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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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Data Protection: Where’s the Brexit Privacy Dividend?

Data Protector

One of the Government's core objectives throughout the Brexit negotiations has been to respect data protection rights, slash Brussels' red tape and allow the United Kingdom to be a competitive safe haven for businesses all over the world. This is a process that would never end. The GDPR has had a profound impact on many organisations.

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What is data loss and how does it work?

IT Governance

Data loss refers to the destruction of sensitive information. It’s a specific type of data breach, falling into the ‘availability’ category of data security (the other two categories being ‘confidentiality’ and ‘integrity’). In this blog, we explain what you need to know and provide data loss prevention tips.

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France: the CNIL has released its annual dawn raid Program for 2023: four national priorities and one priority coming from the EDPB!

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

As a reminder, in 2022, the CNIL priority topics were (i) direct marketing (ii) monitoring telework and (iii) the use of cloud computing (see our previous post ). This document provides guidance on the conditions applicable to the use of this technology which presents high risks to the data subjects’ right to privacy.

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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. Understanding HIPAA The entire goal of the HIPAA is to make sure that healthcare providers, insurers, and everyone else handling sensitive patient data do it the right way. What are the Most Common HIPAA Violations?

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Saudi Arabia’s New Data Protection Law – What you need to know

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The Middle East’s data protection regulatory landscape is complex, and continues to develop with Saudi Arabia’s ( KSA ) newly published Personal Data Protection Law ( PDPL ). While the PDPL contains the main features of a modern data protection law, it cannot be considered a direct analogue of the GDPR. Deceased’s data.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 210 – News of the week

Security Affairs

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Romanian duo convicted of fraud Scheme infecting 400,000 computers. Security Affairs newsletter Round 209 – News of the week. Gnosticplayers round 5 – 65 Million+ fresh accounts from 6 security breaches available for sale. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. Once again thank you!