COVID-19 is increasingly being used in a variety of malicious email phishing spams and attacks in countries such as the United States, Japan, Russia and China. These updates purport to be from official government agencies and...more
3/26/2020
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Hackers ,
Malware ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Phishing Scams ,
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Current events have often been used for malicious IT attacks, and COVID-19 is unfortunately no different. With the recent uptick in coronavirus cases has come an uptick in email spam, ransomware, malicious domains, and other...more
In a June tIPsheet article titled “Privacy Gone Public: How growing push for privacy laws may affect U.S. Businesses,” we gave an update on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and some pending amendments that could...more
11/13/2019
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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Data Use Policies ,
Liability ,
Notice Requirements ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action ,
Proposed Regulation
The World Wide Web turns a spry 30 years old this year and statistics on its usage are mind-blowing. As of October 2018, more than four billion humans — half of the world’s population — are online. On average, Google...more
6/7/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Use Policies ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Online Advertisements ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Terms of Use
Management of electronic health records (EHR) is a complicated yet necessary task in the modern practice of medicine. To reduce the administrative burden of managing EHR records, many physicians and other healthcare...more
2/1/2018
/ Cloud Storage ,
Contract Termination ,
Contract Terms ,
Data Breach ,
EHR ,
Electronic Health Record Incentives ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Software ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Training Requirements ,
Vendors ,
Warranties