Notifications, Data Protection

Blood Bank Settles FTC Complaint About Customer Data Privacy

by Jeff Ifrah on 2/11/2013

Any company that collects personal information about individuals, such as credit card numbers and social security numbers, must be very careful about the way in which it stores and secures that information. Even a blood bank...more

HIPAA Minimum Necessary Standard Should Be Key Component of Policies and Procedures, Now More Than Ever

by Lisa Clark, Elinor Hart | Duane Morris LLP on 2/11/2013

On January 17, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") announced the final omnibus rule amending the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA") in accordance with the HITECH...more

Do Merchants That Outsource Payment Processing Still Have Risk From a Breach?

by Craig Hoffman | BakerHostetler on 2/11/2013

Last week a small New England bakery announced that its point-of-sale (POS) devices were infected with malware that may have put card data at risk....more

Magistrate Recommends Lawsuit Against Global Payments Should Be Dismissed

by Randy Gainer | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 2/11/2013

A federal Magistrate has recommended dismissal with prejudice of all of the cardholder plaintiffs’ claims against payment processor Global Payments, Inc. in a widely-reported data breach case....more

2013 HIPAA Changes

by Thompson Coburn LLP on 1/30/2013

On January 17, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services issued the long-awaited revisions to the HIPAA rules, making a number of changes to the current HIPAA privacy, security, breach notification and enforcement...more

HHS Issues HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Final Rule Ushering in Significant Changes to Existing Regulations

by Stacy H. Barrow, Ryan Blaney, Roger Cohen, Herschel Goldfield, Edward Kornreich, Kristen Mathews, Ellen Moskowitz, Richard Zall | Proskauer Rose LLP on 1/29/2013

"Sweeping changes" is how Leon Rodriquez, of the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR), characterized the effect of the final omnibus Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)...more

New HIPAA Breach Notification Rule May Prove Costly for HIPAA-Covered Entities

by Lisa Clark, Erin Duffy | Duane Morris LLP on 1/28/2013

On January 17, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a final omnibus rule amending the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) in accordance with the HITECH Act of...more

Final Rules Under HIPAA/HITECH Impact Employer Plans

by Saghi "Sage" Fattahian, Lauren Licastro, Georgina O'Hara | Morgan Lewis on 1/28/2013

Modifications to the rules require action by group health plan sponsors and their vendors, including revisions to policies and procedures and new privacy notices. On January 17, the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S....more

Finally! HHS Office of Civil Rights Releases HIPAA Omnibus Rule With Sweeping Changes to Compliance Requirements and Enforcement

by Dianne Bourque, Stephanie Willis | Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 1/18/2013

The final regulations from Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) containing modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules (Omnibus Rule) have finally...more

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