Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)-covered entities and business associates should be familiar with restrictions on the use or disclosure of protected health information (PHI) under HIPAA rules....more
5/14/2025
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Business Associates ,
Covered Entities ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
International Data Transfers ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
National Security ,
New Regulations ,
NIST ,
PHI ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Trump Administration
The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Oct. 19, 2023, proposed a new Personal Financial Data Rights rule (Proposal) through which it seeks to increase competition in the financial sector. The Proposal was developed...more
11/28/2023
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Comment Period ,
Competition ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Data Security ,
Data Subject Access Requests ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Open Banking ,
Personal Data ,
Portability ,
Proposed Rules ,
Sensitive Personal Information
An amendment to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was signed into law on Jan. 5, 2021, directing U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) to consider "recognized security practices"...more
8/31/2021
/ Compliance ,
Covered Entities ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices (HICP) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HITECH Act ,
Incident Response Plans ,
New Legislation ,
NIST ,
PHI
• The signing of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) into law in June 2018 imposed significant new privacy obligations on businesses that have personal information about California residents and set off a burst of...more
7/10/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Governor Cuomo ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
SHIELD Act ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes