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Transmitting PHI by Email

May 27, 2014 By Angela Burnette

Email has become an important mode of communication for business operations, with approximately 100 billion business emails sent in 2013 alone. Included in these messages are patients’ personal and health information, such as test results, diagnoses, and social security numbers. The Privacy and Security Rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 […]

Filed Under: Health Privacy, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: Health Information Security, HIPAA, HITECH

California AG Kamala Harris Issues Privacy Policy Guidance: Making Your Privacy Practices Public Contains Draft Tips for Website and Online Service Privacy Policies

May 21, 2014 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Today, California Attorney General Kamala Harris released her long-anticipated guidance on privacy policies for companies collecting information from California residents in a report entitled Making Your Privacy Practices Public (the “Report”). While the Report exceeds existing law in many respects, affected companies should take heed to review the report and be familiar with its contents as it […]

Filed Under: Behavioral Advertising, Data Security, Online Privacy, Privacy Policy, Regulation Tagged With: Behavioral Tracking, Big Data, California Online Privacy Protection Act (Cal-OPPA), Class Action, Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement, Tracking, US State Law

Kim Peretti to Speak at Georgetown Law’s Cybersecurity Law Institute

April 7, 2014 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Kim Peretti, co-chair of the firm’s Security Incident Management & Response Team, will be a featured speaker during the second annual Cybersecurity Law Institute sponsored by the Georgetown University Law Center. Cybersecurity continues to stay in the news in 2014 as the White House calls for a “Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights” for the digital age. What […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Security, Events, International, Legislation, Regulation, Security Breach

OCR and ONC Release New Security Risk Assessment Tool

April 3, 2014 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Late last week, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released a security risk assessment (SRA) tool designed to help health care providers conduct risk assessments as required by the HIPAA Security Rule.  Under the Security Rule, health care providers must perform risk assessments […]

Filed Under: Health Privacy, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: Health Information Security, HIPAA, HITECH

Alston & Bird Hosting Privacy, Innovation and Big Data Program Organized by the American Constitution Society

March 21, 2014 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On March 25, Alston & Bird partner David Keating to moderate panel discussion organized by the American Constitution Society and Georgia State Bar on Big Data. Featured speakers are Georgia Tech’s Peter Swire, Acxiom’s Jerry Jones, FTC’s Cindy Liebes, and attorney Gerald Weber. David Keating, Partner and co-chair of the firm’s Privacy & Security team, […]

Filed Under: Data Security, Events, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: Big Data

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