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Senate Passes Significant Cyber Bill Requiring Cyber Incident Reporting

March 3, 2022 By Kim Peretti and Kristen Bartolotta

The Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act of 2022, a bill that narrowly failed to become law last year, was passed in the Senate on Tuesday, March 1 as a package of cybersecurity measures that would require operators of critical infrastructure and federal civilian agencies to report cyber incidents to the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Legislation, National Security, Ransomware, Regulation Tagged With: cybersecurity, Data Breach Notification, Data Protection, ransomware, Senate, US Congress

Location and Mobile Data in the Fight against COVID-19 – An Overview of U.S. and Global Efforts

April 11, 2020 By Amy Mushahwar, Daniel Felz and Jon Knight

Governments are increasingly seeking to leverage consumer geolocation and other mobile device data to assist with fighting the spread of COVID-19, as cases continue to mount globally.  Location data can be of significant value to public health models, such as models that determine areas where social-distancing measures are needed or test whether such measures are […]

Filed Under: Advisories, Data Protection, Data Security, ePrivacy, GDPR, International, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: Analytics, Cross-border, EU Data Protection, Location Data, Mobile Data, Senate, Telecoms, The White House, Tracking, U.S. Privacy Law, US Congress

OCR Issues Two New Reports to Congress on HIPAA Compliance and Enforcement from 2011 to 2012

June 20, 2014 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Last week the HHS Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) presented certain findings regarding Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) compliance and enforcement to the National Committee on Health and Vital Statistics (“NCHVS”), an HHS advisory committee. The presentation reviewed OCR’s two recently issued reports to Congress. OCR is required to submit such reports under […]

Filed Under: Health Privacy, Privacy Tagged With: HIPAA, HITECH, Regulatory Enforcement, US Congress

Energy and Commerce Committee to Hold First U.S. House of Representatives Hearing in 2014 on Protecting Consumer Information and Preventing Data Security Breaches

January 30, 2014 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Following the recent announcement of two U.S. Senate committee hearings on data security breaches, the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced the first U.S. House of Representatives hearing to examine the issue. During the same week as the Senate hearings, the committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade (CMT), chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), will […]

Filed Under: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Financial Privacy, Legislation Tagged With: Hearing, House of Representatives, Identity Theft, Senate, US Congress

U.S. Senate Banking and Judiciary Committees to Hold Hearings Examining Data Security Breaches, Identity Theft, and the Safeguarding of Consumers’ Financial Data

January 28, 2014 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

The U.S. Senate Committees on Banking and the Judiciary will each host hearings during the week of February 3, 2014, to examine the impact on consumers from recently reported data security breaches and what measures may be taken to protect sensitive information of consumers, including customer financial information, from criminal acquisition and misuse. Consistent with […]

Filed Under: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Financial Privacy, Legislation, Online Privacy Tagged With: Hearing, Identity Theft, Senate, US Congress

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