The passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) was a seismic event in U.S. data privacy law. CCPA has an expansive, rights-based approach to privacy, with national and international ramifications.
Foley Hoag attorneys Colin Zick, Chris Hart, Yoni Bard and Scott Bloomberg present a second podcast discussing the latest developments with the CCPA. Click here to listen to part one.
October brought three new developments to California’s comprehensive data privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA” or “Act”). First, the state enacted a series of amendments to the CCPA that both clarify ambiguities and create new exceptions. Second, we learned that the organization whose 2018 ballot initiative pushed California to enact the CCPA is planning to introduce another data privacy ballot initiative in 2020. Finally, California’s Attorney General published draft regulations for notice and comment.… More
Partner Colin Zick recently spoke at the MaHIMA Dot Wagg Memorial Legislative Seminar on HIPAA updates. Click here to download the slides. Topics included: HIPAA FAQs on right of access, CMS interoperability and the patient access proposed rule, HIPAA enforcement trends, the proposed AKS safe harbors, and more. More
On 26 July 2019, the Greek Supervisory Authority (SA) found Pricewaterhouse Coopers (“PwC”) not compliant with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in relation to the processing of its Greek employees’ personal data. The SA issued a €150,000 fine and an injunction requiring PwC to take measures to comply within three months (which is has apparently done). A summary of the decision in English is available on the Greek SA’s website.… More
As data breaches are seemingly reported on a daily basis, cybersecurity has emerged as a top enforcement priority for federal and state regulators and a key concern for companies of all sizes in a diverse range of industries. For example, compliance with federal cybersecurity regulations is required by nearly every government contract and the New York Division of Financial Services adopted a vast set of regulations that is applicable to all entities operating under NYDFS licensure. In short, ensuring that a company has effective cybersecurity policies and procedures in place is essential to both protecting customer information and avoiding unwanted attention from federal and state regulators.
Foley Hoag presents a webinar offering guidance for in-house counsel, compliance officers and other professionals on the cybersecurity regulatory and enforcement landscape.
On October 1, 2019, China’s new regulation to protect personal data related to children – called the “Measures on Online Protection of Children’s Personal Data” – went into effect.
As we wrote in June, when a draft of the regulation was released by the Cyberspace Administration of China, the regulation contains elements similar to those found in both the United States’ Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).… More
A recent report from the Mass Digital Health Council includes a cybersecurity toolkit created by MDHC’s Cybersecurity Group of Experts (CGE). The toolkit will enable faster clinical adoption of new digital health products, software and solutions by enhancing access to security needs and requirements and will address:
This toolkit should enable healthcare organizations to share experiences and guidance with each other,… More
Attorneys Colin Zick and Chris Hart recently led a Q&A discussion for MassTLC members on new trends in data privacy. Click here to download the slides. Topics included: recent GDPR enforcement actions, the California Consumer Privacy Act, recent changes to the Massachusetts data breach statute and more. More
Data scraping is a technique where information on one platform is exported onto another. The practice is widespread and is used for all sort of reasons, like market analysis or advertising. The kind of information located and extracted is as varied as the kind of information that exists on the internet–which is to say, anything and everything–but where it becomes particularly interesting is when personal information is being scraped.… More
Today, in the first settlement of its kind, the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“OCR”) announced that Bayfront Health St. Petersburg (“Bayfront”) has paid $85,000 to OCR and has adopted a corrective action plan to settle a potential violation of the right of access provision of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). This is also the first enforcement action under OCR’s Right of Access Initiative,… More