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Data Breach
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Recent $2.5 Million OCR Settlement Is a Warning to Wireless Health Service Providers
By Lisa Schmitz Mazur, Drew Elizabeth McCormick, Amanda Enyeart
On April 24, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) settlement in…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Home Depot Agrees to Settle Data Breach Shareholders’ Suit
In a surprise move late last week, Home Depot has agreed to settle a shareholders derivative suit filed against current and former members of the Board of Directors and the…
Data Counsel
Deeper Dive: Be Prepared for Regulatory Investigations in the Wake of a Security Incident
Your company had a data security event. After an investigation, it was determined that notifications were required, and the incident was made public as a result. Notification letters were mailed…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
4,229 Psychiatric Patients’ Records Hacked
Bangor Health Center, a psychiatric practice located in Bangor, Maine, has notified 4,229 patients that a hacker from Moldova has accessed their psychiatric records, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers,…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Eight Thousand Clients Affected by Data Breach at Two Massachusetts Accounting Firms
Two Massachusetts accounting firms separately recently notified the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General and the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation of data breach incidents at their firms,…
Consumer Finance Monitor
New Mexico becomes 48th state to enact data breach notification law
By Kim Phan
New Mexico recently became the 48th state to enact a data breach notification law. This continues the accelerated pace of state data breach legislative activity in the last two years. …
Data Law Insights
Court Allows Data Breach Claims Against Kimpton
By Kate Growley
On April 13, a federal court ruled that theft of credit card information, even prior to misuse of that data, could permit a plaintiff to pursue claims based on a…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
InterContinental Hotels Group Reports Credit Card Breach
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has reported a data breach of its payment card processing system. The breach involves malware that infected certain locations between September 29, 2016, and December 29,…
ERISA Blog
Recent Decisions Shine Light on Employer Liability for Data Breaches of Employee Personal Information
Two Pennsylvania courts have recently shined some light on this issue. In both cases, which involved large-scale data breaches affecting thousands of employees, the courts absolved the employers of any…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
New Mexico Enacts Data Breach Notification Act
On April 6, 2017, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez signed HB 15, making New Mexico the 48th state to enact a data breach notification law. The law has an effective…