The case of Dr. Alexandra Thran should cure any physician of the desire to discuss a patient on Facebook. Dr. Thran has been reprimanded by her state's Medical Board and lost her emergency room privileges.

I give my perspective on issues of physician privacy in this video from The HealthCare Channel, including:

Increasingly, alliances are viewed as an important way to improve data security. The Washington Post reports that the National Security Agency is now working with Internet service providers to thwart cyberattacks against defense firms by foreign adversaries.

Very interesting thought piece from the FTC's Chief Technologist. Do mandatory password resets actually make us less secure?

In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission has long been the trend-setter for what constitutes reasonable behavior in protecting data privacy.

In a recent trip to Ireland, I was surprised to see two subjects that Ireland is known for — GDPR and rugby — coming into conflict.

In an article that repeats a common theme in this space, this week's Economist talks about how researchers are trying to help ordinary people toughen up their passwords.

Foley Hoag presented a discussion and Q&A regarding the growing threat of business email compromises...

Both legally and practically, there need not be an exclusive choice between health information privacy and using GPS and other technology to gather and provide information about COVID-19.

My article on the recent Ninth Circuit decision in United States v. Nosal, a case concerning the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act that has created a split in the case law with the First Circuit, appears in this month's Massachusetts Lawyers Journal.

We all assume that our genetic information is personal and private.

The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse has created in an interesting tool, a "Chronology of Data Breaches."

Partner Colin Zick recently joined a Bloomberg Law webinar on GDPR and healthcare. Topics included: GPDR compliance requirements impacting the health care industry,...

Partner Colin Zick speaks with BNA's Health Care Daily Report™ on what providers and medical institutions can expect from the future of HIPAA audits and why self-auditing is so important.

It was my pleasure yesterday to speak at MedInnovation Boston 2018, and deliver a presentation on "The Interplay of HIPAA, Privacy and Data Security Principles, and Health Information Interoperability".

On Thursday, June 28, the Massachusetts House and Senate each voted to approve a $32.5 billion state budget bill.

This week, the Advanced Cyber Security Center (ACSC) released a new report entitled, "Cyber Security Post Equifax: Perceptions and Priorities from Massachusetts Residents."

It's probably not going to change anything, but the Democratic National Committee has sued Russia, members of the Trump campaign, and Wikileaks regard the 2016 election security breaches.

If you check your email this afternoon, you may see a message that someone you know is sharing something on Google Docs

On October 14, 2019, the Trump Administration issued Executive Order (EO) 13894 "Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Syria" in...