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Data Breach
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Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Mississippi Becomes 46th State to Enact a Data Breach Notification Law
With Mississippi enacting its own data breach notification law on April 7, Alabama, Kentucky, New Mexico, and South Dakota remain the only states without such a law. Mississippi Gov. Haley…
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Study Suggests that Data Breaches Among Businesses May Be on the Rise
By Kelley Drye
A recent study released by the Identity Theft Resource Center (“ITRC”), a non-profit organization dedicated exclusively to the prevention of identity theft, suggests that in 2009, while the government appeared…
Health IT Law Blog
Connecticut radiologist breaches privacy of hundreds
HealthImaging.com reported yesterday that a Connecticut radiologist, previously affiliated with the Griffin Hospital in Derby, Conn. "accessed patient radiology reports on the hospital's PACS using the passwords of other radiologists…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Attorney General Launches New HIPAA Investigation
After becoming the first state attorney general to exercise HITECH Act enforcement authority earlier this year, Connecticut's AG Richard Blumenthal is investigating new allegations of possible HIPAA violations involving hospital…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Data Breach Affecting 3.3 Million Borrowers with Student Loans
ECMC reported last Friday, March 26th, that a data breach occurred over the weekend of March 20-21. During this breach, which has been termed a "theft," data was stolen that…
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District of New Jersey Dismisses Securities Fraud Claims Against Company That Suffered Data Breach
Late last year, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissed a securities fraud litigation that had been brought against a payment card processor in connection…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
OCR Releases List of Breaches Affecting 500 or More Individuals
As required by Section 13402(e)(4) of the HITECH Act, The Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services has posted a list of PHI breaches affecting 500 or more…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Peer-To-Peer (P2P) File Sharing Data Breaches Lead to FTC Action
Nearly 100 organizations have been notified by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) that personal information, including sensitive employee and customer data, shared from the organizations’ computer networks is available on…
Proskauer on Privacy
Lack of Standing Argument Wins Against Supposed Data Breach Victim
data breach, class action, injury-in-fact, speculative, standing, Pisciotta, increased risk of harm
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Short Guide to Responding to Data Security Breaches
The recent effective data for enforcement of the new HIPAA/HITECH data-security breach notification law, and continued passage of and amendments to state notification laws, make compliance with data-security breach notification…