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Privacy Briefs: November 2024

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 11/14/2024

Change Healthcare Inc. has amended its initial breach report to the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to state that 100 million individuals were impacted by its mammoth ransomware attack and breach. However, as of Oct. 24,...more

OCR: Current Fines Too Low to Spur Compliance; Agency Also Seeks Funding Boost, Injunctive Relief

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 5/6/2022

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 5 (May, 2022) - Compared to other agencies, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is a little fish in the big federal pond, but it has an outsize effect on HIPAA covered entities (CEs) and...more

[Webinar] Preparing for data breaches: mitigate risk & avoid fines - March 31st, 10:00 am - 11:00 am CET

Reveal on 3/10/2022

A data breach can be the result of a cyber/ransomware attack or an honest mistake. Either way, the potential impact of compromised data is huge. This impact can be financial (in the form of fines) and reputational (by...more

Wait, that’s covered? Insurability of Fines and Penalties Flowing From a Cybersecurity Breach

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 1/20/2022

Despite the great strides companies have made to mitigate the risks associated with security breaches, including putting insurance in place to cover those risks, cyber criminals have remained two steps ahead, finding new and...more

British Airways Faces Significantly Reduced £20M Fine for GDPR Breach

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 10/26/2020

At £20 million, the fine imposed on British Airways (BA) for its infringement of the General Data Protection Regulation is the biggest fine of its kind in the history of the U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)....more

Capital One to Pay $80 Million Fine for 2019 Data Security Hack

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 8/14/2020

As we previously reported, Capital One Financial Corporation announced in July 2019 a major data security breach when an individual gained unauthorized access to personal information about Capital One credit card customers. ...more

Texas Health and Human Services Fined $1.6 Million for HIPAA Violations

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis on 11/22/2019

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it has fined the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (TXHHS) $1.6 million for HIPAA violations. This is one of the few fines the OCR has levied against a state agency....more

UK ICO issues £183m GDPR fine in stark warning to businesses

White & Case LLP on 7/10/2019

The UK Information Commissioner's Office has announced its intention to issue a £183 million fine to British Airways, in respect of a personal data breach under the GDPR. The announcement has wide-ranging consequences for...more

Overview of ICO's Decision to Fine British Airways

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 7/10/2019

On July 8, 2019, the Information Commission’s Office (ICO) announced its intention to fine British Airways £183.39M ($230M), for infringements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)....more

Time to Take Notice: ICO to Impose Record Fine for Data Security Breach

Hogan Lovells on 7/9/2019

On 8 July 2019, the UK data protection authority (Information Commissioner’s Office; ICO) issued a notice of its intention to fine British Airways (BA) GBP 183.39 million (approx. USD 229.46 million) for infringements of the...more

British Airways Facing Major Fine Under GDPR For Data Breach

Fox Rothschild LLP on 7/9/2019

If you wait for them, the big General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) fines will come. UK Data protection authority, ICO, announced its intent to fine British Airways 183 million GBP (1.5 percent of annual revenue) for a...more

OnRisk: What U.S. Policyholders Should Know About GDPR

K&L Gates LLP on 4/24/2019

In this episode of OnRisk, Lucas Tanglen and Jeff Meagher discuss the cyber insurance implications of the European Union’s new privacy regulation—the General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR. The GDPR, which took effect on...more

Massive GDPR Fine Is a Wake-Up Call to Get Compliance and Cyber Insurance Squared Away

Pillsbury - Policyholder Pulse blog on 2/5/2019

Have $57 million (or more) to spare? You’re going to need it if you run afoul of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) without cyber insurance. In late January 2019, the French data protection authority, CNIL,...more

Your Cyber Insurance Policy May Not Cover GDPR Fines and Liabilities

Womble Bond Dickinson on 9/20/2018

You may be paying for cyber insurance that will not cover the most significant cyber risks faced by your business. Recent studies call into question whether a company can insure against the unprecedented huge fines for...more

Internet of Things Part 2: Dogs, Cameras, and Cybersecurity

Jackson Walker on 7/6/2018

I recently purchased an Internet Protocol (IP) camera to monitor my dog, Ruben, during those times that he has free reign of the house. Since “RubenCam” has been online, I’m not sure he has been any less rambunctious, but I’m...more

Affair Website Ashley Madison Fined $8.75 Million Over Data Breach, Misrepresentations

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/16/2016

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has entered into a multimillion dollar settlement with the owners and operators of AshleyMadison.com, a dating website for people interested in having discreet affairs, related to the...more

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