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‘Security! Security!’ HHS Proposes Updates to HIPAA’s Security Rule

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Can you remember healthcare security 20+ years ago? It seems like a different world from now. Believe it or not, the HIPAA Security Rule has barely changed since it was first enacted in 2003 and has been long overdue for a...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

With Nod to OCR, Indiana Inks $350K Deal With Dental Firm Following Hack

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Recent federal enforcement actions have brought home the lesson that there’s really no acceptable reason for denying a patient timely access to medical records. Last year, for example, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR)...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

2024 Wrap-Up of the Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report

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As the year comes to a close here are some of the highlights from the Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report with our most popular topics and posts from 2024. Expanding State Privacy Laws- This year saw a...more

Perkins Coie

Privacy Law Recap 2024: Data Security

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Continued cyberthreats drove expanded data security and breach notification requirements in 2024. Although sectors deemed high-risk saw significant activity, we also saw proposed regulations that stand to have a...more

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Cybersecurity Enforcement Tightens in NY, Reflecting a Trend

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The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) and the Attorney General’s office have recently imposed significant fines totalling $11.3 million on Geico and Travelers for data breaches that compromised the...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Key Privacy and Cybersecurity Watchdogs Make Their Naughty Lists

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Although 2024 saw several states enact comprehensive privacy legislation, another year is nearly gone, and we still do not have a comprehensive federal privacy law to resolve the rapidly evolving patchworks of state laws....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Rolling With the Punches in a Networked World: CCOE Cybersecurity Panel Discussion

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Whether the game is football, baseball, hockey, or Indy Car racing, no team goes into their major championship matchup without training. Companies need to train as well if they intend to operate on the internet and expect to...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, Issue 1, May 2024

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Welcome to our inaugural issue of The Health Record - our healthcare law insights e-newsletter! As such, we wanted to pull together our insights and pass them along to you. Our goal is to create a publication that is...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New Privacy and Cybersecurity Obligations for Private Fund Sponsors and Managers

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Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission imposed expanded privacy and cybersecurity obligations on fund managers and sponsors registered with the SEC as investment advisers. While many registered investment advisers...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 4, May 2024

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MIT Report Details New Cybersecurity Risks - “Cloud misconfigurations, more sophisticated ransomware, and vendor exploitation attacks are contributing to rising cyberattacks.” Why this is important: Worldwide spending...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

UHG’s Breach Response May Prove Enlightening for Others

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Organizations typically deal with ransomware attacks out of the public eye, but the massive scale of United Healthcare Group’s (UHG) February breach made that an impossibility. UHG CEO Andrew Witty was recently on the hot...more

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Key Takeaways from OCR’s CY22 HIPAA Reports to Congress

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On February 14, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued its annual reports to Congress detailing its actions to enforce the privacy, security, and breach notification...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Utah Breach Notice Law Amended, Effective May 1

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Utah, among other privacy laws it has enacted or modified recently, has also modified its breach notification law. This follows last year’s changes to the law, which among other things codified the state’s Cyber Center....more

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2024 Privacy Law Preview

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As we have detailed previously, 2023 was a landmark year for privacy law, featuring numerous developments at the federal, state and international levels, ranging from newly enacted statutes to massive regulatory enforcement...more

Perkins Coie

Security Breach Notification Chart - September 2023

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Perkins Coie's Privacy & Security practice maintains this comprehensive chart of state laws regarding security breach notification. The chart is for informational purposes only and is intended as an aid in understanding each...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Texas Has Been Busy Ramping up Privacy Protections with New Comprehensive Data Privacy Law and Stricter Data Breach Notification...

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Texas has joined the growing list of states enacting comprehensive consumer data privacy laws. On June 18, 2023, Governor Abbott (R) signed H.B.4, otherwise known as the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”). The...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: June 2023

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Privacy Briefs: June 2023 - Long-term care pharmacy network PharMerica disclosed a breach involving more than 5.8 million patients, making it the largest breach reported to the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the last...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 6. Privacy Briefs: June 2020

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Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 6 (June 2020): A divided Indiana Court of Appeals has reinstated a patient’s claim that a hospital is vicariously liable for the actions of a medical assistant who accessed the patient’s...more

Jones Day

Data Breach Class Actions in Australia

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Australia has started to observe a rise in the number of data breach class actions being investigated and filed, although there has not yet been a successful data breach class action there. A range of factors are at play...more

Jones Day

Jones Day Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update | Vol. 22

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UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - NIST Director Discusses Future Development of Cybersecurity Framework - On March 4, the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology...more

BakerHostetler

California Sets Forth Further Legislation Imposing New Obligations on Companies

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Over the past few weeks, California Republican lawmakers have introduced a new package of legislation called “Your Data, Your Way,” which would expand and strengthen consumer privacy rights beyond what is required by the new...more

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First Europe, Now the States: Big Changes Coming to State Data Privacy Laws

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With legislative activity last month in Louisiana, South Carolina, Vermont, and Colorado adding to activity in South Dakota, Arizona, Oregon, and Alabama earlier in the year, it appears that 2018 could be a significant year...more

Hogan Lovells

Data protection and breach notification legislation strengthens across the Asia-Pacific region

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In this hoganlovells.com Q&A, Hogan Lovells partner Mark Parsons discusses data privacy and cybersecurity trends and the evolution of laws and regulations in the Asia-Pacific region....more

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Australia’s New Breach Notification Law Set to Take Effect February 2018

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On February 13, 2017, the Australian Senate passed a bill establishing a mandatory requirement to notify the Privacy Commissioner and affected individuals of “eligible” data breaches. The Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data...more

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Australia Adopts New Data Breach Notification Legislation

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On February 13, 2017 Australia became one more among nation states adopting data breach notification legislation. In recent House and Senate votes, the Australian Parliament amended the Privacy Act 1988, introducing mandatory...more

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