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Data Breach Notification
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HL Chronicle of Data Protection
New Hampshire Enacts Health Information Privacy Laws
By Marcy Wilder
This summer New Hampshire enacted two laws that increase protection for health information. The first, H.B. 619, restricts the use of health data for marketing and fundraising purposes, and imposes new state data…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
Let the Breach Notifications Begin! . . . (in 30 days, or so)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today in a News Release that it has issued new regulations requiring health care providers, health plans, and other entities…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Data Security Breach Notification Law Update
July saw a flurry of activity involving data security breach notification laws. On July 1, breach notification laws in Alaska and South Carolina went into effect. On July 9, Missouri…
Proskauer on Privacy
Show-Me State Finally Shows Its Residents a Data Breach Notification Law, Other States (TX, NC, ME) Make Changes
Missouri: HB 62 includes many provisions that are similar to other state laws requiring notice to individuals when the security of their personal information has been compromised. For example, HB…
Proskauer on Privacy
Seven Days Is All She Wrote . . .
As our readers know, many of the 44 state data breach notification laws allow for (and may even require) a brief delay in notifying affected individuals of the breach if…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Maine Requires Breach Notice within Seven Days of Go-Ahead from Law Enforcement
On May 19, Maine Governor John Baldacci signed legislation limiting the time that breach notification may be delayed following a determination by law enforcement that providing notice will not compromise…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
European Parliament Adopts Position on Data Breach Notification Requirement for Telecoms and ISPs
On May 6, 2009, the proposed amendments to the e-Privacy Directive received a second reading in the European Parliament. In addition to other measures, it will include a definition of…
Proskauer on Privacy
Third Time’s a Charm for “Data Accountability and Trust”? Federal Breach Notification Bill Introduced in the House. Again. This Time With Data Security Provisions.
On April 30, 2009, Representative Bobby Rush (D-Ill) introduced H.R. 2221, the Data Accountability and Trust Act. The bill is nearly identical to H.R. 958, introduced by Rep. Rush in…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Data Accountability and Trust Act: Federal Breach Notification, Data Security Policies and File Access Addressed
The U.S. House of Representatives, referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 30, 2009, continues to debate, revise and take testimony on a major piece of…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
HHS Issues Guidance on Security Breach Notification
On April 17, 2009, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidance specifying the technologies and methodologies that render PHI unusable, unreadable, or indecipherable to unauthorized individuals, as…