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California Governor Signs into Law Bills Updating the CPRA and Bills Addressing the Privacy and Security of Genetic and Medical Data, Among Others

Hunton Privacy

During the week of October 4, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law bills amending the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”), California’s data breach notification law and California’s data security law. The bill uses the same definition of “genetic data” as provided for in AB-825.

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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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Regulatory Update: NAIC Spring 2019 National Meeting

Data Matters

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Spring 2019 National Meeting (Spring Meeting) in Orlando, Florida, from April 6 to 9, 2019. ceding insurer could be eligible for the same reduced collateral requirements that would apply to qualifying EU reinsurers under the revised CFR Model Laws.

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Data privacy examples

IBM Big Data Hub

Rules for handling children’s data might become even stricter if the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), currently under consideration in the US Senate, becomes law. Finally, the retailer classifies data based on sensitivity levels and applies appropriate controls to each type. Retention policies should also be limited.

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NHS’ Plans to Share Patient Records with Third Parties

Data Matters

NHS Digital (the national custodian for health and care data in England) in May 2021, announced a new data sharing initiative called the General Practice Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) service. Once collected, the data will be combined to create a single, national data lake.

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California’s Data Broker Registration Deadline Looming

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

AB 1202 defines “data broker” to mean a “business that knowingly collects and sells to third parties the personal information of a consumer with whom the business does not have a direct relationship,” with limited exceptions for entities subject to FCRA, GLBA, or California’s Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act.

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Knock, Knock; Who’s There? – IoT Device Identification & Data Integrity Is No Joke

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

In this blog, and in one by my colleague Julie Lassabliere from Safelayer Secure Communications , we explore the need for trusted device identification and data integrity in the IoT. I will focus on how to ensure the devices connected to your network are legitimate and who they say they are.

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