Compliance Perspective: What's New in Healthcare Privacy
Recently, U.S. district courts have received three complaints challenging DOGE’s access to sensitive consumer data. The first of these complaints was filed on February 10 by a privacy and civil liberties-focused nonprofit in...more
On February 14, the SEC issued a proposed rule to revise the Commission’s regulations under the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. The Privacy Act governs the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of information about...more
Editor’s Note: On September 29, 2022, HaystackID shared an educational webcast on the topic of US privacy law. As privacy continues to move to the forefront of not only information consideration but of business concern for...more
Federal contractors know all too well the list of annual requirements and obligations can seem overwhelming at times. One that may get overlooked by some is annual training requirements. A fairly new such training went into...more
Recently the Health Care Compliance Association released the new Health Care Privacy Handbook, 3rd Edition. https://www.hcca-info.org/health-care-privacy-handbook To learn what’s new in the book and in healthcare privacy...more
On January 16, 2020, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued its NIST Privacy Framework Version 1.0 (Privacy Framework). The Privacy Framework follows the same type of structure as the NIST Framework...more
In a decision consolidating two cases involving two veterans and two separate incidences of data breaches at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in South Carolina, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit...more