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Maryland Court Finds Coverage for Lost Data and Slow Computers After Ransomware Attack

Hunton Privacy

As previously posted on our Hunton Insurance Recovery blog , a Maryland federal court awarded summary judgment to policyholder National Ink in National Ink and Stitch, LLC v. This is significant because it demonstrates that insureds can obtain insurance coverage for cyber attacks even if they do not have a specific cyber insurance policy.

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Understanding HIPAA: A Guide to Avoiding Common Violations

Armstrong Archives

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ensures individuals’ health data protection and privacy. This includes insurance companies, nurses, and doctors. Lack of Adequate Security Measures The HIPAA has a requirement that healthcare organizations take strong steps to protect electronic health information.

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First Multistate HIPAA Data Breach Lawsuit May Signal Increased State Interest in Data Security Enforcement

Data Matters

On December 3, 2018, twelve attorneys general (“AGs”) jointly filed a data breach lawsuit against Medical Informatics Engineering and its subsidiary, NoMoreClipboard LLC (collectively “the Company”), an electronic health records company, in federal district court in Indiana. See Indiana v. Informatics Eng’g, Inc. , 3:18-cv-00969 (N.D.

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Information Management in the Not-So-Distant Future of Health Care

AIIM

The classic example is the insurer that won’t pay for care that a doctor determines a patient needs. Insurers are about profit; doctors are about delivering the best care. Today, if you have a computer, you have a doctor – videoconference doctor visits routinely complement in-person ones. Electronic Health Record.

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HHS Announces HIPAA Settlement with UMass

Hunton Privacy

On November 22, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced a $650,000 settlement with University of Massachusetts Amherst (“UMass”), resulting from alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Privacy and Security Rules. . ”

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Business ID Theft Soars Amid COVID Closures

Krebs on Security

. “The ferocity of cyber criminals to take advantage of COVID-19 uncertainties by preying on small businesses is disturbing,” said Andrew LaMarca , who leads the global high-risk and fraud team at Dun & Bradstreet. For the past several months, Milwaukee, Wisc. ” PHANTOM OFFICES. ” RECYCLING VICTIMS. .”

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Do’s and Don’ts of Text Message Discovery

eDiscovery Daily

Corporate servers stored the data, regardless of how the email was sent or received (via mobile device or work computer). Lee: FFS, an insurance broker, requested the production of all written communication after the defendants violated their contract by sharing company information after termination. 4] Anthony J.