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Physician TV Interview Incurs $125,000 HIPAA Fine

…LLP. They advise clients on a wide range of privacy, data security, and cyber liability issues, including risk management plans, regulatory compliance, cloud computing implications, and breach obligations. Saad (@NC_Cyberlaw)…

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Three Lessons From a Hospital Under Ransomware Siege

…data security, and cyber liability issues, including risk management plans, regulatory compliance, cloud computing implications, and breach obligations. Saad (@NC_Cyberlaw) may be reached at 919.783.1170 or sgul@poynerspruill.com. Mike may be…

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Five Frequently Overlooked Mistakes in HIPAA Compliance

…For example, a covered entity and business associate may contractually agree to limit access, and combine this restriction with random audits to ensure compliance. Third, the requirement of minimal disclosure…

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Is the GDPR Coming to California? Ten Things You Need To Know About the California Consumer Privacy Act

…affect commercial activities that take place entirely outside California. In a world of cloud computing and highly networked commerce, the latter exemption can only offer a safe harbor to businesses…

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LabMD Wins Moral Victory While FTC Authority Over Cybersecurity Remains Unresolved

…program on a company-owned computer. That one instance, combined with the dubious intervention of a would-be cybersecurity vendor, culminated in a comprehensive FTC investigation of LabMD’s entire cybersecurity program. Indeed,…

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The SEC Fines Yahoo! for Alleged Failure to Disclose CyberBreach

…security, and cyber liability issues, including risk management plans, regulatory compliance, cloud computing implications, and breach obligations. Mike may be reached at 919.783.2851 or mslipsky@poynerspruill.com. Physical Address: 301 Fayetteville Street,…

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Some Final Thoughts as GDPR Takes Effect on May 25

…plans, regulatory compliance, cloud computing implications, and breach obligations. Mike may be reached at 919.783.2851 or mslipsky@poynerspruill.com. Physical Address: 301 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1900, Raleigh, NC 27601 | © Poyner…

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Proposed Changes To NC Identity Theft Protection Act

…data breach and drawn up contingency plans. Full incident response plans are even better. And ideally, those incident response plans should have been periodically tested in so-called “table top” exercises….

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The Case of the Vanishing Twitter Account and CFAA Liability

…small matter, but existing law could make a federal case out of it. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) prohibits unauthorized access to a protected computer system. It also…

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Lessons from the Equifax Breach

…comes to data, more is not always better. (Or, with apologies to Stan Lee, with great data comes great exposure.) Therefore, with data, oftentimes less is more. While data storage…