This past Tuesday, in the groundbreaking decision of Schrems vs. Data Protection Commissioner (C-362/14), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidated the Safe Harbor provision of the EU Commission, 2000/560C/EC. The Safe Harbor program was the easiest…
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Insider Trading Hack was Cinematic in Scope
The U.S. Department of Justice announced indictments in Brooklyn and New Jersey last month of 32 people for fraudulently obtaining inside information and then using that knowledge to make millions in the market, in the “largest scheme of its kind…
Ashley Madison Reveals Even More: Hacking May Be An Inside Job
In recent years, hacking has infiltrated the retail industry. Hacking has infiltrated the healthcare industry. Hacking has infiltrated the sports industry. And now, hacking has now infiltrated the most personal (some would say immoral) activities we engage in on the Internet. Last week,…
Pennsylvania Court Dismisses Data Breach Claims
In 2014, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s computer system was hacked, resulting in the disclosure of sensitive personal information of current and former employees, including names, addresses, birthdates, social security numbers and banking account numbers. Allegedly, the stolen information…
OCR Announces Another HIPAA Settlement and Warns Not to Forget About Paper Records
On April 27, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced that Cornell Prescription Pharmacy (“Cornell Pharmacy”) had entered into a resolution agreement to settle, without an admission of liability or wrongdoing,…
Connecticut Supreme Court Likely To Affirm Personal Injury Coverage For Data Breach Requires Actual Publication To Third Parties
The Connecticut Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday April 27th on an appeal testing the scope of coverage afforded for a business’s data loss or theft events under its Commercial General Liability insurance’s “Personal Injury” coverages. Based on the Justices’…
Another Health Plan Hit By Massive CyberAttack and Class Actions Follow
Coming fresh off the heels of the Anthem data breach Premera Blue Cross announced on March 17th that it was the victim of a “sophisticated” cyberattack that may have exposed the personal information of approximately 11 million of its members. Premera has approximately…
EMV Credit Cards Are Coming, But Consumers Must Stay Vigilant
Major credit card companies, including Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express, have announced plans to switch to EMV cards in the United States over the course of 2015. Nearly eighty other countries around the world have already made the switch…
Posted in Data Security, Standards
Politics Slow Federal Action on Cybersecurity
Expectations were raised last month that the federal government would soon enact legislation to address the legal and regulatory obstacles that prevent private companies and government agencies from working together to prevent cyberattacks. President Obama announced he was forwarding a…
Posted in Data Security, Legislation
Cyber Attackers Reach Anthem, Health Care Providers Seen As Vulnerable
Anthem, one of the nation’s largest health insurers, announced last Wednesday that it had been attacked by cyber hackers and that personal information for as many as 80 million individuals had been compromised. Cyber attacks and data breaches are now…
