Following a preliminary judgement released by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) in Ireland, which has been shared with other European Union-based data protection regulation bodies for further review, WhatsApp may be sanctioned with a penalty […]
With the passing, in November 2020, of the California Privacy Rights Act, came a range of new obligations for businesses operating in the State. They must now move swift to make sure that every member […]
In Germany the data regulation authority in the Lower Saxony region has sanctioned a financial penalty of €10.4m against a a local laptop retailer due to the breach of the European Union’s general Data Protection […]
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became enforceable on May 25 2018 and brought with it a number of rules that could, if broken, may result in the sanctioning of heavy fines. One sector where […]
The European Court of Justice is considering issuing a ruling that will allow a complaint in relation to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to be heard by the the data protection authority in any […]
Telehealth is an area that is very important to pay particular attention to when addressing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance so it is important to be aware of the many different […]
A recent report published by Finbold, the online financial news and analysis portal, relating to fines sanctioned during 2020 for breaches of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, has indicated that €171.3m in financial […]
An update on the Departments of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) breach portal has revealed that a previously-employed contract staff member may have illegally accessed the medical records of a […]
In the third quarter of 2020, an alert was released for the healthcare and public health sector in the aftermath of a spike in ransomware activity being identified. The joint CISA, FBI, and HHS cybersecurity […]
Due to the end of the Brexit transition period on January 1 2021, the United Kingdom was dues to be designated as a ‘third country’ in relation to the the European Union’s General Data Protection […]
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