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Data Breach
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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Hilton Hotels acknowledges payment card breach
Hilton Worldwide has issued a statement that it has “identified and taken action to eradicate unauthorized malware that targeted payment card information in some point-of-sale systems.” The information exposed included…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Target settles data breach class action with financial institutions for $39 million
We previously reported that Target Corp.’s (Target) settlement with MasterCard was rejected, but now, Target agreed to pay $39 million to settle the class action filed against it on behalf…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Lahey Hospital agrees to pay a whopping $850,000 to OCR for stolen laptop
Just before Thanksgiving, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that Lahey Hospital and Medical Center (Lahey) has agreed to pay $850,000 in fines and penalties to the OCR and…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Big win for car manufacturers, dismissal of data breach suit
A California federal court dismissed a proposed class action against Toyota Motor Corp. (Toyota), Ford Motor Co. (Ford) and General Motors, LLC (GM) this week, after a class of drivers…
Technology Law Source
Minimizing the damages of health care data breaches
Our colleagues over at Antitrust Law Source recently published a podcast on the inevitable health care data breach and how you can lessen the damages. Some key issues include: when…
Health Law Rx
Medical Devices And Risks Of Unauthorized Disclosure Of Protected Health Information
By Elizabeth F. Hodge, Thomas A. Range
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) kicked off the holiday season by publishing a settlement agreement under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability…
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CHINA: La Oficina del Comisario de Privacidad de Hong Kong actualiza su nota orientativa sobre brechas de seguridad
By Gonzalo F. Gállego, Laur Badin
Con fecha 9 de octubre, la Oficina del Comisario de Privacidad de Hong Kong ha publicado una versión actualizada de la Nota Orientativa sobre "La Gestión y Notificación de las…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
IRS says taxpayers can’t sue it for data breach
The Internal Revenue Service recently requested a federal judge in the D.C. Circuit to dismiss a putative class action suit by taxpayers against the IRS for a data breach earlier…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Data Breach in Georgia Affecting Six Million Voters Adds to 2015 National Tally
The Georgia Secretary of State acknowledged that last month his office improperly disclosed social security numbers and other private information for more than 6,000,000 registered voters in Atlanta due to…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
The Staggering Scope of a Cybersecurity Breach
The September 2015 data breach at Experian exposed the personal information of nearly 15 million wireless carrier customers, and we are just now learning the cost. A recent earnings report…