Tag Archives: data security

Something Wicked This Way Comes – Dark and Dusty Data and the Risk Your Organization Already Owns

Photo of BakerHostetlerBy BakerHostetler on Posted in Data Breaches
This blog post is a joint submission with BakerHostetler’s Discovery Advocate blog. Authored by: James Sherer During the final panel of Thomson Reuters’ 17th Annual eDiscovery & Information Governance in Practice Forum, Thomas Barnett, Ignatius Grande, and Sandra Rampersaud led a lively discussion on Managing Big Data, Dark Data, and Risk.  And while the exchange … Continue Reading

Court Denies Motion for Class Certification in Hannaford

Photo of Erica Gann KitaevBy Erica Gann Kitaev on Posted in Data Breaches
Editor’s note: This is a cross-blog post with BakerHostetler’s Class Action Lawsuit Defense blog.  For the latest class action defense updates, visit www.ClassActionLawsuitDefense.com. In an order surely to reverberate with both the plaintiffs’ and defense bar, on March 20, 2013, Judge D. Brock Hornby of the United States District Court for the District of Maine … Continue Reading

Be Prepared: Redline Version of the HIPAA/HITECH Final Rule

Photo of Theodore J. Kobus IIIBy Theodore J. Kobus III on Posted in HIPAA/HITECH, Medical Privacy
The final rule is significant for any organization that is considered to be a HIPAA covered entity (“CE”) (health systems, health care providers, health plans, etc.) or the more broadly defined business associate (“BA”).  During our initial analysis of the final rule, we note significant changes to the way a breach is defined and we … Continue Reading

The Cybersecurity Act of 2012–What Does It Mean?

Photo of Theodore J. Kobus IIIBy Theodore J. Kobus III on Posted in Federal Legislation
Yesterday, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.), Ranking Member Susan Collins (R-Maine), Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), and Select Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein, D-Ca. introduced The Cybersecurity Act of 2012.  The press release can be found here. We are seeing an increasing number of attacks targeting government secrets, trade … Continue Reading

Sony & Epsilon Support National Data Breach Notice Law in Testimony Before House Subcommittee

Photo of Craig A. HoffmanBy Craig A. Hoffman on Posted in Breach Notification, Data Breach Notification Laws, Federal Legislation
On June 2, 2011, representatives from Sony Network Entertainment International and Epsilon Data Management, LLC appeared before a House panel to answer questions regarding their responses to recent security breaches.  The hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade was called by Subcommittee Chairwoman Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.) as part … Continue Reading
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