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China Insurance Regulatory Agency Promulgates New Rule Protecting Personal Data of Life Insurance Customers

Hunton Privacy

On November 4, 2013, the China Insurance Regulatory Commission, which is the Chinese regulatory and administrative authority for the insurance sector, issued the Interim Measures for the Management of the Authenticity of Information of Life Insurance Customers (the “Measures”).

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Autonomous Vehicles – Canada’s Current Legal Framework: Privacy (Part 4)

Data Protection Report

AVs currently under development can collect location data, biometric data, driver behaviour information, and information acquired through synced mobile devices (e.g., A considerable amount of the data collected by AVs could be considered personal information, and in some cases, “sensitive information.”

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Data privacy examples

IBM Big Data Hub

For example, they can decline to have their data shared with third parties while allowing the app to generate personalized offers. The app heavily encrypts all user financial data. Only administrators can access customer data on the backend. Even if the data is stolen in a cyberattack , hackers can’t use it.

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Connecticut Tightens its Data Breach Notification Laws

Data Protection Report

credit or debit card number, or any financial account number in combination with any required security code, access code or password that would permit access to such financial account.

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Driving Conversations Around Careers In Telematics

Information Governance Perspectives

Wireless telematics devices and “black box” technologies collect and transmit data on vehicle use, maintenance requirements, and automotive servicing. John Danenberger, CPCU, is Corporate Counsel at State Farm Insurance and specializes in addressing emerging issues around telematics. What’s it like to work in this field?

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Developments in Health Privacy and Cybersecurity Policy and Regulation: OCR Issues Cybersecurity Warnings and New Health Data Legislation Is Introduced

Data Matters

Department of Health and Human Service’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued industry guidance for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) regulated entities to take preventative steps to protect against some of the more common, and often successful, cyber-attack techniques. On March 17, 2022, the U.S.

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$10,000,000 civil penalty for disclosing personal data without consent

Data Protection Report

For example, the government alleged that the company placed personal information “in a shared electronic folder, which unauthorized persons whom Cerebral has been unable to identify accessed multiple times” In addition, “former employees and contractors accessed 266 patient files using access credentials Cerebral failed to revoke.”