To say mergers and acquisitions present significant risk is an understatement; however, additional vulnerabilities are being exposed as bad actors threaten to exploit privacy and data security leaks during the transition. ...more
7/24/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Due Diligence ,
Merger Agreements ,
Mergers ,
Personal Data ,
Risk Management
On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 2610 into law, joining a growing number of states that aim to incentivize sound cybersecurity practices through legislative safe harbors. Modeled on laws in states like...more
6/24/2025
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Liability ,
New Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
Punitive Damages ,
Risk Management ,
Safe Harbors ,
Small Business ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Texas
A recent breach involving Indian fintech company Kirana Pro serves as a reminder to organizations worldwide: even the most sophisticated cybersecurity technology cannot make up for poor administrative data security hygiene....more
6/11/2025
/ Best Practices ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Employees ,
FinTech ,
Former Employee ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Information Technology ,
Insider Information ,
NIST ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management
In late March 2025, the Florida Bar Board of Governors unanimously endorsed the recommendation of its Special Committee on Cybersecurity and Privacy Law that law firms should adopt written incident response plans (IRPs) to...more
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the fifth enforcement action under its Risk Analysis Initiative. In this case, OCR reached a settlement with Health...more
3/24/2025
/ Business Associates ,
Compliance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
OCR ,
Risk Management
In February, a coalition of healthcare organizations sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (the Letter), urging the immediate rescission of a proposed update to...more
According to one survey, Florida is fourth on the list of states with the most reported data breaches. No doubt, data breaches continue to be a significant risk for all business, large and small, across the U.S., including...more
As the integration of technology in the workplace accelerates, so do the challenges related to privacy, cybersecurity, and the ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI). Human resource professionals and in-house counsel...more
1/29/2025
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Dashcams ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Monitoring ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Wearable Technology
Insider threats continue to present a significant challenge for organizations of all sizes. One particularly concerning scenario involves employees who leave an organization and impermissibly take or download sensitive...more
1/21/2025
/ Confidential Information ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Former Employee ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Personal Data ,
Personal Information ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Risk Management ,
Sensitive Business Information ,
Trade Secrets ,
UTSA
A massive data breach hit one of the country’s largest education software providers. According to EducationWeek, PowerSchool provides school software products to more than 16,000 customers, largely K-12 schools, that serve 50...more
1/13/2025
/ Compliance ,
Credit Monitoring ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Educational Institutions ,
Identity Theft ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Information Technology ,
Personal Information ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Ransomware ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
School Districts ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Vendors
Ask any chief information security officer (CISO), cyber underwriter or risk manager, or cybersecurity attorney about what controls are critical for protecting an organization’s information systems, you’ll likely find...more
1/9/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biometric Information ,
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Deep Fake ,
FBI ,
Fraud ,
Identity Theft ,
Know Your Customers ,
Multi-Factor Authentication ,
Phishing Scams ,
Risk Management ,
Secret Service ,
Social Engineering
The Indiana Attorney General Office (OAG) filed a detailed complaint on December 23, 2024 (Complaint) which arose out of the following patient complaint:
The OAG received a consumer complaint stating that the consumer had...more
Governor Kathy Hochul signed several bills last month designed to strengthen protections for the personal data of consumers. One of those bills (S2659B) makes important changes to the notification timing requirements under...more
As the healthcare sector continues to be a top target for cyber criminals, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued proposed updates to the HIPAA Security Rule (scheduled to be published in the Federal Register January 6). It...more
1/2/2025
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Health Plan Sponsors ,
HITECH Act ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Malware ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management
As the year comes to a close here are some of the highlights from the Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report with our most popular topics and posts from 2024.
Expanding State Privacy Laws-
This year saw a...more
1/2/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biometric Information ,
Breach Notification Rule ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Retirement Plan ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Web Tracking
A healthcare provider delivering pain management services in Florida and other states faces a $1.19 million civil monetary penalty from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR)....more
12/5/2024
/ Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Data Breach ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Independent Contractors ,
OCR ,
Risk Management ,
Security Rule
No organization can eliminate data breach risks altogether, regardless of industry, size, or even if the organization has taken significant steps to safeguard their systems and train employees to avoid phishing attacks....more
12/2/2024
/ AirBnB ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Property Management Companies ,
Risk Management ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Vacation Rentals ,
Vendors ,
Websites
Announcing its fourth ransomware cybersecurity investigation and settlement, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) also observed there has been a 264% increase in large ransomware breaches since 2018....more
9/30/2024
/ Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Multi-Factor Authentication ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management
“Cybersecurity” has emerged as one of top risks facing organizations. Considering the steady stream of massive data breaches affecting millions (sometimes billions), the debilitating effects of ransomware on an organization’s...more
4/11/2024
/ Biometric Information ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
FERPA ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Genetic Testing ,
GINA ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Ransomware ,
Tracking Systems
As organizations continue to take steps to prevent cyberattacks, a near-universal recommendation is that they should implement multi-factor authentication (MFA), and for good reason. Organizations subject to the updated FTC...more
For healthcare providers and health systems covered by the privacy and security regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), a breach of unsecured protected health information (PHI)...more
1/29/2024
/ Breach Notification Rule ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Mining ,
Data Protection ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Breach ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Subcontractors ,
Vendors
According to a New York Times story this weekend, the Security Exchange Commission’s lawsuit against SolarWinds is driving discussions in boardrooms and corporate security departments of large organizations about the handling...more
11/20/2023
/ Board of Directors ,
Boilerplate Language ,
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Hackers ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SolarWinds
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved an amendment to its Safeguards Rule that will require non-banking financial institutions to report certain data breaches (or “notification events”) to the FTC (not affected...more
11/6/2023
/ Breach Notification Rule ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Personal Information ,
Private Commercial or Financial Information ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Safeguards Rule
Many HIPAA covered entities and business associates struggle with developing and implementing a sanctions policy. What should it say, is zero-tolerance required, do we have to impose discipline in every case, etc. These are...more
10/25/2023
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
OCR ,
Popular ,
Privacy Rule ,
Sanctions ,
Security Rule ,
Training ,
Web Tracking ,
Zero Tolerance Policies
The annual Cost of a Data Breach Report (Report) published by IBM is reliably full of helpful cybersecurity data. This year is no different. After reviewing the Report, we pulled out some interesting data points. Of course,...more
9/5/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Employee Training ,
Hackers ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Management