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The BBA Privacy & Cybersecurity Conference has been adapted to a virtual format and will feature two days of live and on-demand content curated and presented by top privacy, cybersecurity and digital law practitioners and industry experts.

Interesting findings in the Unisys Security Index for the United States regarding what Americans say they would do in the event that they learned of a security breach suffered by an organization.

In 2018, privacy and data security crossed a number of thresholds. In the public mind, through high-profile data breaches and revelations about unexpected uses of personal information, questions of privacy became much more salient.

In Case You Missed It: The EU/US Privacy Shield is set to go into effect this Tuesday, July 13, pending a decision today by the EU's College of Commissioners.

Illinois strengthened its data privacy and security law, with the amendments going into effect in January 2017.

Demonstrating that no one is immune from a cybersecurity attack, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg found several of his social media accounts hacked on Sunday.

Last week, the Cybersecurity Unit of the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a list of "best practices" for companies concerning preparing for and responding to cyber-attacks.

By now, you have no doubt heard that the European Union's highest court today invalidated the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Program.

Earlier today, Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") and Facebook announced a settlement of the government's charges that the company had deceived users regarding their ability to keep their information private.

In response to the announcement of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, the Article 29 Working Party issued its own statement...

Triple-S Salud Inc., a Puerto Rican health insurer, has been hit with a $6.8 million penalty from the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services for a massive data breach.

On November 26, HHS OCR released guidance regarding methods for de-identification of protected health information in accordance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule.

An Atlanta, Georgia man was sentenced earlier this month to one year and one month in prison for intentionally accessing a computer of a competing medical practice, and taking personal information of the patients.

Today's Law360 addresses "HHS Data-Scrubbing Guidance" with quotes from me and others on the subject:

As we previously noted in our Foley Adviser dated February 3, 2010, "New Massachusetts Data Security Law and Regulations-Comprehensive Information Security Plan required before March 1, 2010", under the regulations, an investment adviser must require third-party service providers by contract to implement and maintain appropriate security measures for personal information.

The summer movie season is now officially in full swing, with the release of three informational videos regarding HIPAA and the right of individuals to access their medical records...

The annual Ponemon Institute report on data breaches has been released.