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LabMD: The End of the FTC in Cyber or Just a New Path?

July 12, 2018 By Kate Hanniford

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently issued its opinion in LabMD, Inc. v. FTC, No. 16-16270 (11th Cir. June 6, 2018), declaring unenforceable a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) order requiring LabMD to implement an extensive cybersecurity plan. The case is noteworthy for its lengthy procedural background—during which time LabMD became defunct—and its holding, which […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Security, Enforcement, Health Privacy, Privacy

An English-Language Primer on Germany’s GDPR Implementation Statute: Part 4 of 5

October 10, 2017 By Daniel Felz

Over the past year, the German government has been working on legislation to implement the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).  On July 6, 2017, Germany did so by passing a statute titled the Data Protection Amendments and Implementation Act. The Act repeals Germany’s venerated Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz, or BDSG) and replaces it […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, GDPR, Germany, Health Privacy, International, Legislation, Online Privacy, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: EU Data Protection, EU Regulation, European Union (EU), GDPR, GDPR Implementation

An English-Language Primer on Germany’s GDPR Implementation Statute: Part 2 of 5

September 25, 2017 By Daniel Felz

Over the past year, the German government has been working on legislation to implement the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).  On July 6, 2017, Germany did so by passing a statute titled the Data Protection Amendments and Implementation Act. The Act repeals Germany’s venerated Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz, or BDSG) and replaces it […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, GDPR, Germany, Health Privacy, International, Legislation Tagged With: EU Data Protection, EU Regulation, European Union (EU), GDPR, GDPR Implementation

An English-Language Primer on Germany’s GDPR Implementation Statute: Part 1 of 5

September 19, 2017 By Daniel Felz

Over the past year, the German government has been working on legislation to implement the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).  On July 6, 2017, Germany did so by passing a statute titled the Data Protection Amendments and Implementation Act. The Act repeals Germany’s venerated Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz, or BDSG) and replaces it […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, GDPR, Germany, Health Privacy, International, Legislation Tagged With: EU Data Protection, EU Regulation, European Union (EU), GDPR, GDPR Implementation

Anthem Settles Data Breach Litigation for Record-Setting $115M

June 27, 2017 By Andrew Liebler

Health insurance giant Anthem, Inc. agreed to the largest data breach settlement to-date last week, ending multi-district consumer litigation over a 2015 data breach for $115 million.  The data breach, which resulted from a hacker-orchestrated cyberattack following the theft of an employee password, exposed personally identifiable information (“PII”) and protected health information (“PHI”) of nearly […]

Filed Under: Data Breach, Health Privacy, Privacy Litigation, Security Breach Tagged With: Class Action, Health Information Security, HIPAA

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