Any entity found to have violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Rules can face massive financial penalties and administrative sanctions. For this reason it is crucial for employees to have an in-depth […]
Law firm DLA Piper has published a report that shows European Union-based businesses paid fines totalling €272.5m ($329m) for an extensive list of breaches of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) since it was first […]
Trying to come up with a definitive answer to the question ‘Who Enforces HIPAA?’ can bring up two very different answers. On one hand there are the official bodies and agencies that are charged with […]
It is crucial that all members of staff at a HIPAA governed entity are completely aware of their obligations under the data privacy legislation – if not it could lead to financial penalties for the […]
Every HIPAA-covered entity must conduct HIPAA training on an ongoing basis to ensure that all employees know what they must do to avoid a HIPAA breach occurring. Equally important as conducting the training is choosing […]
In Norway the data protection body, Datatilsynet, has sanctioned a fine of over $11.7 million for Gay dating app Grindr as it failed to get proper consent from users before sharing their personal information with […]
Roper St. Francis Healthcare has made contact with 189,761 patients to make them aware that a portion of their protected health information was included in the staff employee email account to which access was illegally […]
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