The GDPR was approved by the Parliament of the European Union on the 14th April 2016 and has been in force since the 25th May 2018. Organisations that are not compliant can now face heavy fines. Suffice to say, significant changes to the way businesses and companies...
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has enforced compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) more aggressively in recent years. While there was a downturn in enforcement actions in 2021, the number...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has recently announced his office is conducting “an investigative sweep” of businesses that offer customer loyalty programs to ensure they are fully complying with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The enforcement drive,...
The bipartisan Health Data Use and Privacy Commission Act has been introduced to bring HIPAA and health data privacy laws into the modern age and ensure that the use of emerging technologies does not put health data at risk. HIPAA was signed into law in 1996 at a time...
On May 14, 2021, the Conti ransomware gang conducted a ransomware attack on Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE) that resulted in the shutdown of IT systems supporting healthcare across the entire country. The attack resulted in the encryption of around 80% of all...