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Right To Know - May 2025, Vol. 29

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Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed. State Action: Virginia Governor Signs Bill Restricting Minor’s Use of Social Media:...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Proposed Modernization of the HIPAA Security Rules

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The HIPAA Security Rule was originally promulgated over 20 years ago. While it historically provided an important regulatory floor for securing electronic protected health information, the Security Rule’s lack of...more

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Right To Know - November 2024, Vol. 23

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Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

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Right To Know - May 2024, Vol. 17

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Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 4, May 2024

MIT Report Details New Cybersecurity Risks - “Cloud misconfigurations, more sophisticated ransomware, and vendor exploitation attacks are contributing to rising cyberattacks.” Why this is important: Worldwide spending...more

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Right To Know - April 2024, Vol. 16

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Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

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Right To Know - March 2024, Vol. 15

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Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

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2024 Update: Regulators Use “Carrots and Sticks” to Incentivize Healthcare Sector Cybersecurity Compliance

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Healthcare organizations continue to be prime targets of cyberattacks. It is well-established that cyberattacks can lead to financial loss, reputational damage, and, in some cases, risks to patient care and safety. The recent...more

Blank Rome LLP

The BR Privacy & Security Download: March 2024

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Welcome to this month's issue of The BR Privacy & Security Download, the digital newsletter of Blank Rome’s Privacy, Security & Data Protection practice....more

BakerHostetler

HHS Publishes ‘Voluntary’ Healthcare Cybersecurity Performance Goals in Record Time but Leaves Questions Unanswered

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As previously reported in this blog, on Dec. 6, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department) released a “concept paper,” which laid out its vision of future action regarding healthcare...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: February 2024

The American Hospital Association (AHA) has warned that information technology (IT) help desks are being targeted in a social engineering scheme that uses the stolen identity of revenue cycle employees or employees in other...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Data Protection Update: Q4 Noteworthy Dates

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Cross Border Transfers of Data. UK Data Transfers. The UK government has published a U.S. “adequacy decision” which permits U.S. organizations that have certified to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) and UK Extension...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: October 2023

Report on Patient Privacy 23, no. 10 (October, 2023) Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals will pay California $49 million to resolve allegations that they unlawfully disposed of hazardous waste,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Another Governor Signs: Tennessee Volunteers to Join the Privacy Patchwork

The Tennessee governor has signed Tennessee’s comprehensive privacy law, which as we have indicated will go into effect July 1, 2025. As initially proposed, the law would have been effective July 1, 2024, and would have...more

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Mintz May Madness: Tennessee’s Information Protection Act Gets Us Thinking About NIST(y) Safe Harbors

The Volunteer State became the eighth state to enact a comprehensive data privacy law after Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed the Tennessee Information Protection Act (“TIPA”) into law yesterday, May 11. Tennessee joins a growing...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

HHS Unveils New Cybersecurity Guide

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues to play a central role in helping health care organizations defend against cybersecurity threats, issuing cybersecurity briefs and a new cybersecurity framework...more

J.S. Held

Data Privacy in 2023: Expectations, Responsibilities & Cyber Security Tactics to Safeguard Your Information

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INTRODUCTION - As more of our lives and work become digitized, an inherent overlap continues to grow between data privacy and cyber security programs. Think of two similarly sized circles: in the past, data privacy and cyber...more

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Emerging Threats: Cyber Attacks and Side-Channel Evolution

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“Side-Channel” attacks generally refer to a type of criminal cyber attacker activity that exploits vulnerabilities so that the attacker can collect and analyze “leakage” of data from a device, as a means to identify certain...more

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OCR releases YouTube Addressing “Recognized Security Practices” in HIPAA Enforcement Context

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As a Halloween treat for HIPAA-covered entities and business associates, on October 31, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a new video on its YouTube channel, in which senior...more

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The BR Privacy & Security Download: September 2022

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Welcome to this month's issue of The BR Privacy & Security Download, the digital newsletter of Blank Rome’s Privacy, Security & Data Protection practice. ...more

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The BR Privacy & Security Download: August 2022

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Welcome to this month's issue of The BR Privacy & Security Download, the digital newsletter of Blank Rome’s Privacy, Security & Data Protection practice. ...more

Hogan Lovells

Hold the punitive damages: Connecticut is latest to incentivize implementing cybersecurity frameworks

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Connecticut’s new cybersecurity standards law, which goes into effect on October 1, 2021, protects companies from punitive damages in certain data breach actions where an organization has a cybersecurity program that conforms...more

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Get Ready for HIPAA Questions on Your Recognized Security Practices

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An amendment to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was signed into law on Jan. 5, 2021, directing U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) to consider "recognized security practices"...more

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New Proposed Laws include Safe Harbor when Aligned with NIST Privacy Framework

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A new trend in privacy and cybersecurity laws is the introduction of safe harbor clauses for aligning data protection controls to recognized data privacy and cybersecurity frameworks. OHIO HB376: In July 2021, Ohio...more

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States’ Safe Harbor Defense For Data Security Breaches Signals Possible Trend

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We are now seeing a potential trend where states are incentivizing companies through the creation of safe harbors to improve their cybersecurity posture, instead of penalizing them after a breach of personal information. Utah...more

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