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Careful Data Governance Is a Must Amid Enforcement Focus

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/13/2024

Corporations face unprecedented challenges in safeguarding sensitive data and mitigating privacy risks in an era marked by the rapid proliferation of Internet of Things, or IoT, devices....more

Federal Court Scales Back HIPAA Online Tracking Technology Guidance

ArentFox Schiff on 8/22/2024

On June 20, a federal district court in Texas ruled that the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) exceeded its authority under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...more

Client Alert: What You Need to Know About the FTC’s Changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule and How to Comply

Whiteford on 6/14/2024

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule to amend its Health Breach Notification Rule (HBN Rule). The HBN Rule requires certain entities that handle unsecured personally identifiable health data to notify...more

Don’t Call It a Breach Rule: FTC Health Breach Notification Rule Has Been Here for Years, Now Updated to Serve as a Backdoor...

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 5/17/2024

As our loyal Practical Privacy readers may remember, back in December of 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC” or “Commission”) began a rulemaking process to update the Commission’s Health Breach Notification Rule...more

Keeping with the Times - FTC Expands Scope of Health Breach Notification Rule, Even as HHS Announces Its Own HIPAA Update

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/7/2024

On April 26, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced it had finalized changes to modernize the Health Breach Notification Rule (the “HBNR”) by clarifying its applicability to health and wellness apps and other...more

More Privacy, Please – January 2024

Troutman Pepper on 2/13/2024

NIST Publishes Report on the Cybersecurity of Genomic Data. On December 20, 2023, the NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) published Final NIST IR 8432, Cybersecurity of Genomic Data. Informed by direction...more

Privacy Breach: The Silent Killer of Startups

Pillsbury - Propel on 1/23/2024

A privacy breach can have detrimental consequences for startups: A privacy breach may trigger legal consequences and regulatory scrutiny, especially for a startup that operates in areas with stringent data protection laws...more

The FTC’s Expanded Cybersecurity Requirements Affecting Non-Banking Small Businesses

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC on 1/15/2024

The expansion of the FTC’s Safeguards Rule will require businesses to notify customers and the FTC of cyber breaches that had previously been excluded from reporting requirements. Previously, only banks had been required to...more

White House AI Order Balances Innovation And Regulation

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C. on 11/6/2023

On Oct. 30, President Joe Biden issued an executive order on safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence. The executive order provides a sprawling list of directives aimed at establishing standards for AI safety...more

FTC Approves New Data Breach Notification Requirement for Non-Banking Financial Institutions

Alston & Bird on 11/1/2023

On October 27, 2023, the FTC approved an amendment to the Safeguards Rule (the “Amendment”) requiring that non-banking financial institutions notify the FTC in the event of a defined “Notification Event” where customer...more

California Delete Act: An Aggressive New Approach to Regulating Data Brokers

Troutman Pepper on 10/20/2023

On October 10, Governor Newsom signed the Delete Act ( SB 362) into law, which amends California's current data broker law to impose extensive additional disclosure and registration requirements on data brokers, and to...more

Wiley Consumer Protection Download (February 13, 2023)

Wiley Rein LLP on 2/14/2023

Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, Number 1. Privacy Briefs: January 2023

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 1/17/2023

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 1 (January 2023) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said a data breach at a Medicare subcontractor impacted the personally identifiable information and protected...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - November 2022

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/6/2022

In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the California Privacy Protection Agency’s revised draft regulations for the California Privacy Rights Act, the Federal Trade Commission’s settlement with a...more

State and Federal Crackdown on Data Breach: EyeMed, Carnival Cruise & CafePress Settlements

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 11/3/2022

This year has seen some substantial new data breach settlements including a $500,000 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) fine against CafePress, a $1.25 million multi-state class action settlement and $5 million New York...more

New FTC Action on Data Security: Here’s What You Should Know

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 8/22/2022

On Aug. 11, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the collection, sharing and use of certain information which it refers to as “commercial surveillance data” and whether the...more

[Webinar] The FTC’s Changing Approach to Privacy - June 15th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

Wiley Rein LLP on 6/2/2022

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) now has a full slate of Commissioners and it is expected to ramp up privacy and cybersecurity enforcement and rulemaking in a number of critical areas. Join us for a discussion of the FTC’s...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - April 2022

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/4/2022

In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the FTC chair’s comments suggesting a potential shift in its approach to data privacy regulation, the European Data Protection Board’s request for comment on its...more

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 12

Dechert LLP on 4/29/2022

FTC Chair Lina Khan Questions Current Data Collection Practices by Private Industry at IAPP Global Privacy Summit, Suggests New Rulemaking May Be Necessary - In her first major privacy address since taking the helm of the...more

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, Volume 3, Issue 6

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/4/2022

Massachusetts-Based Background Check Company Creative Services Faces Multiple Lawsuits Over Data Breach - "'CSI determined that certain files dating from November 2018 to November 2021 may have been copied from their...more

2021 Privacy and Cybersecurity Year in Review

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 1/13/2022

FTC Activities in 2021 and Likely Trends for 2022 2021 saw the kickoff of the Khan era at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). During FTC Chair Lina Khan's first nine months on the job, she has announced privacy and security...more

App-etite for Notification: FTC Says “Welcome to the Jungle” to Mobile Health App Developers in Policy Statement on Health Breach...

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 12/21/2021

Last week’s news that the Federal Trade Commission is taking steps to begin rulemaking on consumer privacy and artificial intelligence drew plenty of attention from privacy professionals, and suggests 2022 could be an...more

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