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Ohio federal court judge denies motion to compel production of information as to other claims and security breaches in computer hacking case

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 29 2008

In late 2007, an Ohio federal court ruled that an insurer defending itself in a lawsuit over its denial of coverage of a computer hacking claim against one of its insureds should not be forced to disclose any information regarding its own unrelated security breach or about how it handled similar computer hacking claims with other policyholders

Privacy and information security issues in the insurance industry

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 12 2007

Information privacy and security are high profile, serious concerns in today's society

FTC extends Red Flags compliance deadline

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 4 2009

On the eve of the compliance deadline, the FTC granted a three-month extension to entities under its jurisdiction to comply with the 'Red Flags' Rule under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 ("FACTA"

HHS and FTC issue proposed regulations on breach notification requirements for health records

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 20 2009

The Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") and the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") have recently issued proposed guidance and regulations on new breach notification requirements applicable to health records

Second extension of robust new extraterritorial Massachusetts security rules

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 17 2009

On February 11, 2009, the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (“OCABR”) announced that the effective compliance date of the security regulation, 201 CMR 17.00 (the “Regulation”), has been extended a second time from May 1, 2009 to January 1, 2010

New York employers must take steps to secure employees’ social security numbers

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 1 2009

New York is the most recent jurisdiction to enact legislation intended to protect employees from identity theft

PCI compliance survey finds companies need improvement

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 2 2009

The Ponemon Institute recently published a survey on Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards ("PCI DSS") compliance

Virginia issues guidance on information security program requirement

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 2 2009

The Virginia State Corporation Commission Bureau of Insurance (the "Bureau") recently issued a bulletin to provide guidance on the development and implementation of privacy safeguards to all insurers, health service plans, health maintenance organizations, surplus lines brokers and other interested parties

Can Lifelock still legally provide identity theft protection services?

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 4 2009

On May 18th, 2009, a federal district court judge ruled that LifeLock's fraud monitoring practices violate California law

Federal court decides that data breach case against supermarket chain can proceed, but only as to one plaintiff

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 15 2009

Earlier this week, the United States District Court for the District of Maine issued its ruling on a motion to dismiss a class action complaint against a supermarket chain based on a massive data breach