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How Employers Can Handle Their Biggest Threat to Data Privacy, Their Employees

Given the ever-expanding landscape of privacy laws and regulations, employers are becoming increasingly aware that they are responsible for data breaches caused by their employees. ...more

The GDPR and Mergers and Acquisitions: What Corporate Buyers and Sellers Need to Know

As cybersecurity incidents affecting Target, Home Depot, Anthem, Sony, Ashley Madison, and many other companies have demonstrated, cybersecurity poses a significant legal risk to companies. ...more

The GDPR Covers Employee/HR Data and It's Tricky, Tricky (Tricky) Tricky: What HR Needs to Know

The European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on May 25, 2018, so in less than 60 days. While many companies have been working to ensure compliance with respect to their customer and...more

What US-Based Companies Need to Know About the GDPR, and Why Now?

If you are a US-based or multinational company, you may have noticed that in the past few months you have started to see a significant increase in the number of vendor (or other) agreements that you have been asked to modify...more

The Grey’s Anatomy / Allscripts Ransomware Crossover Event: When Scripted TV Becomes Reality, the Script Goes Out the Window

For those familiar with the Shonda Rhimes juggernaut, Grey’s Anatomy, it is the story of surgical residents, fellows, and attending physicians as they work in the surgical wing of the fictional Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital....more

So…Everyone’s Been Compromised? What To Do In The Wake Of The Equifax Breach

By now, you’ve probably heard that over 143 million records containing highly sensitive personal information have been compromised in the Equifax data breach. With numbers exceeding 40% of the population of the United States...more

Phishing Lures: What To Do If You’ve Taken The Bait - U.S. Version

Sometimes, it’s easy to know you’re being phished. There’s little chance that a bank administrator in a country you’ve never heard of really needs your help to get the unclaimed money of a deceased, rich foreigner out of the...more

Wireless HealthHealthcare Services Provider’s $2.5m Settlement Demonstrates Why Understanding HIPAA Requirements Is a Must

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a $2.5 million Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) settlement with CardioNet, which is a company that...more

Tennessee Adds Technical Requirements To Its Data Breach Notification Laws

Are you doing business in Tennessee? Do you have computerized personal information about anyone in Tennessee (including employees, clients, or customers)? Are you encrypting that data in accordance with the current version of...more

$400,000 Settlement Highlights Need for Pre- and Post-Breach Safeguards

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has announced another Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) settlement. This one is with Metro Community Provider...more

Telecommuting Healthcare Employees Get Employers in HIPAA Compliance Hot Water

As the healthcare industry has expanded to providing home healthcare services, more service providers are allowing their employees to work remotely, i.e., telecommuting. The flexibility for healthcare workers to work from...more

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