by Eoin Campbell | Apr 29, 2020 | Cyberlaw by Eoin Campbell
Virgin Media Ltd, which provides television, telephone and internet services throughout the United Kingdom may have to fork out up to £4,500,000,000 (roughly $5.5 billion) after a data security breach in which personal information belonging to its customers was...
by Patrick Kennedy | Apr 24, 2020 | HIPAA News
Stockdale Radiology in California has revealed that patient privated data has been compromised due to a ransomware attack that took place on January 17, 2020.An internal review confirmed that the hackers gained access to patients’ first and last names, addresses,...
by Patrick Kennedy | Apr 12, 2020 | CCPA News
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has released a statement, reminding Californians of their rights in relation to their privacy, which further emphasized his office’s commitment to stick to the July 1 2020 enforcement date for the California Consumer...
by Patrick Kennedy | Apr 6, 2020 | HIPAA News
It has been announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will be easing the sanctioning of penalties in relation to specific data privacy breaches during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Notice of Enforcement Discretion applies to breaches of the HIPAA...
by Patrick Kennedy | Apr 3, 2020 | CCPA News, Cybersecurity
Zoom, a video conferencing software application that has experienced explosive growth due to the social distancing measures introduced globally during the COVID19 crisis, has had a class action lawsuit filed against it in the Northern District of California this week...
by Patrick Kennedy | Apr 2, 2020 | CCPA News
Following the declaration of a state of emergency by California Governor Gavin Newsom in a bid to stem the surge of COVID-19, trade associations have issued a plea to have CCPA enforcement suspended until 2021. The pleas was directed towards California Attorney...
by Patrick Kennedy | Apr 1, 2020 | CCPA News, Cybersecurity
It is important to remember that, despite the wide-reaching and deep impact the the COVID-19 pandemic, the rights of individuals to have their protection respected are as important and relevant as ever. In recent weeks we have see a relaxing on the policing of HIPAA...
by Patrick Kennedy | Apr 1, 2020 | CCPA News, Cybersecurity
The Marriott Hotel Group has revealed that it has suffered its third data breach in just over two years and has impacted the private data of up to 5.2m guests. The hotel group that operates Marriott Hotel, Starwood Hotels released a statement that said uses an...
