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Data Breach
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Another Missive from the Data Breach Front: Remote Risk of Identity Theft Does Not Confer Standing in Allison v. Aetna
By Kelley Drye
Allison v. Aetna, Inc., a recent opinion out of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, adds to the burgeoning area of law that holds when a plaintiff fails to allege an…
Health IT Law Blog
In the news: patient privacy edition
HHS's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) filed a notice in the Federal Register lifting a requirement preventing OCR from posting names of sole practitioners who suffer breaches of patient data without first…
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UPDATE: Data Breaches on the Rise in 2010
By Kelley Drye
Updating a previous post regarding the rise last year in the number of data breaches involving customers’ personal information in the general business sector, the numbers of these breaches for…
Technology Law Source
Security Breach Results in Fine Despite Prior Security Measures
In January 2008, the Davidson Companies, a financial services holding company, announced that a database containing current and past customer records had been hacked during a SQL injection attack. On April…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Update on Massive ECMC Data Breach
ECMC reported on Friday that the storage medium containing the names, addresses, dates of birth and social security numbers of some 3.3 million individual student loan borrowers was recovered and…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
California Data Breach Notification Revision Gets New Life
Last year, Governor Schwarzenegger "terminated" the proposed update to California´s landmark privacy protection law proposed by State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto). The Governor's office encouraged Rep. Simitian to reintroduce…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Florida AG Settles Data Breach under “Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices” Authority
On April 16, 2010, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum announced a settlement (pdf) with Certegy Check Services, Inc. over how the company secures consumer records. The Attorney General’s enforcement action…
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Mississippi New Data Breach Notification Law
Mississippi is the latest state to adopt a data breach notification statute under House Bill 583.
InsureReinsure
Virginia New Medical Information Data Breach Law
The Commonwealth of Virginia recently enacted a law requiring notice of data breaches involving medical information.
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
Tennessee Blues’ Data Breach Approaches 1 Million Affected Individuals
The scope of the October 2009 theft of Tennessee Blue Cross Blue Shield's hard drives, initially estimated to involve 500,000 individuals, has grown to nearly a million subscribers, according to a…