Threatpost

JUNE 18, 2020

Trojan Chrome browser extensions spied on users and maintained a foothold on the networks of financial services, oil and gas, media and entertainment, healthcare and pharmaceuticals and government organizations.

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Data Matters

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Together, they discuss the challenges and opportunities AI presents for the pharmaceutical industry, particularly how AI is accelerating the pace of drug discovery and its implications for the future of medicine. The post AI Use in Drug Discovery appeared first on Data Matters Privacy Blog.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 23, 2023

In 2022, many if not most pharmaceutical, medical device, and other life sciences companies established strategies to innovate digital health technology complementary to their existing strategic focus. The post Digital Health Transformation: A Practical Guide for Life Sciences Companies appeared first on Data Matters Privacy Blog.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 3, 2019

Its customer base is comprised of eight of the top 15 banks, four of the top six healthcare insurance and managed care providers, nine of the top 15 property and casualty insurance providers, five of the top 13 pharmaceutical companies, and 11 of the largest 15 federal agencies.

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Collibra

MAY 25, 2022

By adopting FAIR Data Principles, life sciences firms (pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical device manufacturers) can accelerate data sharing, improve data literacy (understanding of data) and increase overall transparency and auditability when working with data. Address data quality and privacy issues at scale to ensure data integrity.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 2, 2018

This past year was marked by ever more significant data breaches, growing cybersecurity regulatory requirements at the state and federal levels and continued challenges in harmonizing international privacy and cybersecurity regulations. As we begin this New Year, here is list of the top 10 privacy and cybersecurity issues for 2018: EU GDPR.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JULY 21, 2018

Care.data was cancelled because drug and insurance companies were able to buy patient data Australia’s impending My Health Record system is “identical” to a failed system in England that was cancelled after it was found to be selling patient data to drug and insurance companies , a British privacy expert has said.

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The Guardian Data Protection

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Perhaps they should be paying us The announcement by 23andMe, a company that sells home DNA testing kits, that it has sold the rights to a promising new anti-inflammatory drug to a Spanish pharmaceutical company is cause for celebration.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Simply put, iO must be achieved in order to preserve privacy and security while tapping into the next generation of IT infrastructure. It will, of course, be vital to have these next-gen, AI-infused systems run securely, in ways that preserve individual privacy. To explain why this is so, Sahai drew an analogy to the human brain.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 23, 2011

The law also mandates that “[p]harmaceutical manufacturers and pharmaceutical marketers shall not use prescriber-identifiable information for marketing or promoting a prescription drug unless the prescriber consents.”. Read our previous coverage of the IMS Health case.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 11, 2011

The letters encouraged the physicians to prescribe drugs made by pharmaceutical manufacturers, who paid CVS to send them. This purported disclosure of PHI would violate the HIPAA Privacy Rule’s prohibitions against disclosing PHI for marketing purposes without an individual’s authorization. In 2009, CVS paid $2.25

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erwin

JUNE 21, 2019

Industry-specific regulations in areas like healthcare, pharmaceuticals and financial services have been in place for some time. Industry and government regulations affect businesses that work in or do business with any number of industries or in specific geographies.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The suit comes on the heels of a July 2023 congressional report which found “a shocking breach of taxpayer privacy” when tax preparation companies shared millions of customers’ personal and financial information with Meta and Google, which used that information to create targeted ads. Los Angeles, Calif.,

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

ISO/IEC 27006-1:2024 Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of information security management systems complements ISO/IEC 17021-1 and requires ISO 27001-certified organisations to show evidence that they are maintaining their compliance with the Standard.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 25, 2022

According to analyst firm IDC , 93% of pharmaceutical companies and 72% of biotech companies already have business-critical applications in the cloud, including product lifecycle management, analytics, revenue management, and much more. The healthcare and life science industries embrace of digitalization has been all-encompassing.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 13, 2016

Privacy Shield (the “ Privacy Shield ”) draft adequacy decision. The Privacy Shield was created to replace the previous Safe Harbor framework invalidated by the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) in the Schrems decision. Commercial Aspect of the Privacy Shield. Background. Purpose Limitation.

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

On September 12, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”) unveiled a model privacy notice for personal health records (the “PHR Model Privacy Notice”).

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IT Governance

MAY 4, 2021

discloses security incident (unknown) St. discloses security incident (unknown) St. Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents. In other news… Buying breached data: When is it ethical?

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erwin

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Of course, data governance has evolved with astonishing speed, both in response to data privacy and security regulations and because organizations see the potential for using it to accomplish other organizational objectives. Download Free GDPR Guide | Step By Step Guide to Data Governance for GDPR?. Help Us Help You by Taking a Brief Survey.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 4, 2021

It is as important as privacy, security and compliance. The first scenario concerns extremely sensitive, highly-regulated data, such as healthcare, financial or pharmaceutical. The Cloud Trust Paradox: Keeping Control of Data & Encryption Keys in the Cloud. Thu, 03/04/2021 - 09:38. Trust is a much-debated topic in cloud security.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Data breaches. Financial information. Toronto residents’ CERB payments on hold after fraudulent employment insurance claims (700) Kentucky’s unemployment system suffers another breach (unknown) Defence supplier PULAU Corporation says it has been hacked (unknown) American Payroll Association notifying those affected by cyber attack (unknown).

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erwin

JULY 8, 2020

Industry-specific regulations in areas like healthcare, pharmaceuticals and financial services have been in place for some time. Now, broader mandates like GDPR and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) require businesses across industries to think about their compliance efforts.

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Reltio

JANUARY 9, 2020

Every organization — from mom and pop shops to pharmaceutical manufacturers — must adopt tools and techniques for providing the hyper-personalized experiences customers require at every touchpoint in their journey. . Your Customer Experience Is Your Most Valuable Asset. A customer data strategy is no longer optional.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Consumer privacy rights in California are well established. The California Constitution expressly grants California citizens a right to privacy. The International Association of Privacy Professionals estimates at least 500,000 U.S. The ballot initiative largely mirrored what is now the language in the CCPA.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Community Medical Centers, Inc.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 23, 2010

The agents had been authorized by a lower court judge to inspect the emails pursuant to an investigation into an alleged abuse of dominant position in the pharmaceutical market. 450-4 of the French Code of Commerce authorizes Competition Authority agents to seize any documents that are relevant to their investigation.

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Reltio

MAY 16, 2023

In this blog post, we explore the significance of data quality in the pharmaceutical industry and explain how a modern MDM platform serves to address these challenges. Digital challenges are everywhere for pharmaceutical companies There are several reasons why pharmaceutical companies need to rapidly transform and get more from their data.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2021

Luke’s Healthcare says patient data was accessed by unauthorised person (17,655) Belgium’s parliament and universities hit by cyber attack (unknown) Orthopedic Associates of Dutchess County notifies patients of breach (331,376) CaptureRx issues notice after discovering security incident (1,919,938) SEIU 775 Benefits Group discloses security incident (..)

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 8, 2018

This is the sixth installment in Hogan Lovells’ series on the California Consumer Privacy Act. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) adds another set of privacy requirements for health and life sciences companies. Some considerations in making that assessment: Is the company a provider of health care?

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Data Matters

JANUARY 27, 2020

Although the pharmaceutical industry has supported transparency as a principle underpinning the proper functioning of the European institutions, the commercial and strategic implications from wide access to sensitive commercial data cannot be disregarded.

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Data Matters

JUNE 9, 2021

Who will the data be shared with: According to the Notice, data collected may be shared with a number of third parties including, for example, “research organisations, including universities, charities, clinical research organisations that run clinical trials and pharmaceutical companies”.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 17, 2015

Currently, the HIPAA Privacy Rule permits the use and disclosure of PHI for research purposes without requiring authorization from an individual but does require that any waiver of the authorization requirement be approved by an institutional review board or a privacy board.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 8, 2018

This is the sixth installment in Hogan Lovells’ series on the California Consumer Privacy Act. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) adds another set of privacy requirements for health and life sciences companies. Some considerations in making that assessment: Is the company a provider of health care?

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 8, 2018

This is the sixth installment in Hogan Lovells’ series on the California Consumer Privacy Act. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) adds another set of privacy requirements for health and life sciences companies. Some considerations in making that assessment: Is the company a provider of health care?

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 9, 2019

the “Workshop”) with the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (“EFPIA”) and the Future of Privacy Forum (“FPF”) to address the challenges raised by the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) in conducting scientific health research.

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IT Governance

JULY 12, 2018

Pharmacies, rehabilitation care, social care, medical research and pharmaceuticals all rely on this data being available to individuals delivering their services. The GDPR provides a single, harmonised data privacy law for the EU. This is not exclusive to doctors and nurses.

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erwin

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Health Insurance and Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA), Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) particularly affect sectors such as finance, retail, healthcare and pharmaceutical/life sciences.

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