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HHS Announces HIPAA Settlement with UMass

Hunton Privacy

On November 22, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced a $650,000 settlement with University of Massachusetts Amherst (“UMass”), resulting from alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Privacy and Security Rules. .

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Me on the Equifax Breach

Schneier on Security

Hearing on "Securing Consumers' Credit Data in the Age of Digital Commerce". Mister Chairman and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today concerning the security of credit data. My name is Bruce Schneier, and I am a security technologist. Before the. Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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German DPAs Address a Wide Range of Topics at Annual Conference and Adopt Resolutions

Hunton Privacy

On October 2, 2013, the 86th Conference of the German Data Protection Commissioners concluded in Bremen. securing electronic communications by implementing and developing end-to-end encryption. Resolution on the Need for Action in the Area of Public Security. The previous Conference was held in Bremerhaven in March 2013.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 26 February – 3 March 2024

IT Governance

Source (New) Engineering Japan Yes >5 TB Array Networks Source (New) Cyber security USA Yes 2.5 TB Turtlemint Source (New) Insurance India Yes 1,800,000 Chunghwa Telecom Source (New) Telecoms Taiwan Yes 1.7

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2017 eDiscovery Case Law Year in Review, Part 3

eDiscovery Daily

Here are three cases related to privilege issues, including one where the court granted a quick peek request by the plaintiff, citing the “court’s heavy caseload and limited resources”: Putting Information on File Share Site without Protection Waives Privilege, Court Rules : In Harleysville Insurance Co. Los Alamos National Security, LLC et.

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2019 eDiscovery Case Law Year in Review, Part 3

eDiscovery Daily

Yesterday, we looked back at cases related to cooperation, form of production, privilege and confidentiality disputes, social media related disputes and a key case regarding biometric security. Today, let’s take a look back at cases related to disputes regarding proportionality vs. relevancy vs. privacy. Hospital Partners, Inc.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 22 – 28 April 2024

IT Governance

Keyboard app vulnerabilities reveal keystrokes to network eavesdroppers Security researchers have identified critical security vulnerabilities in Cloud-based pinyin keyboard apps from Baidu, Inc., Honor, Huawei, iFlytek, OPPO, Samsung Electronics, Tencent, Vivo and Xiaomi Technology. Data breached: 4,186,879,104 messages.