Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 17, 2013

The Final Rule comes two and a half years after the proposed rule was published in July 2010.

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IT Governance

JUNE 27, 2019

After a rampant start to the year for data breaches and cyber attacks, it’s about time we went one month without at least one massive security incident. Security breach costs Ripple cryptocurrency holders 23 million XRP (12). EatStreet food ordering service discloses security breach (6 million). Hackers stole $1.75

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 6, 2010

On January 1, 2010, two important state data security and privacy laws took effect in Nevada and New Hampshire. The laws create new obligations for most companies that do business in Nevada and for health care providers and business associates in New Hampshire.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 14, 2010

Prior to 2009, HHS divided civil enforcement responsibility for HIPAA between OCR, which enforced the HIPAA Privacy Rule, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), which enforced the HIPAA Security Rule.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

MARCH 14, 2019

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued notices on March 5 seeking public comment on proposed amendments to the regulations implementing the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”), commonly known as the Safeguards Rule and Privacy Rule. It includes general, high level elements of a security program, but lacks detailed security steps.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 7, 2012

On May 24, 2012, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced that South Shore Hospital agreed to a consent judgment and $750,000 payment to settle a lawsuit stemming from a data breach that occurred in February 2010.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 13, 2016

The proposed Consent Order will prohibit Schein from misrepresenting whether, and to what extent, the product or service offers industry-standard encryption, helps customers meet regulatory obligations, or maintains the privacy, security, confidentiality and integrity of personal information.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

On November 8, 2010, Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Sullivan announced that Health Net of Connecticut, Inc. (“Health Net”) had agreed to pay $375,000 in penalties for failing to safeguard the personal information of its members from misuse by third parties.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 15, 2010

for allegedly failing to secure private patient medical records and financial information involving hundreds of thousands of Connecticut enrollees and promptly notify consumers endangered by the security breach. On January 13, 2010, the Attorney General filed a motion for a preliminary injunction.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced on October 29, 2010, that he has sued health insurer WellPoint, Inc. The state alleges that WellPoint was notified of the security breach on February 22, 2010, and again on March 8, 2010, but did not begin notifying customers of the breach until June 18, 2010.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

The Report contains 50 recommendations covering the regulatory framework, the scope and types of banking data that should be shared, privacy and security safeguards, the technical mechanisms for data transfers as well as proposals on implementation and beyond.

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Data Matters

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Cybersecurity insurance was a relatively new—and far from prevalent—concept. D-Link Systems Corp) focused on one company’s failure to “take reasonable steps” to secure sensitive consumer information against “reasonably foreseeable risks of unauthorized access.” Moreover, their powers are growing.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 19, 2010

On August 10, 2010, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed the Employee Credit Privacy Act , which prohibits most Illinois employers from inquiring about an applicant’s or employee’s credit history or using an individual’s credit history as a basis for an employment decision.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 26, 2012

On enforcement, in both the blog post and the Information Rights Strategy document, the Commissioner affirmed the ICO’s current prioritization of action in health, credit and finance, criminal justice, Internet and mobile services, and information security.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2022

was originally launched in 2010 with the goal of helping e-commerce sites validate the identities of customers who might be eligible for discounts at various retail establishments, such as veterans, teachers, students, nurses and first responders. For more on the benefits of using a Security Key for MFA, see this post. McLean, Va.-based

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The reversal comes as privacy experts and lawmakers have been pushing the IRS and other federal agencies to find less intrusive methods for validating one’s identity with the U.S. as a condition of receiving state or federal financial assistance, such as unemployment insurance, child tax credit payments, and pandemic assistance funds.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 4, 2010

On May 28, 2010, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office issued a press release stating that it has been notified of more than 1,000 data security breaches since it began keeping records in late 2007. There is no mandatory reporting requirement in the UK, so the actual number of breaches is likely to be significantly higher.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

On November 14, 2013, the Minister of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (the “Minister”) announced that Malaysia’s Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (the “Act”) would be going into effect as of November 15, marking the end of years of postponements.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 28, 2009

On August 17, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a final rule (“FTC Final Rule”) addressing security breaches of personal health records (“PHRs”). Full compliance is required by February 22, 2010. The FTC Final Rule requires PHR vendors and PHR related entities to notify U.S.

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ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

This part also discusses managing CS risks such as ransomware, privacy, change management, and user adoption. Commissioned by organizers to predict worst-case scenarios for the Munich games, [Georg] Sieber came up with a range of possibilities, from explosions to plane crashes, for which security teams should be prepared. Introduction.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Related: Applying ‘zero trust’ to managed security services. Fortunately, the identity management space has attracted and inspired some of the best and brightest tech security innovators and entrepreneurs. So why hasn’t the corporate sector been more effective at locking down access for users? It’s not for lack of trying.

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Data Protector

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Noble Lords will be familiar with the role of the Information Commissioner, whose role is to uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals. How then will we secure adequacy without adhering to the charter? I think we can all say “Hear, hear” to that.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 8, 2019

On March 5, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it is seeking comment on proposed changes to the FTC’s Safeguards Rule and Privacy Rule under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLB”). The FTC vote to submit the Privacy Rule notice for publication in the Federal Register was 5-0.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 14, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #11 | March 14th, 2023 [Heads Up] Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Biz Data to ChatGPT, Raising Security Fears Robert Lemos at DARKReading just reported on a worrying trend. In a recent report, data security service Cyberhaven detected and blocked requests to input data into ChatGPT from 4.2%

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Luckily for cybersecurity startups, there’s no shortage of interest in tomorrow’s next big security vendors. billion in 2021, and growing concerns over data security , software supply chains , and ransomware suggest the market will remain strong through economic ups and downs. How Do VC Firms Work? AllegisCyber Investments.

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