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Data Breach
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Data Security & Privacy
OCR Guidance May Signal Increase in Enforcement Activity Against Business Associates
In 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, imposed direct liability on business associates for certain violations of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification, and…
Cleary Cybersecurity and Privacy Watch
District Court Finds Allegations That Data Breach Exposed Publicly Available and Non-Sensitive Personal Information Sufficient for Article III Standing
By Alexis Collins, Phillip L. Hurst, Miranda Gonzalez
Potentially signaling an expansion of the scope of constitutional standing in data breach cases, a district court in the Northern District of California recently held that the exposure of users’…
Life Sciences Legal Update
First-ever Multistate Data Breach Involving Medical Software Provider Results in Payment of $900,000 to 16 state AGs
By Vicki Tankle, Catherine David, Colin Dolan
In an unprecedented settlement arising from a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, a medical software provider agreed to pay $900,000 to 16…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Does an employer have a duty to protect the personal information of its employees? (Part 3)
Employees trust their employers with a whole bunch of personal information. Social security numbers, medical documents, insurance records, birth dates, criminal records, credit reports, family information, etc. And it’s not…
Data Protection Report
Nine States Pass New And Expanded Data Breach Notification Laws
By Chris Cwalina (US), Jeewon Kim Serrato (US), Anna Rudawski (US), Alexis Wilpon (US)
In the absence of federal action, states have been actively passing new and expanded requirements for privacy and cybersecurity (see some examples here and here). While laws like the California…
InsureReinsure
Updates to Massachusetts Data Breach Laws: House Bill No. 4806
By Theodore Augustinos, Troutman Pepper Locke
On January 10, 2019, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed House Bill No. 4806 into law. The bill amends certain provisions of the state data breach notification law, increasing reporting requirements…
Eye On Privacy
Texas Breach Law Will Change in 2020, To Require Attorney General Notification
New requirements to the Texas data breach statute, including a requirement to notify the Texas attorney general of a breach, are set to go into effect January 1, 2020. The…
Alcohol Law Advisor
Data Breach: How to Prepare for What Experts Have Deemed Is Inevitable
By Marc Sorini, Lynette Ryan Arce
Data security experts often say there are two types of businesses: those that have been hacked and those who will be hacked. Many small business owners believe they are too…
Cleary Enforcement Watch
Legislators Propose Differing Approaches to Federalizing Corporate Responsibility for Data Breaches
By Rahul Mukhi, Alexis Collins, Russell Mawn
In the past year, members of the U.S. Congress and Senate on both sides of the aisle have proposed data privacy bills that would impose nationwide standards on companies who…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Customs + Border Patrol Vendor’s Network Compromises Images and License Plate Data
The United States Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) admitted last week that personal information that it collected from travelers crossing the U.S. borders was exposed in a “malicious cyber-attack” against…