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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

Advocate Health Care Network Agrees to Pay $5.55 Million to Settle Potential HIPAA Penalties

August 5, 2016 By HIPAA Privacy & Security Team

On August 4, 2016, the Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced that Advocate Health Care Network (“Advocate”), Illinois’ largest fully-integrated health care system, has agreed to pay a record-breaking $5.55 million to settle claims of multiple Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) violations involving electronic protected health information (“ePHI”).  The substantial settlement stems from […]

Filed Under: Data Breach, Enforcement, Health Privacy, Privacy Tagged With: HIPAA

HHS/OCR Announces Launch of HIPAA Audit Program Phase 2

March 21, 2016 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Today, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’s (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the launch of Phase 2 of its HIPAA Compliance Audit Program. (OCR’s announcement can be accessed at Audit Phase 2 Announcement and further information about Phase 2 can be accessed at Audit Phase 2 Information.) In this phase, OCR will […]

Filed Under: Advisories, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Enforcement, Health Privacy, Regulation, Security Breach Tagged With: Health Information Privacy, Health Information Security, HIPAA, HIPAA Audit Program, HIPAA Breach Notification Rule, HIPAA Privacy Rule, HIPAA Security Rule, HITECH

HHS Issues HIPAA Security Rule Crosswalk with NIST Cybersecurity Framework

February 29, 2016 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Last week, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a crosswalk between the requirements of the HIPAA Security Rule and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. The crosswalk – which was developed in conjunction with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT – maps each […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Security, Health Privacy, Legislation, Regulation Tagged With: Health Information Security, HIPAA, HIPAA Security Rule, National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)

FTC PrivacyCon Event Examines Cutting-Edge Research and Current Policies Regarding Privacy and Data Security

January 21, 2016 By Kimberly Chemerinsky and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

The Federal Trade Commission held its PrivacyCon event, featuring nineteen presentations showcasing original research regarding important consumer privacy and security issues by leading academics from universities and think tanks from around the world. A full video recording of the webcast is available here. The conference took place in Washington on Jan. 14, 2016, and included […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Enforcement, Events, Financial Privacy, Health Privacy, Mobile Privacy, Online Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Policy, Regulation

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