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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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U.S. Supreme Court to Weigh in on Extraterritorial Search Warrant Dispute

Data Matters

government’s request for review of a lower court decision that rejected the government’s construction of the Stored Communications Act (SCA) and embraced a more restrictive view that Microsoft had advanced, backed by much of the tech industry and many privacy groups. officials, by using computers and personnel based in the United States.

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Banking on mainframe-led digital transformation for financial services

IBM Big Data Hub

We already covered how mainframe modernization isn’t just for the financial industry , so why not address the elephant in the room? The world’s biggest modernization challenges are concentrated in the banking industry. Instead, teams should modernize what makes sense for the most important priorities of the business.

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MY TAKE: COVID-19’s silver lining could turn out to be more rapid, wide adoption of cyber hygiene

The Last Watchdog

A prime example is the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) cybersecurity frameworks , a comprehensive cyber hygiene roadmap applicable to businesses of all sizes and in all industries The trouble is the NIST guidelines are voluntary. Still, over time, they’ve been woven into baseline data security regulations far and wide.

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court holds common law duty for employers extends to protecting sensitive employee information

Data Protection Report

Rather, the duty arises under the common law rule that when an actor takes an affirmative action, that actor must exercise reasonable care to protect others from an unreasonable risk of harm from such act. The duty is one to exercise reasonable care, which may be different depending on the size and resources of a particular company.

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What Counts as “Good Faith Security Research?”

Krebs on Security

Department of Justice (DOJ) recently revised its policy on charging violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a 1986 law that remains the primary statute by which federal prosecutors pursue cybercrime cases. In a statemen t about the changes, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. What do I take away from these conversations?

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Craig Ball of Craig D. Ball, PC: eDiscovery Trends 2018

eDiscovery Daily

eDiscovery Daily interviewed several thought leaders at LTNY this year (and some afterward) to get their observations regarding trends at the show and generally within the eDiscovery industry. The eDiscovery industry grew as much out of the culture of regulation as out of a culture of litigation. This is not that day.