Data Privacy Regulation & Management

Recent Posts from Data Privacy Regulation & Management

• FBI looking at University Medical Center of Las Vegas records leak

  The FBI said Friday it may investigate a breach of patient privacy laws at University Medical Center, where hospital officials are reeling with the realization that at least one of their employees has leaked confidential names, birth…

• Data breach at T-Mobile

  Data breach at T-Mobile: Share and Enjoy: Related posts:Litigation risk in data breach increasing as courts inch ever closer to private rights of action by Stephen E. Meltzer, Esq., CIPP The case of McLoughlin v.…

• New Humor Post – “Good Grief”

  Good Grief, the man next door is staring at me through high-powered binoculars. Share and Enjoy: Related posts:New Humor Post – “Privacy Forum” ...New Humor Post – Access and excess at privacy’s expense (Video) Poetic…

• New Massachusetts Regulations: “Data security breach is not a question of if, it’s a question of when”

  I had the pleasure yesterday to attend a small-format seminar hosted by Wilmer Hale on the Massachusetts data security regulations.  The event was organized by Machiko Sano Hewitt of the Lawyers Clearinghouse.  (Who, by the…

• Blue Cross Blue Shield in the Data Breach Crosshairs

  BCBS of Tennessee is reporting a breach effecting 2 million individual. BCBS of Connecticut has delayed to report a breach for over 2 months. Short cuts in data privacy controls may have the shields bleeding…

• Blue Cross Blue Shield Breach Notification – Any delay is unreasonable!

  The Connecticut Attorney General has requested more information from Blue Cross Blue Shield in order to determine if BCBS violated Connecticut law and acted in an unfair and deceptive manner because it waited TWO MONTHS…

• New Humor Post – “Privacy Forum”

  Share and Enjoy: Related posts:New Humor Post – Access and excess at privacy’s expense (Video) Poetic eloquence from Shannon Matesky ...New Privacy Humor – Google maps over your shoulder Google maps over your shoulder (Video).…

• HIPAA covered entities need to get their HITECH houses in order

  More than 90 percent of health care companies are not ready to comply with the privacy and security provision of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, according to a survey conducted…

• eBay privacy rules approved by Luxembourg under Binding Corporate Rules

  Luxembourg’s National Data Protection Commission (CNPD) has formally approved eBay’s binding corporate rules (BCRs) for privacy compliance for both customers and employees. The data protection authorities in the other 13 EU Member States where eBay operates…

• Google is not a bad word – Data privacy is just a challenge

  Google Nov. 10 launched Location History and Location Alerts, features that will make the Google Latitude geolocation service infinitely more useful—and invite scrutiny from privacy critics. Google launched Latitude in February as a new Google…