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Telecommunications companies release guiding principles on freedom of expression and privacy

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 25 2013

The Telecommunications Industry Dialogue, a group of eight telecommunications companies, recently published a set of Guiding Principles on freedom of

The split in the circuit courts over the proper interpretation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act actually goes three ways

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 15 2013

I've written many times about the significant split in circuit courts' interpretation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), which affects

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council issues guidelines for security risk assessments, cloud computing, and accepting payments on mobile devices

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 27 2013

Merchants who accept credit cards have a duty to protect customer information, not only by law (see, e.g., 201 CMR 17.00), but also because the

More on President Obama’s Executive Order on cybersecurity

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 14 2013

On February 12, 2013, President Obama signed an Executive Order entitled "Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity." The Order has two key

Administration rolls out its new cybersecurity policy

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 13 2013

Yesterday President Obama signed an executive order directing federal agencies to develop voluntary best cyber security practices for key industry

Key elements of the new “omnibus” HIPAA privacy and security regulations

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 24 2013

On January 18, 2013, nearly four years after the passage of the HITECH Act and its amendments to HIPAA, and nearly three years after it proposed

The wait is over! HHS finally issues revised HIPAA privacy and security regulations

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 18 2013

Nearly four years after the passage of the HITECH Act and its amendments to HIPAA, and nearly three years after it proposed regulatory amendments

Massachusetts Attorney General secures $140,000 settlement of claims that patient information was left in a town dump

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 7 2013

The Massachusetts Attorney General announced today that the former owners of a medical billing practice and four pathology groups have agreed to

HHS announces first HIPAA breach settlement involving less than 500 patients

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 2 2013

The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights ("HHS OCR") announced today that it was, for the first time, entering into a monetary

HHS OCR issues guidance regarding methods for de-identification of PHI in accordance with HIPAA

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 27 2012

On November 26, HHS OCR released guidance regarding methods for de-identification of protected health information in accordance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule