New breach notification standards for health information *

USA - February 4 2013
The Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") issued final omnibus HITECH Regulations on January 17, 2013.2 The HITECH Act was signed into law…

Co-authors: Stuart P. Ingis, Ariel S. Wolf, Kelly A. DeMarchis, Emilio Cividanes, Julia Kernochan Tama, Tara Sugiyama Potashnik.

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European Parliament issues report on Proposed General Data Protection Regulation *

European Union - February 4 2013
On January 8, 2013, the European Parliament issued two reports prepared by the Parliament's committee of Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs…

Co-authors: Stuart P. Ingis, Ariel S. Wolf, Kelly A. DeMarchis, Emilio Cividanes, Julia Kernochan Tama, Tara Sugiyama Potashnik.

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FTC updates COPPA Rule *

USA - February 4 2013
Following a multi-year review that began in 2010, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") has released its updated Children's Online Privacy Protection…

Co-authors: Stuart P. Ingis, Ariel S. Wolf, Kelly A. DeMarchis, Emilio Cividanes, Julia Kernochan Tama, Tara Sugiyama Potashnik.

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Congress updates the Video Privacy Protection Act *

USA - February 4 2013
On January 10, 2013, President Obama signed the Video Privacy Protection Act Amendments of 2012 (P.L. 112-258) (the "VPPA Amendments Act"). The new…

Co-authors: Stuart P. Ingis, Ariel S. Wolf, Kelly A. DeMarchis, Emilio Cividanes, Julia Kernochan Tama, Tara Sugiyama Potashnik.

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Congressional developments in mobile privacy *

USA - February 4 2013
At the close of the last Congress, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved an amended version of location data privacy legislation introduced by Sen…

Co-authors: Stuart P. Ingis, Ariel S. Wolf, Kelly A. DeMarchis, Emilio Cividanes, Julia Kernochan Tama, Tara Sugiyama Potashnik.

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