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OCR Proves it is Serious About HIPAA’s Right of Access
In 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) provided a variety of guidance to address the importance of honoring the right of patients to have access to their...
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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM)
October 1st marks the beginning of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM). During October, government and industry work together to raise awareness of cybersecurity issues and help promote...
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From Yelp to YIKES! Dental Practice’s Social Media Posts Result in $10,000...
Social media posts have become so common and reflexive that people often fire off posts without appropriately considering the consequences. This can be costly on multiple fronts. In the health care...
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California AG Releases Proposed CCPA Regulations This week, California Attorney General (AG) Xavier Becerra released the draft regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The rules set...
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The Revitalization of CIPA Claims in the New Age of “Smart” Speakers (Part I)
Welcome to a three-part series that provides an overview of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), examines recent CIPA litigation involving smart speakers, and proposes defenses in response...
View ArticleThe Revitalization of CIPA Claims in the New Age of “Smart” Speakers (Part II)
Welcome back to our three-part series examining CIPA class actions and defenses. In Part I of this series, we provided an overview of CIPA and its recent resurgence in the age of smart speakers. Here,...
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CCPA Update: AG Issues Draft Regulations and Governor Signs Amendments
Late last week heralded two significant and highly anticipated updates to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). On October 10, 2019, the Office of the California Attorney General issued a...
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The Revitalization of CIPA Claims in the New Age of “Smart” Speakers (Part III)
Welcome back to our three-part series providing an overview of CIPA, recent CIPA class actions, and class action defenses. In Part I we provided an overview of CIPA and its recent resurgence in the...
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5 Cybersecurity Questions To Ask Your CISO
Continuing our coverage of cybersecurity issues during National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), we have identified 5 important cybersecurity questions and talking points you can use to start a...
View ArticleNCSAM: Cybersecurity Best Practices: FINRA’s 2019 Exam Observations
FINRA issued their 2019 Report on Examination Findings and Observations ahead of prior years’ reports. FINRA Changes Approach in Communicating Exam Results This most recent report, issued on October...
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NY SHIELD Act – Amendments to NY Breach Notification Law Now In Effect European Data Protection Board released Guidelines on the Processing of Personal Data under Article 6(1)(b) GDPR FBI Releases PSA...
View ArticleCybersecurity in Project Finance and M&A
Recent headlines have detailed foreign-state actors targeting utilities and independent power producers in the United States to gain access to critical infrastructure at the nation’s utilities and...
View ArticleNational Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) 2019
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) is coming to a close, but diligent cybersecurity efforts must continue. In honor of another successful NCSAM, below we have gathered some of our most...
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Jackson Health System Slammed With $2.15 Million Penalty for Privacy Breaches
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has collected over $2.15 million in civil penalties from Miami-based Jackson Health System (JHS) for multiple violations...
View ArticleEU-US Privacy Shield Passes its Third Annual Review
The EU-US Privacy Shield (Privacy Shield) has passed its third annual review by the European Commission. A framework constructed by the US Department of Commerce and the European Commission to enable...
View ArticleUnencrypted Mobile Devices Cost Medical Center $3 Million In HIPAA Settlement
In one of this year’s largest HIPAA settlements, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is set to collect $3 million from the University of Rochester Medical...
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Technology Continues to Outflank Health Information Anonymization
A recent letter from researchers at the Mayo Clinic to the editor of The New England Journal of Medicine outlined a new challenge in de-identifying, or preserving the de-identified nature of, research...
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Effective Incident Response Requires Good Cyber Exercise—Is Your Company in...
For years, corporate boards have hired third-party companies to conduct financial audits to assure that there is no fraud or other breaches of fiduciary responsibility by management. Cyber risks should...
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Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Increase Internet Transparency and Consumer Control...
On October 31, a bipartisan group of senators introduced the Filter Bubble Transparency Act (FBTA), an act which would require large online platforms to be more transparent in their use of algorithms...
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*Chime* It’s an Email from Your Favorite Outside Counsel, or Is It?
While customer data breaches are garnering a lot of media attention, a subtler but equally problematic cybercrime is slowly on the rise — domain spoofing. In this context, cybercriminals register...
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