by Patrick Kennedy | Mar 25, 2020 | Cybersecurity
Chief Information Security Officer for the World Health Organization Flavio Aggio has revealed that there has been a massive increase in the amount of cyber-attack registered against his group since the COVID-19 Pandemic began. When questioned in relation to the...
by Eoin Campbell | Mar 18, 2020 | Cyberlaw by Eoin Campbell, GDPR Advice
Privacy Authority to impose $8 Million Penalty Google has announced that it intends to appeal the recent General Data Protection Regulation fine, its second, levied by Sweden’s Data Protection Authority against the internet giant. A fine of 75 million kroner...
by ComplianceJunction | Mar 18, 2020 | HIPAA Advice
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Rules still apply during public health emergencies such as the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak. When preventing and dealing with cases of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by...
by Patrick Kennedy | Mar 10, 2020 | Cybersecurity
Hackers, spammers and cybercriminals are always leveraging current events to try and target susceptible Internet, SMS and email users and the coronavirus COVID 19 is no different. In the United States an alerts has been issued by the Indiana Attorney General’s...
by Eoin Campbell | Mar 8, 2020 | Cyberlaw by Eoin Campbell
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office, or ICO, has imposed a fine of £500,000 ($603,750) on Cathay Pacific Airways for its failure to adequately protect the personal data of customers. The half-million pounds fine is in fact the maximum possible under the...
by Patrick Kennedy | Mar 2, 2020 | HIPAA News
The Lake Success, NY-located home health company, Personal Touch Home Care (PTHC), has begun contacting clients to advise them that a ransomware attack on its Wyomissing, PA-based IT vendor, Crossroads Technologies Inc. may have resulted in a portion of their...
by Patrick Kennedy | Mar 1, 2020 | Cybersecurity
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which became enforceable on January 1 2020 has resulted in may Californian-based businesses struggling to ascertain what they must do to achieve compliance with the new legislation. In addition to this, on February 10, the...
