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Privacy Tip #406 – Rite Aid Discloses Data Breach

Bleeping Computer has reported that Rite Aid has disclosed a data breach affecting 2.2 million individuals. According to the report, Rite Aid stated in its filing with the Maine Attorney General that “We determined by...more

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IRS Data Leak Hits Home: Actions for Taxpayers in the Wake of the Littlejohn IRS Data Breach

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has begun the process of informing over 70,000 taxpayers that their confidential tax information was leaked in a widespread breach by a former IRS contractor. Those impacted should take...more

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My Health, My Data Act: Washington State’s New Health Data Privacy Law Has a Nationwide Reach

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Washington state’s My Health, My Data Act (the Act), signed into law in April 2023, is a broad health data privacy law designed to protect consumer health data that falls outside the scope of HIPAA, such as health-related...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: May 2023

Five former Memphis-based hospital employees and another man have pled guilty to unlawfully disclosing patient information in violation of HIPAA, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Kevin Ritz announced....more

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

Gone Phishing: Employer Faces Liability for Mistakenly Disclosing W-2 Forms to Scammer

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Phishing. Spoofing. - These words may sound silly, but for employers, they are anything but. Phishing is the attempt to obtain sensitive electronic information—such as usernames, passwords, or financial...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Voluntary FOIA Exemptions: Aurora Police Lawsuit Provides a Cautionary Tale

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• The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) officer for the city of Aurora, Ill., released "largely unredacted" documents in response to an incarcerated felon's request for information about the police officers who worked the...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Video Privacy Protection Act Narrowed – App’s Transmission of Roku ID Not Disclosure of Personal Information

A New York district court opinion is the latest addition to our watch of ongoing VPPA-related disputes, a notable decision on the issue of what exactly is a disclosure of “personally identifiable information” (PII) under the...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

FTC Calls for Action on Big Data

Following an 18-month investigation into the practices and operations of data brokers, the Federal Trade Commission has issued a voluminous report calling for legislation to regulate the industry in the interests of consumer...more

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