• New York recently enacted the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act, which expands data breach notification requirements and imposes new data security obligations on businesses that own, license or,...more
8/5/2019
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Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Governor Cuomo ,
HIPAA Breach ,
New Legislation ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
SHIELD Act ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
There are less than two weeks left to submit comments regarding potential updates to the privacy, security and breach notification regulations adopted under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and...more
1/31/2019
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Data-Sharing ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Notification Requirements ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Public Comment ,
Request For Information
• On January 25, 2019, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a decision interpreting the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) in the Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment Corp. appeal. The court ruled that a plaintiff does not...more
1/29/2019
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Appeals ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Consent ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Retention ,
Fingerprints ,
IL Supreme Court ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Liquidated Damages ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Private Right of Action ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Standing ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Statutory Violations
• The California Legislature passed SB 1121 to revise certain sections of the CCPA – the nation’s strictest privacy protection statute which provides Californians with a right to learn what personal information certain...more
9/10/2018
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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
CMIA ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement ,
Exemptions ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Medical Records ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action ,
Time Extensions
• California recently passed the landmark California Consumer Privacy Act that goes into effect in 2020, which grants California residents new privacy rights.
• The CCPA creates a private right of action for California...more
7/9/2018
/ Attorney General ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Rights ,
Data Security ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Encryption ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Governor Brown ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Opt-Outs ,
Penalties ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Private Right of Action ,
Right to Delete ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Transparency
Government contractors are subject to cybersecurity requirements, found in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and each agency’s supplement to the FAR, and some important deadlines are fast approaching. Set forth below...more
If you read one thing:
- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) secured a major appellate victory in its quest to challenge lax corporate cybersecurity practices
- In light of the 3rd Circuit’s decision,...more
9/1/2015
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
FTC v Wyndham ,
Hotels ,
Section 5 ,
Security and Privacy Controls ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
Wyndham
A new study released on May 7, 2015, by the Ponemon Institute revealed that criminal cyberattacks on health care organizations were the most prevalent cause of data breaches in 2014. The report underscores the need to think...more
The White House released its report on “big data” today, making several policy recommendations for the use of personal data in the commercial, educational and health care sectors. The report was spurred at the request of...more