Written by Amy Malone There is much going on at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) these days, particularly in the privacy arena. In addition to the settlements discussed below, today the White House confirmed that President Obama will nominate Edith Ramirez as Chair of the FTC, replacing outgoing Chairman Jon Leibowitz. Path Settlement: Path, a… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: February 2013
The New HIPAA Omnibus Rule & Your Liability — A Detailed Review
Posted in Data Breach Notification, Data Compliance & Security, HIPAA/HITECH, Privacy RegulationBy Alden J. Bianchi, Dianne J. Bourque, Kimberly J. Gold, and Cynthia J. Larose As we have reported in this blog (here, here, here, here, and here), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently released final regulations containing modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules (Omnibus… Continue Reading
Detailed Summary of Cybersecurity Executive Order
Posted in Privacy Regulation, SecurityOur colleagues in our Washington, DC office have prepared a detailed summary of the President’s Cybersecurity Executive Order. Read Summary of Final Cybersecurity Executive Order
President Signs Cybersecurity Executive Order
Posted in Data Compliance & Security, Security“America must … face the rapidly growing threat from cyber-attacks. Now, we know hackers steal people’s identities and infiltrate private emails. We know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. Now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, our air traffic control systems. We cannot look back… Continue Reading
Latest EU Proposal Will Force More Companies to Disclose Data Breaches
Posted in European UnionWritten by Susan Foster (LONDON) The European Commission recently published a draft “Cybersecurity Directive” which aims to increase the level of preparedness across the EU to deal with threats to network and information security. The Directive provides for information-sharing and cooperation between the governments of Member States of the EU to tackle cybersecurity threats. As… Continue Reading
Business Associates Beware
Posted in Data Breach, Data Breach Notification, Data Compliance & Security, HIPAA/HITECHIf you haven’t yet caught up with the new HIPAA Omnibus Rule and its consequences for those businesses who are not themselves healthcare providers, but are service providers to healthcare entities (and even further downstream than that….), you can take a listen to our recent webinar highlighting the most important changes and issues. A recent… Continue Reading
