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

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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

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Is OCR Correct That Website Metadata Is Regulated by HIPAA? Chicago Federal Court Asks

The plaintiff’s bar continues to bring new wiretapping claims over pixels and analytics programs in courts around the country, including against hospitals and other entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and...more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Changes to GLBA Safeguards Rule Affect More Than Traditional Financial Institutes

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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

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

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

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Virtual Event] Clinical Practice Compliance Conference - October 12th - 13th, 8:50 am - 6:00 pm CDT

Get the latest updates on government initiatives related to physicians and clinics - HCCA’s Clinical Practice Compliance Conference provides insights, updates, and strategies that are pertinent to developing and managing...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

FTC Releases 2019 Privacy and Data Security Update

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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

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FTC Issues 2018 Year in Review

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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

Holland & Knight LLP

FTC Seeks Substantial Changes to the Privacy and Safeguards Rules

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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

Hogan Lovells

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

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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

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Data Protection Laws in India

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

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Privacy, Please

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

Baker Donelson

Help with HIPAA!

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The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has published answers to some frequently asked questions about an individual’s right to access identifiable health information. Are the FAQs boring? Absolutely. But are they...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

OCR settlement reiterates importance of proactive security rule compliance

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

Snell & Wilmer

New HIPAA Omnibus Regulations – What Employers Who Sponsor Group Health Plans Need to Know to Comply

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On January 25, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published final regulations that modify the Privacy, Security, Enforcement and Breach Notification Rules issued pursuant to the Health Insurance...more

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OCR Issues Final Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification and Enforcement Rules to Implement the HITECH...

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On January 25, 2013, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a final rule (Final Rule) containing modifications to the privacy standards (Privacy Rule), security...more

The Volkov Law Group

Expanding The Reach Of HIPAA Data Security And Privacy Requirements

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In this information technology era, it is little wonder that the Obama Administration has made enforcement of data security and privacy protections a top priority. The enforcement emphasis reflects public opinion favoring...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

HIPAA Rules Overhaul Ups Compliance Ante

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Originally posted in Hartford Business Journal on February 11th, 2013. Attention all medical providers, hospitals and any other covered entity or business associate under HIPAA. On Jan. 17, the U.S. Department of Health...more

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What Employers That Maintain Group Health Plans Need to Know About the HIPAA Omnibus Regulations

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On January 25, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published final regulations that modify the Privacy, Security, Enforcement and Breach Notification Rules issued pursuant to the Health Insurance...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

A Detailed Analysis of Changes to HIPAA and the Implications for Healthcare Providers and Others in the Healthcare Industry: HIPAA...

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Changes to the HIPAA Enforcement Rule - Background: On October 30, 2009, HHS issued an interim final rule revising the Enforcement Rule to incorporate provisions of the HITECH Act. The NPRM then proposed a number of...more

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What Do Employers Really Need to Know About the New HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Final Rule?

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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act/Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act Omnibus Rule, published in the Federal Register Jan. 25, makes many changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

HIPAA and HITECH Privacy and Security Rule Update: Final Omnibus Rule

The Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published today the much anticipated final omnibus rule implementing the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health...more

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New Final Regulations Strengthen HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules

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

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