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21 Sep 2012, 11:56 am
Massachusetts Provider Becomes Third Seven-Figure Settlement Since March
This post was written by Nancy E. Bonifant and Brad M. Rostolsky.
On September 17, 2012, the HHS Office of Civil Rights ("OCR") announced another settlement and corrective action plan following an entity’s breach self-report required by HITECH’s Breach Notification Rule. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates, Inc. (collectively "MEEI") have agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle… [read post]
17 Dec 2009, 8:37 am
The blogosphere has been abuzz lately about Facebook’s new privacy settings, but lost amid all the noise is Facebook’s implementation of a new user-friendly privacy policy.For those who haven’t been paying attention (or who haven’t logged on to Facebook lately), Facebook’s 350 million users are being asked to refine their privacy settings with a new software tool that allows users to dictate who has access to each category of content the user uploads to the website. Critics have slammed… [read post]
17 Apr 2010, 7:30 am
One of the most frequent questions I get asked when talking about my book, The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet is what to do about the troublesome younger generation which “doesn’t seem to care about privacy.” “Those foolish kids,” some people say, “they have no concept of privacy. They just bare their whole lives on the Internet. Privacy is a generational thing, and the new generations just don’t give a damn.”
Do young people care about… [read post]
24 Apr 2012, 2:59 pm
Privacy law compliance means not only ensuring that compliance gaps are identified and remediated, but also that there is a privacy management infrastructure to ensure that privacy issues are handled on an ongoing basis. Attending to the infrastructure task can be challenging.
To aid in this effort, on April 17th Canada's privacy commissioner, along with the privacy commissioners of the provinces of Alberta and British, issued a guidance document entitled… [read post]
25 Feb 2010, 1:29 pm
The scramble in on as companies seek to comply with the identity theft regulations adopted in Massachusetts and touted as 'the first of their kind in the country' which are scheduled to take effect on March 1, 2010.
The effective date’s announcement followed a report indicating there have been over one million instances of Massachusetts residents’ personal information being exposed in two years. “We hope these regulations will make it harder for information to get into the wrong hands, and… [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 7:00 am
As you might know, investigations against Google Street View are now underway in Canada, the United States and at least 17 other countries. The investigations aim to determine whether Google engaged in “unfair and unlawful collection of data” as well as “invasion of privacy and individual liberties”.
What is Google Street View? Simply put, it’s a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides panoramic “street-level” views from positions along streets around the… [read post]
6 Nov 2012, 9:12 am
Late last month, the Federal Privacy Commissioner and Alberta and British Columbia Information and Privacy Commissioners issued new privacy guidelines for mobile app developers to assist them in complying with Canadian privacy laws. In making the announcement, the Federal Privacy Commissioner’s office said:
“The mobile era has led to the placing of an increasing amount of personal data such as contacts, photos, emails and texts onto one device, which can be tracked in real time. As a result,… [read post]
4 Aug 2010, 9:09 am
In a two-paragraph press release recently posted on its website, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the withdrawal of its interim final regulations addressing security breach notification for breaches that involve protected health information (PHI) subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The interim final regulations construed the security breach notification provisions contained in the Health Information Technology for… [read post]
14 Sep 2010, 5:33 am
Today brings news that the “Electronic Privacy Information Center [has] filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act for documents related to any agreement between Google and the NSA” on cybersecurity and related matters. The controversy over the request reminds me of an excellent recent debate on the digital surveillance state at Cato Unbound. Glenn Greenwald leads off by documenting an array of intrusive surveillance practices:
[T]he Bush administration . . . ordered the National… [read post]
3 May 2012, 5:00 am
My Camera by Paul Reynolds
I’ve had a few people ask me about the legalities of posting pictures of other people online. I thought I’d tackle the most common issue with photographs – whether you have a reasonable expectation of privacy. I’m not going to get into commercializing a person’s image or misrepresenting a person. I’m only addressing whether someone can post a picture that they took of you on their Facebook page, blog, Flickr, etc.
No Pants Light Rail Ride 2012 by Devon… [read post]
2 Apr 2010, 8:42 am
On March 30, 2010, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled for the former employee in Stengart v. Loving Care Agency, Inc. on the employee’s claim that state common privacy law protected certain of her emails from review by the employer.The Court considered whether Plaintiff Marina Stengart (the former employee) had a reasonable expectation of privacy in emails she exchanged with her attorney via her web-based personal email account. Stengart used her employer-issued computer to send the emails. As… [read post]
19 Nov 2012, 7:05 am
As health care providers, patients, family members, friends, and disaster relief agencies such as the American Red Cross continue to grapple with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy it is important to be mindful of privacy regulations and to prepare in advance for the next emergency. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA” or “Privacy Rule”) protects individually identifiable health information held by “covered entities.” The… [read post]
18 Jun 2009, 9:52 pm
Does privacy matter? I was recently reviewing excerpts from an earlier interview by International Association of Privacy Professionals with Bruce Schneier where he was asked, "Is privacy the new environmentalism?" Schneier's reply was prescient,
Yes, and data is the pollution problem of the Information Age. Think about it. All computer-mediated processes produce data. Unless dealt with, it stays around. And its after-effects can be pretty toxic. And, just as 100 years ago we ignored pollution in… [read post]
4 Sep 2012, 6:24 am
This summer, several states enacted legislation addressing a broad range of privacy issues including data breach notification, health care privacy, employer access to employees’ and applicants’ social networking accounts, the collection of Social Security numbers, and telemarketing. The following is a brief summary of some of these recent state law privacy regulation developments.
Vermont Amends Data Breach Notification Law
On June 1, Vermont Attorney General William H. Sorrell… [read post]
20 Aug 2012, 12:08 pm
Usually, the first the outside world hears about a Federal Trade Commission privacy investigation is when the FTC announces a settlement. The FTC normally notifies a company they are under investigation,everyone cooperates and there is a settlement.
The FTC’s Authority
This time, the FTC has filed suit. The target is Wyndham Hotels. You can read the claim here and the press release here. Wyndham claims it is going to fight the case which means it should all be aired in public.
The… [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 10:43 am
FTC Privacy Report Proposes “Do Not Track” Mechanism for Web UsersThis posting was written by Thomas A. Long, Editor of CCH Privacy Law in Marketing.The Federal Trade Commission has proposed, as part of a framework to balance the privacy interests of consumers with innovation that relies on consumer information, the implementation of a “Do Not Track” mechanism for Internet users. Described in a preliminary staff report, the mechanism would likely be a persistent setting on consumers’ web… [read post]
20 Aug 2012, 12:08 pm
Usually, the first the outside world hears about a Federal Trade Commission privacy investigation is when the FTC announces a settlement. The FTC normally notifies a company they are under investigation,everyone cooperates and there is a settlement.
The FTC’s Authority
This time, the FTC has filed suit. The target is Wyndham Hotels. You can read the claim here and the press release here. Wyndham claims it is going to fight the case which means it should all be aired in public.
The… [read post]
29 Jan 2010, 11:23 am
The Federal Trade Commission’s second “Exploring Privacy” roundtable concluded Thursday, January 28, 2010. The roundtable did not provide many firm conclusions, but it did help further refine some hard issues facing privacy protection.
Although Thursday’s hearing was intended to be devoted to technology issues, the role of regulation appeared to dominate the discussions. “Everyone is dying to talk about regulation,” said Jessica Rich, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Consumer… [read post]
19 Jan 2011, 6:35 am
It seems like no-brainer. Do NOT send emails you wouldn’t want your employer to read FROM YOUR WORK EMAIL ACCOUNT!
Yet I hear about people continuing to make this same mistake. I thought I’d better offer a gentle reminder: DO NOT ASSUME ANYTHING ON YOUR WORK COMPUTER OR WORK EMAIL IS PRIVATE!
What sparked my intent to visit this topic was a recent California appellate court decision. The court ruled that even attorney-client confidentiality doesn’t apply when the email is on company… [read post]
23 Sep 2010, 7:00 am
The social networking phenomenon has millions of Americans sharing their photos, pastimes and details about their class reunions on Facebook, Twitter and dozens of similar sites. You can certainly enjoy networking and sharing photos, but you should know that sharing some information puts you at risk. Experts advise there are some personal details you should never reveal.
• Your full birth date. It’s an ideal target for identity thieves, who could use it to obtain more information about you and… [read post]