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Data Breach Notification
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Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Connecticut Insurance Department Issues Five-Day Breach Reporting Requirement
On August 18, 2010, Connecticut's Insurance Department published new regulations requiring entities subject to its jurisdiction to report any information security incident affecting Connecticut residents within five days of discovery.
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Announces Data Breach Notification Mandate
On August 18, 2010, the Connecticut Insurance Commissioner issued Bulletin IC-25 which mandates that entities within its jurisdiction notify the Department of Insurance of any "information security incident." This post provides a…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
California Bill Would Strengthen Existing Breach Notification Law
Update - On September 29, 2010, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for the third time vetoed S.B. 1166. California led the way in 2002 when it enacted the nation’s first data breach…
Health Industry Washington Watch
Final Health Information Breach Notification Rule Withdrawn from OMB
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that it is withdrawing from Office of Management and Budget (OMB) consideration its final rule intended to govern breach notifications…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
PHI: The Parade of Security Breaches Continues to Lengthen with the Addition of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
The requirements under the HIPAA/HITECH statutes and regulations for public disclosure of security breaches of Protected Health Information (“PHI”) have brought to light an increasing volume involving highly respected…
La Revue
Bill to amend French Data Protection Law
A bill on Better Protection of Privacy in the Digital Age adopted by the French Senate on 23 March 2010 will be submitted to the National Assembly. The bill aims…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Canadian Bills Propose Security Breach Notification Requirements and Anti-Spam Regulations
On May 25, 2010, bills were introduced in the Parliament of Canada that would amend PIPEDA to include a security breach notification provision and combat damaging and deceptive spam.
InsureReinsure
California Proposes Amendment to Data Breach Notification Law
The California State Senate approved Senate Bill 1166 on April 15, 2010. The bill amends sections 1798.29 and 1798.82 of the California Civil Code, which require state agencies and businesses…
Proskauer on Privacy
It’s Not Too Late to Come to the Party: Mississippi Joins 45 Other States by Enacting a Security Breach Notification Law
Mississippi's new law is consistent with other states' security breach notification laws in many respects, but deviates in at least one potentially significant way.
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Mississippi Becomes 46th State to Enact Breach Notification Law
On April 7, 2010, Mississippi joined 45 other states and the District of Columbia by enacting a data security breach notification law that will take effect July 1, 2011.