Paul Hastings LLP | USA | 28 Feb 2024
The number of large data breaches, those involving 500 or more people, exposing protected health information has increased exponentially in the last…
King & Wood Mallesons | Australia | 13 Nov 2023
On 3 November 2023, the Australian Information Commissioner filed proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Australian Clinical Labs…
SS Rana & Co | India | 1 Nov 2023
A report by US based cyber-security firm, Resecurity, (hereinafter referred to as the “Report”)has disclosed a serious data breach wherein personally…
Covington & Burling LLP | USA | 17 Oct 2023
Only one claim survived dismissal in a recent putative class action lawsuit alleging that a pathology laboratory failed to safeguard patient data in…
Duane Morris LLP | USA | 5 Sep 2023
In Gannon v. Truly Nolen of America Inc., No. CV 22-CV-428 (D. Ariz. Aug. 31, 2023), Judge James Soto of the U.S. District Court for the District of…
Ankura Consulting Group, LLC | USA | 18 Aug 2023
The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) has disclosed a data breach impacting over 4 million individuals. HCPF manages the…
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | USA | 25 May 2023
On May 17, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) reached a settlement with Easy Healthcare Corporation (“Easy Healthcare”), for its…
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP | USA | 24 May 2023
On May 18, the FTC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and request for public comment on changes to its Health Breach Notification Rule…
Lexology PRO | European Union, France, Global, etc. | 6 Feb 2023
A US$1.5 million data sharing fine marks the first use of the US Health Breach Notification Rule, the UK ICO extends the data breach notification, and the EC doubles down on GDPR enforcement – plus other key updates.
Covington & Burling LLP | USA | 1 Nov 2022
A court in the District of Kansas recently remanded a data breach class action against a hospital to state court for lack of standing, holding that…