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Data Breach
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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
U.S. Military Special Operations Command Workers’ Data Exposed by Vendor
Military personnel continue to be victimized by data breaches. This time, the personal information of healthcare workers employed by Potomac Healthcare Solutions (Potomac), who work for a U.S. Special Operations…
Inside Government Contracts
Updated OMB Breach Response Policy Includes Required Breach-Related Provisions for Federal Agency Contracts
On Monday, our colleague Caleb Skeath posted on Inside Privacy an engaging article that discusses the new Office of Management and Budget policy setting forth minimum standards for federal agencies…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Three-Month Delay Means Health Network Must Pay
By Jean Tomasco
A delay in reporting a HIPAA violation can result in a significant monetary penalty. That was the message sent by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which recently announced the…
Carpe Datum Law
Top Five Data Breach Trend Predictions for 2017
By Natalya Northrip, CIPP/US, CIPP/E
As we begin the new year, companies are continuing to survey the ever-changing data-breach landscape and assess their own preparedness for the worst. And with data security threats becoming more…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
From the Wild West to Westworld and (Maybe) Back to Normal – the Ongoing Saga of LabMD (Part 1 of 2)
It was nearly three years ago that I first blogged about the Federal Trade Commission’s “Wild West” data breach enforcement action brought against now-defunct medical testing company LabMD. Back then,…
AdLaw By Request®
FTC Settles Data Breach Case with AshleyMadison for $1.6 Million
By Njeri Chasseau, Jason Gordon
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) settled with online dating website AshleyMadison.com for $1.6 million stemming from FTC and state actions brought against the company as a result of a July…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
OMB Publishes Memorandum on Responding to Data Breaches
On January 3, 2017, the Office of Management and Budget issued a memorandum advising federal agencies on how to prepare for and respond to a breach of personally identifiable information.
Data Law Insights
December 2016 Monthly Update
By 1560210056-httpswww.crowelldatalaw.com
Kansas Judge Rules that Class Action over CareCentrix Data Breach may Proceed On December 19, 2016, in Hapka v. Carecentrix, the United States District Court for the District of Kansas…
Data Counsel
Massachusetts Breach Notifications Will Now Be Publicly Available Online
On Jan. 3, 2017, the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation announced that it will begin making its data breach notification archive publicly available online. Previously, data breach…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Applications Exposed in Cyber Attack
The Nevada Division of Public Health has announced that its Medical Marijuana Program's online database has suffered a cyber-attack that has exposed 11,700 applications requesting approval to open a medical…