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Web-based Tracking Technology and AI: HIPAA Compliance Issues for Health Care Practices
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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: Texas Limits Punitive Damage Liability For Data Security Breach...more
Pennsylvania-based Chord Specialty Dental Partners is under fire after a September 2024 data breach compromised the personal information of over 173,000 individuals. At least seven proposed class action lawsuits have been...more
An insured who purchased insurance specifically for privacy injury liability was recently forced to sue its insurer after it denied coverage. The insured allegedly “installed web beacons and cookies on its platforms so that...more
American Addiction Centers Inc. faces a class action in the Middle District of Tennessee for allegations that it violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) by failing to protect patient data from...more
Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) has agreed to settle a class action filed against it following a February 2023 ransomware attack that compromised personal information of patients, including medical and treatment...more
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
Healthcare providers are responsible for guarding the health and well-being of their patients. Still, they also have an essential duty to protect the personal information they collect in the process....more
Data breaches come in many different forms, sizes, and levels of complexity, but they tend to share certain key facts: A third-party bad actor—whether through a phishing attack, a ransomware attack, exploitation of a zero-day...more
In October 2022, Advocate Aurora Health notified 3 million individuals of a data breach resulting from its use of tracking pixels on its website for tracking website visitor activity. Now, this month, Advocate Aurora Health...more
The law can be funny. Not in a comedic way, but in a way that defies expectations about what is needed to bring a cause of action. Sometimes this is manifested in the quantum of evidence needed to bring an action and survive...more
In a groundbreaking decision, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it was diagnosing GoodRx’s use of tracking pixel codes and analytics, its digital strategy, as not only an unfair or deceptive act or abusive practice...more
While not unheard of, class actions against medical service providers that relate directly to the provision of medical treatment are uncommon. However, class actions are frequently filed in Florida courts against medical...more
According to this article, 2021 has been a “particularly dire year” for health care data breaches. So, it may not seem shocking that a hacker gained access to the protected health information of approximately 400,000...more
On January 14, the Fifth Circuit vacated the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center’s (M.D. Anderson) $4.3 million fine for HIPAA violations arising from its loss of more than 35,000 individuals’ protected health...more
Report on Patient Privacy 20, no 5. (May 2020) - Ambry Genetics, based in Aliso Viejo, California, has reported a data breach involving nearly 233,000 people. In its statement, the company said it identified “unauthorized...more
Shook Weighs in on Updated CCPA Regulations - In response to extensive public comment, the California Attorney General’s office released modified draft regulations under the CCPA on February 7. Shook has provided initial...more
SDNY Rejects Standing under “Increased Risk” Theory Where Data Not Targeted or Stolen - The Southern District of New York rejected a settlement that would have resolved a class action based on the unauthorized (and...more
Community Health System, one of the largest health systems in the United States, has agreed to pay $4,500,000 to settle claims made against it arising from a 2014 data breach. The data breach, believed to be caused by malware...more
U.S. Estimates that Cyber Hacks Cost Up to $109 Billion in 20 - The Council for Economic Advisors (CEA) issued a report this month, entitled “The Cost of Malicious Cyber Activity to the U.S. Economy,” which concludes that...more
Last week, Aetna agreed to resolve class action claims of privacy violations related to the disclosure of thousands of members’ HIV status. The agreement will require the insurance giant to pay over $17 million into a...more
US-CERT Warns of New Ransomware: Bad Rabbit - The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is warning companies in the U.S. about a new ransomware dubbed “Bad Rabbit.” US-CERT stated it has received multiple...more
McAfee Report Lists Health Care Sector as Most Targeted Industry for Cyber-Attacks - In its cybersecurity incident report outlining vulnerabilities for the second quarter of 2017, security firm McAfee lists the health care...more
Companies that have a breach involving PHI worry not only about fines and penalties imposed by HHS, but about class action lawsuits. The risk that a class action lawsuit will lead to financial liability, however, is often...more
In the latest sign that data breach class actions are here to stay—and, indeed, growing—the D.C. Circuit resuscitated claims against health insurer CareFirst BlueCross and Blue Shield, following a 2015 breach that compromised...more
On December 28, 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services ("DFS") released a revised version of a proposed regulation that would require banks, insurance companies, and other financial services institutions...more