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Data Breach Notification
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The D&O Diary
Cybersecurity Disclosure Practices: What’s Up With That?
Cybersecurity has been and remains one of the hot topics in corporate governance. Several federal regulatory agencies, including the SEC, have made it clear that cybersecurity is a high priority…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
Six Tips for a Small Business to Avoid HIPAA Security Breach Headaches
Last week, I blogged about a recent U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announcement on its push to investigate smaller breaches (those involving fewer…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
NAIC Released Draft of Revised Insurance Data Security Model Law for Review
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners' (NAIC) Cybersecurity Task Force released a revised draft of the Insurance Data Security Model Law (Model Law) last week. The Model Law’s goal is…
Employee Benefits Blog
Guidance on Ransomware Attacks under HIPAA and State Data Breach Notification Laws
By Michael G. Morgan, Anthony A. Bongiorno
On July 28, 2016, US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidance (guidance) under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) on what covered entities and business…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Online Contacts and Eyewear Retailer Pays $100,000 Penalty to New York AG for Security Failures
Online retailer Provision Supply LLC (Provision Supply) (operator of EZContactsUSA.com which sells contacts and eye glasses) settled with the New York attorney general last week for its failure to notify…
Canadian Fraud Law
2016 Baker & McKenzie Global Data Breach Notification Guide
Global data breach notification requirements pose critical issues for legal departments, senior managers, and boards of companies in all industry sectors worldwide. The current environment creates a perfect storm with…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Black Hat reports increase in cybersecurity concerns
The 2016 Black Hat Attendee Survey was published in advance of the 2016 Black Hat Conference. Not surprisingly, the respondents to the survey conveyed an increased concern regarding security breaches…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Illinois data breach law amended and includes new twists
Governor Bruce Rauner signed several new provisions into law amending Illinois’ Personal Information Privacy Act, including health insurance and medical information into the definition of personal information that triggers notification…
Byte Back
Recent changes to states’ data security laws
States are updating their data security statutes in response to the increasing number of data breaches that are exposing residents’ personal information to unauthorized users. Two states in particular –…
NextGen Financial Services Report
Illinois Strengthens Data Breach Notification Statute
By Dykema
Illinois recently amended its data breach notification law, joining a number of states that have also amended their own breach notification statutes this year. States appear to be looking to…