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Data Breach
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Med Law Blog
$3,000,000 Settlement for HIPAA Breach by Diagnostic Medical Imaging Company
Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (“HHS”) announced a $3,000,000 settlement for a disclosure of patient protected health information (“PHI”) via its FTP…
Law Trends
Washington State Legislature Passes Bill With Major Revisions to Data Breach Notification Statute
By David Rice
Shortly after the proposed Washington Privacy Act (SB 5367) failed to pass the legislature, Washington is now set to revise its existing data breach law. HB 1071, which passed the…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Limitation of Liability
I continuously confront vendors who say I am “the only” lawyer who objects to limitation of liability provisions that attempt to limit the liability of a security incident to the…
Media & Privacy Risk Report
SCOTUS Catapults Class Arbitration Onto the Endangered Species List
By Blaine C. Kimrey, Bryan K. Clark, Madeline Tzall
On April 24, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an important decision touching a number of hot button issues and litigation threats facing American businesses — including class actions, arbitration…
Ride the Lightning
Hiscox Cyber Readiness Report 2019 Published: 61% of Firms Breached in Past Year
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
65% of US Households’ Data in found in an Unprotected Database
By Peter Vogel
Darkreading.com reported that a “database with no login required has been found to contain names, addresses, age, and more for over 80 million U.S. households.” The April 29, 2019 report…
Tech Law Blog
GDPR enforcement action – Polish & Danish DPAs issue their first fines
As we approach the GDPR's one-year anniversary, we are starting to see more enforcement activity by the EU Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) as they complete their initial investigations into data…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
FTC Settles with Two Online Operators for Failing to Secure Customers’ Data
On April 24, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission announced two data security cases involving online operators that were alleged to have failed to take reasonable steps to secure consumers' data,…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
North Carolina’s Much Anticipated Data Breach Notification Law Amendment Moves to General Assembly
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Maya Atrakchi
The much-anticipated amendment to North Carolina’s data breach notification law that we reported on earlier this year (see here) has finally been introduced to the state’s General Assembly. The bill…
Data Counsel
Deeper Dive: The Landscape of Healthcare Data Breaches
By Lynn Sessions, Patrick H. Haggerty, Kimberly Gordy
Healthcare was the industry most affected by data breaches in 2018. We worked on nearly 200 healthcare matters involving multispecialty academic medical centers, hospital systems, small and large physician practices,…