New York State’s Department of Financial Services is warning all regulated entities has released a Cybersecurity Regulation Updates and Reminder warning all companies that all regulated entities without a full exception that...more
A ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, a technology company owned by UnitedHealth that touches one of every three U.S. patient records, has resulted in hospitals and pharmacies across New York facing a cash crunch.
The...more
New York Gov Kathy Hochul is touting her proposed statewide cybersecurity regulations for hospitals and health systems as “nation-leading,” and, if approved, those entities will have until February 2025 to comply with the new...more
11/20/2023
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New York’s Department of Financial Services signaled once again its intent to strongly enforce the state’s Cybersecurity Regulation by finding OneMain Financial Group violated the law in several ways and imposing a $4.25...more
School districts must consider the sanctity and privacy of data they maintain, as a recent decision underscores from the New York State Education Department’s Office of the Chief Privacy Officer. This alert explains the...more
2/11/2022
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A cynical online commenter once wrote this about the data collection practices of the online news site Digg: “If you are not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold.”
This is true of almost...more
7/9/2021
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