundamental rights, as provided in...more

More Companies Must Comply with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, But Don’t Know It. Are You One of Them?

Dickinson Wright on 9/11/2017

When the topic of data privacy and cyber security comes up, most people automatically think of data breaches, especially given the high-profile nature of so many of them. Breaches and hacks are certainly an issue about which...more

The FTC Data Security Settlement with Uber

Bilzin Sumberg on 8/23/2017

The Risks of Overpromising and Underperforming - Demonstrating its authority over all things cybersecurity, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it has entered into a proposed consent order with Uber for the...more

Privacy, Please

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP on 3/15/2017

Studies show that Americans are more worried than ever about data privacy and security on the internet. Every time you go online, you reveal a lot of information about yourself: what you browse, where you shop and what you...more

Nutter Bank Report, July 2016

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 7/28/2016

FinCEN has released guidance in the form of answers to frequently asked questions (“FAQs”) about new customer due diligence (“CDD”) requirements that became effective this month. The CDD FAQs issued on July 19 clarify new...more

Government Investigations Into Cybersecurity Breaches In Healthcare

K&L Gates LLP on 2/15/2016

In September 2015, a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Inspector General (OIG), report found that the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), the agency charged with ensuring compliance with the Health...more

OIG report spurs OCR to announce phase 2 audits

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/9/2015

On September 29, it was revealed that the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will commence Phase 2 of its HIPAA audit program in “early 2016.” OCR’s revelation regarding the Phase 2 audits, which had been the subject of...more

Don't Wait for It; Recent HIPAA Enforcement Action Signal More to Come in Phase 2 Audits

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 9/21/2015

Officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (HHS OCR) have recently selected a vendor to conduct the second wave of HIPAA audits. These so-called "Phase 2 Audits" are set to commence...more

OCR settlement reiterates importance of proactive security rule compliance

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 9/17/2015

On September 2, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced that Cancer Care Group, P.C. (CCG), a physician practice located in Indiana, agreed to pay $750,000 as part of a settlement to resolve...more

International Employment Law Review: August 2013 - Issue 4: Recent Employment Law Developments in France

Dechert LLP on 8/9/2013

Legislation - Interprofessional National Agreement and Law on Employment Security Passed - On January 11, 2013, social partners at national level agreed to an interprofessional agreement “for a new economic and...more

Privacy Monday – August 5, 2013

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 8/5/2013

Privacy bytes, gaffes, and goofs for the first Monday in August – New Hampshire Bank Victimized by Malware: Manchester, NH-based St. Mary’s Bank, the oldest credit union in the United States, has begun notifying...more

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