Hospitals, health systems and providers are targets of cyberattacks at an alarming rate, putting patient data, electronic infrastructure and, most importantly, patient lives at risk. The Department of Health and Human...more
1/3/2024
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Balancing cybersecurity incident disclosures has been a challenge for those in the trenches for years. That has not changed, and recent regulatory activity should not alter the challenges breach counsel confront. In short,...more
12/15/2023
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Healthcare ,
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With recent events underscoring the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) heightened scrutiny of and enforcement efforts against health app companies collecting or using consumer health information, it's imperative for these same...more
9/5/2023
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Breach Notification Rule ,
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Contract Drafting ,
Contract Negotiations ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Data-Sharing ,
Due Diligence ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Mobile Health Apps ,
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Hospitals, health systems and providers are targets of cyberattacks, putting valuable patient data and, more importantly, patient lives at risk. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights reported an...more
2/22/2023
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Synopsis. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled last week that insurance coverage was not available to a cloud-based medical software provider because, under the applicable insurance policy, “[c]omputer software cannot experience...more
To close out 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted additional General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) data breach notification guidelines in Guidelines 01/2021 on Examples regarding Personal Data Breach...more
3/7/2022
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Last year, as employees clicked away at home amid the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, ransomware attacks surged, with hospitals and other health care providers the top target. This year will be worse—2021 has already seen more...more
11/12/2021
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Virtual Currency
Insider threats continue to be pervasive and real. Last month’s indictment of a Russian national accused of conspiring to recruit a U.S. company’s employee to carry out a cyberattack is a sharp reminder of that. According to...more
10/30/2020
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September 13, 2019 marked the last day of California’s 2019 legislative session and, importantly, the last call for any 2019 amendments to the landmark California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). In the end, the legislature...more