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Heard Of The Internet Of Things? FTC To Conduct A Workshop

by Tim Banks | Dentons on 4/24/2013

Have you heard about the Internet of things? If it is industry’s great opportunity, it might be the Privacy Officer’s brainteaser over the next few years....more

Personal Smartphones: A Ticking HIPAA/HITECH Time Bomb?

by Cory Fox | BakerHostetler on 4/10/2013

In this brave new world of health information privacy, many industry experts and healthcare organizations have emphasized the need to secure portable electronic devices such as laptops, issued to employees. But a recently...more

Birmingham Medical News: I-Phone Or HIPAA-Phone?

by Kelli Carpenter Fleming | Burr & Forman on 4/9/2013

With the recent issuance of the long-awaited final rule by the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), the protection of patient information has been a hot topic among the health care industry the past few months....more

Federal Reserve Board Report Reviews Consumer Use Of Mobile Financial Services

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/2/2013

On March 27, the Federal Reserve Board presented the findings of a November 2012 online survey of consumers’ use of mobile technology to access financial services and make financial decisions. The report follows a related...more

FTC Recommends Consumer Protections for Mobile Payment Industry

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 4/1/2013

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released a staff report on mobile payments, which identifies and makes recommendations for three key issues in the mobile payment industry that the FTC believes present consumer...more

FTC Report on Mobile Payments

by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 3/27/2013

The Federal Trade Commission issued a report and recommendations for mobile payments called Paper, Plastic... or Mobile? An FTC Workshop on Mobile Payments, which is based on a workshop held by the Commission in 2012 to...more

European Regulators Issue Opinion on Mobile Apps

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 3/25/2013

On March 14, 2013, the European data protection regulators (the Article 29 Working Party, or WP) issued a 30-page opinion addressing how mobile apps should comply with EU data protection law (the Opinion). The main focus of...more

FTC Issues Report on Mobile Payments

by Alan S. Kaplinsky, Amy Mushahwar, Trevor Salter, Mercedes Kelley Tunstall | Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/18/2013

The Staff Report on mobile payments recently issued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) focuses on areas of concern discussed at the FTC’s April 2012 workshop. The report does not break much new ground, but it does...more

Advertising Law - Mar 15, 2013

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 3/15/2013

In This Issue: SPECIAL FOCUS: FTC Releases Updated Guidance for Digital Marketers; Less Dry or Moisturized? NAD Decides; FTC Targets Lack of Security on Mobile Device's Software; Apple, Parents Reach Deal on In-App...more

FTC Releases Report on Improving Consumer Protections in Mobile Payments; Recommends Financial, Privacy and Data Security...

by D. Reed Freeman, Jr., Matthew W. Janiga, Obrea O. Poindexter | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/14/2013

On March 8, 2013 the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released a Report on mobile payments that serves to follow up on the FTC’s April 2012 workshop on mobile payments, as well as to lay the groundwork for the application of...more

FTC Releases Report on Mobile Payments; Guidance on Addressing Issues in Mobile Carrier Billing, Privacy and Data Security

by Brian J. Hurh | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 3/14/2013

Earlier this month, the FTC released a Report highlighting some of the key issues in the mobile payments space, with particular focus on mobile carrier billing, privacy and data security, and international payments. The...more

TECHCOMM/FINANCIAL SERVICES CLIENT ALERT: FTC Releases Report Outlining Mobile Payment Concerns

by Paul Besozzi, Monica S. Desai, MIchael Drobac, Deborah Lodge, Carol Van Cleef | Patton Boggs LLP on 3/13/2013

On March 8, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a staff report, entitled “Paper, Plastic…or Mobile? An FTC Workshop on Mobile Payments,” addressing its consumer protection concerns in the mobile payments area....more

The BYOD Policy: From The Yugo To The Cadillac

by Travis Crabtree | Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 3/5/2013

Your employees want to be able to use their own iPhones or Android devices at work. Angry Birds on the Blackberry is just not the same. This trend is being referred to as Bring Your Own Device or BYOD....more

FTC Announces First Settlement Of Privacy-By-Design Case Against Device Manufacturer

by BuckleySandler LLP on 3/4/2013

On February 22, the FTC announced that a mobile device manufacturer agreed to settle charges that it failed to employ reasonable and appropriate security practices in the design and customization of the software on its mobile...more

FTC Settles with Device Manufacturer HTC America over Charges that HTC Products Had Security Design Flaws

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 3/1/2013

In taking action against HTC America, a mobile device manufacturer, last week for alleged data security design flaws in its devices, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission demonstrated a broad view of the scope of its authority...more

At Intersection of Cloud Storage/Transfer & Instant Messaging, Instacom’s a Unique Tool [Video]

by LXBN on 2/22/2013

Instacom President Sheldon Waters and his team at LegalTech New York 2013 were actually stationed directly next to LXBN at LegalTech and, when I heard about the unique nature of his product, I wanted to be sure we shared that...more

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

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Mobile Devices › Data Protection

Heard Of The Internet Of Things? FTC To Conduct A Workshop

Personal Smartphones: A Ticking HIPAA/HITECH Time Bomb?

Birmingham Medical News: I-Phone Or HIPAA-Phone?

Federal Reserve Board Report Reviews Consumer Use Of Mobile Financial Services

FTC Recommends Consumer Protections for Mobile Payment Industry

FTC Report on Mobile Payments

European Regulators Issue Opinion on Mobile Apps

FTC Issues Report on Mobile Payments

Advertising Law - Mar 15, 2013

FTC Releases Report on Improving Consumer Protections in Mobile Payments; Recommends Financial, Privacy and Data Security...

FTC Releases Report on Mobile Payments; Guidance on Addressing Issues in Mobile Carrier Billing, Privacy and Data Security

TECHCOMM/FINANCIAL SERVICES CLIENT ALERT: FTC Releases Report Outlining Mobile Payment Concerns

The BYOD Policy: From The Yugo To The Cadillac

FTC Announces First Settlement Of Privacy-By-Design Case Against Device Manufacturer

FTC Settles with Device Manufacturer HTC America over Charges that HTC Products Had Security Design Flaws

At Intersection of Cloud Storage/Transfer & Instant Messaging, Instacom’s a Unique Tool [Video]

FTC Obtains Settlement From Cord Blood Bank In Data Theft Action

FTC and California Attorney General Issue Reports on Mobile Privacy

The Download - January 2013

Enough Already: Encrypt Those Portable Devices

HHS Announces First HIPAA Breach Settlement Involving Fewer Than 500 Patients

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

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

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

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

At Intersection of Cloud Storage/Transfer & Instant Messaging, Instacom’s a Unique Tool [Video]

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