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Data Breach
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WilmerHale Privacy and Cybersecurity Law
Attorneys General Bring Multistate Data Breach Settlement Against DNA Testing Lab
By WilmerHale Privacy and Cybersecurity Lawyers
The state attorneys general of Pennsylvania and Ohio recently reached a settlement with Ohio-based DNA Diagnostics Center for a 2021 data breach that affected 2.1 million individuals across the US.…
Health Care Law Today
HIPAA Breaches and Compliance: Key Findings & Lessons Learned from OCR’s Reports to Congress
By Jennifer L. Urban, Samuel D. Goldstick
The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently submitted two annual reports to Congress setting forth a summary of complaints and…
Privacy Matters
Australia Privacy Act review – a blueprint for change?
By Magda Zmorka
Authors: Sarah Birkett, Nicholas Boyle The Australian Attorney-General has published the (long-awaited) results of the Privacy Act review. The report recommends a number of changes to the Australian privacy framework,…
Shufti Pro Blog
Shufti Pro’s ID Fraud Report: Review 2022 and Preview 2023
Twenty years back, “identity theft” was imagined as pictures of shady figures rifling through garbage cans to get users’ bank statements or other records. Now, with easier access to Personally…
Mike McBride Online
Linked – A researcher tried to buy mental health data. It was surprisingly easy.
By Mike McBride
The US government spends a lot of time telling people to fear what Chinese companies could do with the data they get from our phones when we use something like…
Data Counsel
Latest FTC Health Privacy Case Sheds Light on Agency Health Privacy Approaches
By Aleksandra Vold, Daniel Kaufman
Health privacy has been a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) priority for decades, and indeed, one of its very first privacy cases, in the early 2000s, involved the inadvertent sharing of…
Tech Law Blog
“Justice Best Served” – Data Subject Claims Stayed
By Karina
In a recent significant judgment1 from the Irish Circuit Court, the judge concluded that "justice is best served" by granting a stay of a data subject's damages claim pending determination…
Privacy and Cybersecurity
FTC Brings Enforcement Action Under FTC Act and Health Breach Notification Rule Based on GoodRx’s Use of Advertising Tracking Technology on Its Websites and Mobile Application
By Brian G. Cesaratto, Alexander J. Franchilli
On February 1, 2023, the FTC announced a proposed $1.5 million settlement with GoodRx Holdings, based on alleged violations of the Federal Trade Commission Act (“FTC Act”) and Health Breach…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
HIPAA Breach Reporting Deadline Approaches for Health Plan Sponsors
Employers sponsoring health plans (particularly self-insured plans), and other covered entities and their Business Associates, should be aware of the March 1, 2023 deadline to report certain breaches that may…
Eye On Privacy
Graduation Goods Settlement: A Good Reminder of AGs’ Data Security Priorities
By Liisa Thomas, Kari Rollins, Kathryn Smith
The New York and Pennsylvania AGs settlement with Herff Jones from late last year provides guidance to businesses about expected security measures as we enter into 2023. The case arose…