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FTC Obtains Settlement From Cord Blood Bank In Data Theft Action

by BuckleySandler LLP on 2/14/2013

On February 5, a federal district court in California approved a settlement recently obtained by the FTC, which (i) requires a California-based firm that operates a cord blood bank to establish a comprehensive information...more

FTC and California Attorney General Issue Reports on Mobile Privacy

by Amy Mushahwar, Mercedes Kelley Tunstall | Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/5/2013

The Federal Trade Commission and the California Attorney General have recently published reports focused on mobile privacy. The FTC’s “Mobile Privacy Disclosures” staff report, released on February 1, 2013, followed the...more

The Download - January 2013

by Emilio W. Cividanes, Kelly DeMarchis, Stuart P. Ingis, Tara Sugiyama Potashnik, Michael Signorelli, Julia Kernochan Tama, Ariel S. Wolf | Venable LLP on 2/5/2013

In this issue: Heard on the Hill - Congress Updates the Video Privacy Protection Act - Congressional Developments in Mobile Privacy Around the Agencies: - FTC Updates COPPA Rule - Mobile Privacy Still...more

Enough Already: Encrypt Those Portable Devices

by Tim Banks | Dentons on 1/30/2013

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Data Privacy Day (January 28) that it had reached a settlement with a cord blood bank in respect of the loss of nearly 300,000 customers’ personal information. The lost...more

HHS Announces First HIPAA Breach Settlement Involving Fewer Than 500 Patients

by Tracy Morley | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 1/23/2013

On January 2, 2013, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a settlement with Hospice of North Idaho (HONI) for alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996...more

Why Medical Providers Should Take Caution with Sensitive Information, Especially With Mobile Devices

by Steven J. Bonafonte | Pullman & Comley, LLC on 1/22/2013

We continue to hear reports of large-scale data breaches that involve the loss or theft of thousands of records containing personally identifiable information of individuals (PII). If such a loss or theft is determined to...more

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Announces First HIPAA Breach Settlement Involving Fewer than 500 Patients

by Daren M. Orzechowski | White & Case LLP on 1/21/2013

On January 2, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") settled its first case involving the unauthorized disclosure of the electronic protected health information ("ePHI") of fewer than 500 individuals....more

OCR'S Breach Settlement: The First Ever Involving Less Than 500 Patients

by Cory Fox, Theodore Kobus III, Lynn Sessions | BakerHostetler on 1/21/2013

The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) started 2013 with a bang by announcing that it had reached "the first settlement involving a breach of unprotected electronic protected health information (ePHI) affecting fewer than 500...more

Health Law Alert: Deficient Data Security On Mobile Devices Leads To First HIPAA Breach Settlement Involving Less Than 500...

by Blake Schofield | Leonard, Street and Deinard on 1/15/2013

On January 2, 2013, the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced its first HIPAA breach settlement involving less than 500 patients. OCR took action against a hospice provider in...more