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Move it or Lose it – With Cyber Breach Response, Time is of the Essence

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There are so many factors that go into breach response. Determining the size of the breach, time limitations, legal requirements, notification needs, urgency for containment, and interrupted business operations are just a...more

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New York: Reasonable InfoSec or Not Reasonable InfoSec? That Is The Question.

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Last week, the New York State Senate, at the request of the state attorney general, passed the “Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act” (the “Shield” Act). The bill is currently working its way through the New...more

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Oregon Amends Data Breach Notification Law to Apply to Vendors

On May 24, 2019, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed into law Senate Bill 684, which requires vendors, service providers and other entities that maintain or possess consumers’ personal information to notify consumers of a...more

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Oregon: Vendor Meet Regulator, Regulator Meet Vendor

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Oregon amended its data breach notice statute (ORS §§ 646A.600 – 646A.628) on May 24, 2019. Beginning January 1, 2020, Oregon will be the first state to explicitly require vendors to notify the attorney general about data...more

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HIPAA’S FINAL RULE: Putting Things in Perspective – Comments from OCR

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On March 22, 2013, Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) Director Leon Rodriguez presented the keynote address to attendees of the American Health Lawyers’ Association HIPAA/HITECH Conference in...more

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The New HIPAA Omnibus Rule & Your Liability — A Detailed Review

As we have reported in this blog, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently released final regulations containing modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and...more

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A Detailed Analysis of Changes to HIPAA and the Implications for Healthcare Providers and Others in the Healthcare Industry: HIPAA...

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Changes to the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule - Background: The HITECH Act required Covered Entities to notify individuals, HHS, and in some cases, the media, of a Breach of Unsecured PHI. A Business Associate is...more

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No Harm, No Foul, No More—New HIPAA “Breach” Standards Seek To Provide Consistency, Objectivity

Beginning this fall, employer health plans—or their business associates—will have to make more comprehensive and methodical risk assessments following the discovery of an impermissible use or disclosure of unsecured...more

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What Covered Entities and Business Associates Need to Do to Prepare for the New HIPAA/HITECH Requirements (Part I)

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued, on January 17, 2013, its Final Omnibus Rule modifying the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Privacy and Security Rules as well as...more

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HHS Releases HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Final Rule

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Rule finalizes many provisions of the proposed rule, imposing new privacy and security obligations directly on business associates and modifying the definition of "breach" and the required factors to be considered in a risk...more

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