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Data Breach
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Data Protection Report
Anthem breach poses significant cybersecurity risks for Anthem’s customers; may trigger legal obligations
Organizations whose employees are insured by Anthem or whose self-insured health plans are administered by Anthem should consider steps to mitigate the cybersecurity and legal risk arising from the breach…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Employer FAQs: Responding to the Anthem Breach
The first massive data breach of 2015 hit one of the country's largest insurance issuers, Anthem, Inc., including Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and other related entities (Anthem). The…
Data Counsel
FAQs by Employers Regarding the Anthem Breach
By Theodore J. Kobus III, Lynn Sessions
Do we have any legal obligations under HIPAA? It depends on your contractual relationship with Anthem and whether the group health plan offered by your company is self-insured. If your…
Of Digital Interest
C-Suite – Changing Tack on the Sea of Data Breach?
The country awoke to what seems to be a common occurrence now: another corporation struck by a massive data breach. This time it was Anthem, the country’s second largest health…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: Texting and Driving, Air Jordan IP, Anthem Data Breach
Lots and lots of good stuff today—and, I suppose, bad stuff too as the big news is the Anthem data breach, which we have covered in the Top 10. Over…
Healthcare Law Insights
Another notch in the hacking holster: Cyber outlaws hit Anthem hard
By Pete Enko
Having no need to brandish bandanas to obscure identity or firearms to force entry, it was reported Wednesday that cyber bandits, in a sophisticated and well-orchestrated robbery, recently waltzed into…
Health Law Update
OCR Updates Breach Report Web Portal — Changes Could Impact Annual Breach Reports
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently launched an updated version of the portal covered entities must use to notify OCR regarding…
Socially Aware Blog
Status Updates
By Aaron Rubin
Snap decision. The National Arbitration Forum has refused to transfer the domain name snapchatcheck.com to the company behind the popular messaging app Snapchat. The NAF panel decided that the respondent, Dreamhost, the…
Workforce Bulletin
What to Do If You Are (or Don’t Want to Be) Hacked
By Adam Solander, Daniel J. Green
In light of the many high profile cyber-attacks on businesses this past year, employers should assess their vulnerability relative to data breaches and take steps to protect themselves from hackers…
The D&O Diary
Guest Post: Hack to the Future: Ten Cyber Risk Developments Watch in 2015
Without a doubt, during 2014, cyber security emerged as one of the critical topics for discussion. In the following guest post, Bill Boeck, who is senior legal and claim resource…