Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 16, 2021

The Court held that OCR’s civil monetary penalty for alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Privacy Rule and HIPAA Security Rule was “arbitrary, capricious, and otherwise unlawful.”. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently vacated a $4.3

Encryption 71

Encryption Privacy Insurance Security 71

Data Matters

AUGUST 17, 2021

The Guidance replaces prior FFIEC-issued guidance on risk management practices for financial institutions offering internet-based products: “Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment” (2005) and the “Supplement to Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment” (2011). The 2005 guidance replaced a 2001 version of the same document.

Authentication 88

Authentication Access Risk Financial Services 88

IT Governance

JULY 5, 2018

The Australian law firm Slater and Gordon’s ill-fated £637 million acquisition of the professional services division of the British insurance outsourcer Quindell plc in 2015 has attracted a great deal of negative attention over the past few years. of the SRA Code of Conduct 2011. Worse fines if the GDPR had been in effect.

GDPR 53

GDPR Compliance Personal data Data breaches 53

Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 25, 2017

Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) entered into a resolution agreement with MAPFRE Life Insurance Company of Puerto Rico (“MAPFRE”) relating to a breach of protected health information (“PHI”) contained on a portable storage device.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The DPDP Act will replace India’s current data protection framework, which includes relevant provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011. payments, insurance etc).

Personal data 111

Personal data GDPR Data breaches Compliance 111

Hunton Privacy

MARCH 25, 2020

The Report emphasizes that existing law—including the Spanish Organic Law 3/1986 of April 14 1986 on Special Measures in Public Health Matters (as modified by Spanish Royal Decree-Law 6/2020, of March 10, 2020) or Spanish General Public Health Law 33/2011 of October 4, 2011—provides necessary legal measures to deal with health risk situations.

Personal data 75

Personal data GDPR Risk Insurance 75

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Finance and insurance finished a close second at 22.4%. Finance and insurance companies were particularly vulnerable to the sort of phishing scams we’re talking about. According to the 2021 IBM Threat Force Intelligence Index , Manufacturing was the industry most likely to be attacked last year, comprising 23.2%

Energy and Utilities 118

Energy and Utilities Phishing Blockchain Cybersecurity 118

Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 27, 2012

On January 24, 2011, Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Protection Commissioner William Rubenstein announced that they had reached an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (“AVC”) with Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

Insurance 40

Insurance Compliance Security IT 40

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The attacks aimed at government entities and managed service providers (MSPs) that were active in many industries, including aviation, healthcare, finance, insurance, energy, and gambling. The APT20 group has been active since at least 2011, but experts did not associate any campaign with this threat actors between 2016 and 2017.

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Authentication Insurance Access Government 66

Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 24, 2012

(“Accretive”) for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) and its implementing regulations, and various Minnesota debt collection and consumer protection laws. million civil monetary penalty imposed against Cignet Health in February 2011.

Insurance 40

Insurance IT Privacy Security 40

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Mr Skelton had taken personal data (including name, address, gender, date of birth, phone number, national insurance number, bank details and salary information) relating to nearly 100,000 employees and posted it on the internet. The solution is to insure against ruinous group claims…. What compensation will be payable for distress?

Insurance 45

Insurance Data breaches Personal data GDPR 45

Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 26, 2012

Within the sphere of credit and finance, the Commissioner is widely considered to be focusing particular attention on the insurance industry. Not dissimilarly, in 2010, the Irish DPA published a special investigation into the use of a shared database within the Irish insurance industry.

FOIA 40

FOIA Insurance Big data Data breaches 40

Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 3, 2014

Accretive experienced a breach in July 2011 that involved the protected health information of more than 23,000 patients. million for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and various Minnesota debt collection and consumer protection laws relating to the same incident.

Insurance 40

Insurance Information Security Risk Access 40

Hunton Privacy

JULY 7, 2011

On June 16, 2011, the German Federal Ministry of the Interior officially opened a National Cyber Defense Center as part of the comprehensive cybersecurity strategy that was adopted by the German federal government on February 23, 2011.

Insurance 40

Insurance Cybersecurity Information Security Security 40

Data Matters

DECEMBER 14, 2018

The RFI seeks public input on a broad range of potential reforms to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations with a focus on enhancing care coordination.

Privacy 68

Privacy Insurance Access IT 68

Data Matters

MARCH 2, 2018

The Guidance is the latest in a series of steps taken by the SEC and its Staff to make clear its increasing focus on cybersecurity matters; it both reinforces and expands upon the 2011 guidance issued by the Division of Corporation Finance regarding disclosure obligations relating to cybersecurity risks and incidents. 83 FR 8166, 8168 ( Feb.

Cybersecurity 60

Cybersecurity Risk Insurance Communications 60

InfoGovNuggets

MAY 1, 2018

Would your health insurer/doctor like to track your food and alcohol purchases? Former CFO of Autonomy convicted of fraud in connection with the sale of Autonomy to HP for $11 billion in 2011. Is there other information they can deduce from your purchases that someone would like to track? Whose information is that, anyway?

Insurance 28

Insurance Sales Communications Access 28

Hunton Privacy

APRIL 28, 2011

On April 26, 2011, Sony Computer Entertainment America (“Sony”) disclosed an information security breach that may affect up to 77 million consumers. Affected individuals should also be provided with sufficient insurance to protect them from the possible financial consequences of identity theft.”.

Security 40

Security Insurance Information Security Encryption 40

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 6, 2018

Over in the APAC region, South Korea has had a regulation in place since 2011. In the United States alone, companies across different industries have been following regulations to comply with privacy laws.

Compliance 88

Compliance GDPR Encryption Data Privacy 88

IT Governance

JANUARY 3, 2020

Canadian insurance firm Andrew Agencies struck by ransomware (unknown). The NHS lost hundreds of thousands of letters between 2011 and 2016. Louisiana Community College crippled by ransomware (unknown). Galt, CA, government suffers ransomware attack (unknown). Yerington Pauite Tribe hit by ransomware attack (unknown). Henry Co.,

Data breaches 116

Data breaches Ransomware Phishing Government 116

Hunton Privacy

JUNE 20, 2014

Gameover Zeus, a sophisticated type of malware that first emerged in 2011, is designed to steal banking and other credentials from the computers it infects. Read our previous blog entry about Gameover Zeus and how cyber insurance may help mitigate risks posed by malware. Read the FTC’s Consumer Information blog post.

Insurance 40

Insurance Encryption Risk Security 40

Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The Committee stated in its October 18, 2011 report that the current penalties for unlawfully obtaining personal data (under Section 55 of the DPA) are an inadequate deterrent, and urged the government to exercise its power to introduce prison sentences without delay. “We

Personal data 45

Personal data Insurance Data breaches Government 45

Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 24, 2012

This failure contributed to a July 2011 information security breach when an Accretive employee left an unencrypted laptop containing information of approximately 23,500 patients in a rental car. The laptop was stolen and has not yet been recovered.

Privacy 42

Privacy Insurance Information Security Risk 42

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

DECEMBER 7, 2017

The group claims that between June 2011 and February 2012 Google obtained personal information by bypassing the default privacy settings on the iPhone to install cookies in the Safari web browser. . “Google You Owe Us” – Representative Action.

Risk 40

Risk Privacy GDPR Data breaches 40

Data Matters

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The FCA has provided new guidance for PIs and EMIs using the “insurance or comparable guarantee” method of safeguarding. This includes a requirement that the insurance policy or comparable guarantee must pay out for the full amount of any claim regardless of how the relevant insolvency event occurs (including if the firm is at fault).

Authentication 68

Authentication Paper Risk Insurance 68

eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 9, 2019

Court Compels Non-Party Insurance Agents to Produce Text Messages in TCPA Case : In Gould v. Farmers Insurance Exchange , Missouri District Judge Rodney W. 2011: Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4. Here they are: 2017: Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4. 2016: Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4. So, what do you think?

e-Discovery 48

e-Discovery Metadata Insurance Privacy 48

Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 19, 2010

The definition of “employer” under the Act exempts banks, insurance companies, law enforcement agencies, debt collectors and state and local government agencies that require the use of credit history. The Employee Credit Privacy Act will come into effect January 1, 2011.

Privacy 40

Privacy Insurance Access Government 40

Hunton Privacy

MARCH 22, 2016

million settlement with the Minnesota Attorney General for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) and its implementing regulations, and various Minnesota debt collection and consumer protection laws. In 2012, Accretive entered into a $2.5

Computer and Electronics 40

Computer and Electronics Risk Passwords Privacy 40

Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

On September 12, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”) unveiled a model privacy notice for personal health records (the “PHR Model Privacy Notice”).

Privacy 40

Privacy Healthcare Insurance Personal data 40

Hunton Privacy

JUNE 23, 2011

On June 23, 2011, in a 6-3 decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled in IMS Health Inc. Sorrell that a Vermont law prohibiting the sale of prescriber-identifiable data to drug companies was an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment right to free speech.

Privacy 40

Privacy Healthcare Marketing Manufacturing 40

CGI

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Ovum Enterprise Search and Retrieval 2011/2012 – Technology Evaluation and Comparison report www.ovum.com. So the digital world is changing rapidly. If you want to be among the winners, I recommend you talk to us about a Discovery and Search strategy that can adapt as your world changes around you. Add new comment.

Mining 40

Mining Big data Analytics Unstructured data 40

Robert's Db2

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

IBM's 2011 Information on Demand conference took place last week in Las Vegas. I attended a number of the event's technical sessions, and summarized what I heard in some of those sessions in a couple of entries posted to this blog. DB2 10 for z/OS: it's about time.

Insurance 48

Insurance IT Access 48

John Battelle's Searchblog

JANUARY 3, 2016

This trend will evince itself in many forms: We’ll see massive older companies shift their marketing focus to purpose-based messaging – both to insure top talent considers them as a career choice, and to maintain relevance to a new generation of purpose-based consumers. Predictions 2011. 2011: How I Did.

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IoT Blockchain Marketing IT 75

ARMA International

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Archival services imply long-term storage of content such as pension records, life insurance policies, real-estate transactions, magazines, and much more. Using Privacy by Design (PbD) principles (Cavoukian 2011) is just one approach to mitigating privacy risks. This content has a retention period considered permanent.

Digital transformation 54

Digital transformation Risk IT Computer and Electronics 54

John Battelle's Searchblog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

And the FEC — that’s the regulatory body responsible for insuring fairness and transparency in paid political speech — the FEC made sure that when audiences were targeted with creative that supports one candidate or another, those audiences could know who was behind same-said creative. The FTC made sure you couldn’t commit fraud.

Search queries 87

Search queries Marketing IT Government 87

Data Matters

JUNE 29, 2018

AB 375 does not apply to protected or health information that is collected by a covered entity governed by the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act or the notification rules issued by the Department of Health and Human Services made pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Availability [sic] Act. 552 (2011), the U.S.

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GDPR Privacy Sales Data breaches 79

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

APRIL 9, 2020

In its report, the DPC noted that the ad-tech industry is subject to separate inquiries – this report is more broadly focussed on organisations across a range of sectors, including retail, entertainment, insurance, banking, public sector, media and publishing.

GDPR 59

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