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Life Sciences Legal Update
OCR Settlement Reflects Continued Emphasis on HIPAA Security Rule Safeguards
By Lisa Baird
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced a $150,000 settlement of potential violations of the HIPAA Security Rule by Anchorage Community Mental…
Data Counsel
Incident Response Preparedness – Becoming “Compromise Ready”
Editor’s Note: We recently launched a graphic illustrating our Cyber Risk Mitigation Services. This week, our attorneys will be writing about specific examples of those services. Strange as it sounds,…
Proskauer on Privacy
California Updates State Breach Notification Law, Expands Security Procedures to Entities that “Maintain” Personal Information
By Stacy Barrow
On September 30, 2014, California took further steps to protect the personal information of its residents by amending several sections of its breach notification and information security laws (Cal. Civ.…
Data Counsel
BakerHostetler’s Privacy and Data Protection Team News and Upcoming Events
Below is a list of upcoming speaking engagements of the members of our Privacy and Data Protection team. We hope you will be able to join us at a future…
Global Privacy & Security Compliance Blog
California’s Privacy Laws on the Move
By Jennifer Archie, Alexander Stout, Kevin Boyle
The State of California, long the most proactive U.S. state in enacting data privacy laws, has again modified its breach notification and data protection laws. This week, Governor Jerry Brown…
Data Counsel
Where BakerHostetler’s Privacy and Data Protection Attorneys are Speaking in September 2014
September 9 Los Angeles partner Tanya Forsheit will speak on “Ethics: Professionalism in the Digital/Millennial Age” at the IPO Annual Meeting in Vancouver. September 12 New York partner Ted Kobus…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Updates on State Breach Notification Laws in First Half of 2014
It is midway through 2014 and there have been updates to four existing, and one new, state breach notification laws. Iowa and Florida have substantively amended their current breach notification…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Florida Amends Breach Notification Law to Cover Health Data, Tighten Notice Deadline and Require State Regulator Notification
On June 20, 2014, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a bill that repeals and replaces the state's existing breach notification statute to cover health information and online account credentials, impose…
Password Protected
Breach Notification Dilemma
Several years ago, while still prosecuting computer crime cases for the Justice Department, I learned about two community banks in a small Midwest town. They had been competitors for decades.…
Inside Privacy
Senate Democrats Introduce Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2014
In the wake of the high profile retailer data breaches involving Target and Neiman Marcus, among others, Capitol Hill is re-engaging on data security breach legislation. Among other activity in…