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Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : September 12, 2011
As I've said before, it's nice to occasionally infuse these roundups with a bit of humor. While it's no "Lazy Sunday" or "I'm On A Boat," the music video in Megan Muir's…
Health IT Law Blog
Major data breach at Stanford Hospital
A spreadsheet containing personal data of 20,000 emergency room patients of Stanford Hospital appeared on Student of Fortune, a Web site which "crowdsources" homework to other students online. The lost data…
La Revue
Notification des violations de données personnelles: l’exemple allemand
Les grandes lignes de la FAQ publiée par l’autorité des données personnelles de Berlin le 21 décembre 2010 sur la base du droit allemand
Privacy & Data Security Law Journal
Data Breach — What’s the Harm??
By Al Saikali
A data breach can result in the exposure of private customer information (credit card information, social security numbers, email addresses, etc.) to unknown third parties who may fraudulently use that…
Health IT Law Blog
Study: Most data breaches are caused by insiders
A survey by Veriphyr, a provider of identity and access intelligence solutions, found that insiders were responsible for over 60% of data breaches of protected health information (PHI). Specifically, 35%…
Privacy & Data Security Law Journal
Why Should You Care About Data Breaches?
By Al Saikali
Some of the most alarming statistics concerning data breaches relate to how frequently they occur, who is suffering them, and the cost such breaches impose on their victims. According to…
La Revue
Notification des violations de données : transposition par ordonnance de la directive du 25 novembre 2009
Ordonnance n° 2011-1012 du 24 août 2011 relative aux communications électroniques La directive 2009/136/CE du 25 novembre 2009 venant modifier la directive 2002/58/CE du 12 juillet 2002 relative au traitement…
InsureReinsure
Web Conference on Data Breach Compliance and Response: Understanding the Laws and Being Prepared Tomorrow
The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) will be hosting a web conference titled, “Data Breach Compliance and Response: Understanding the Laws and Being Prepared” on September 1, 2011 from…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
France Introduces Data Security Breach Notification Requirement for Electronic Communication Service Providers
On August 24, 2011, a new French Ordinance implementing the EU e-Privacy Directive came into effect. The law will require electronic communication service providers to provide notice in the event…
Employment Law Worldview
Dismissal for carelessness – the law of unintended consequences
No doubt an enormous amount of reciprocal finger-pointing going on at recruitment group Hays at the moment following its inadvertently sending 800 people at the Royal Bank of Scotland the…