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28 Jul 2016, 2:30 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The settlement agreed to by UMMC stems from charges resulting from an OCR investigation of UMMC triggered by a breach of unsecured electronic protected health information (“ePHI”) affecting approximately 10,000 individuals. [read post]
27 Jul 2016, 5:08 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health care providers, health plans, healthcare clearinghouses (covered entities) and their business associates should reevaluate the adequacy of their practices and procedures for the protection of electronic protected health information (ePHI) on or accessible through laptops or other mobile devices in light of the $2.75 million penalty and other schooling the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) just gave the University of Mississippi (UM)… [read post]
15 Jul 2016, 7:34 am by Nora Ellingsen
The statute at hand is the SCA, enacted as Title II of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). [read post]
14 Jul 2016, 2:42 pm by Timothy Tobin and James Denvil
  The court addressed earlier cases where subpoenas were issued to businesses that owned the information sought, finding that compelling the production of information stored abroad from the owner of the information is distinguishable from compelling the production of information stored abroad from a caretaker of that information. [read post]
6 Jul 2016, 2:33 pm by Karen Gullo
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed comments today with the FBI, on behalf of itself and six civil liberties groups, objecting to the agency’s request to exempt the Next Generation Identification (NGI) database from key provisions of federal privacy regulations that protect personal data from misuse and abuse. [read post]
6 Jul 2016, 11:41 am by Jamie Williams
Ct. 2473 (2014), that searches involving technology and electronic devices are grave invasions of personal privacy in ways that physical searches could never be. [read post]
5 Jul 2016, 9:22 am by Rishabh Bhandari
More information can be found here. [read post]
28 Jun 2016, 5:31 am by Steve Slick
In response to pressure from vocal foreign leaders and others, President Obama directed our intelligence agencies in 2014 to refrain from collecting, holding, and evaluating certain information gathered through lawful electronic surveillance, and granted foreign nationals privacy protections similar to those U.S. citizens enjoy under the Constitution. [read post]
27 Jun 2016, 7:17 am by Rishabh Bhandari
More information can be found here. [read post]
19 Jun 2016, 4:00 am by Barry Sookman
Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2016-06-11 https://t.co/u2ENyFwRW3 -> Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2016-06-11 https://t.co/gmXzJZiPke -> Gawker Media files for bankruptcy after losing US$140.1 million Hulk Hogan privacy lawsuit https://t.co/Hnn5dg5QSZ -> Apple Inc. case against Samsung Electronics Co should go back to lower court: Justice Dept https://t.co/aQvyRu7CN5 -> The Digital North and the challenges with CASL https://t.co/SI1G6R9sSN ->… [read post]
15 Jun 2016, 9:31 am by Shahid Buttar
Among the other voices promoting the bill were three local groups participating in the Electronic Frontier Alliance, including the Oakland Privacy Working Group, Restore the Fourth-Bay Area, and the Peninsula Peace and Justice Center. [read post]
7 Jun 2016, 11:30 am by Alan J. Borsuk
Was Apple protecting people’s privacy or its corporate interests when it wouldn’t help the FBI get information from a terrorist’s iPhone? [read post]
2 Jun 2016, 1:57 pm by Jamie Williams
Sincerely, Access Now Advocacy for Principled Action in Government American Civil Liberties Union American Library Association Center for Democracy and Technology Demand Progress Electronic Frontier Foundation Free Press Action Fund Liberty Coalition OpenMedia.org R Street Restore the Fourth RootsAction.org New America’s Open Technology Institute Share this: Join EFF [read post]
31 May 2016, 4:05 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  The HIPAA compliance concern arises because the  claims information and other data that the Vermont and most other similar laws require Plans and other payers to disclose generally is or include information that qualifies as “protected health information” within the meaning of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. [read post]
27 May 2016, 11:31 am by Megan Geuss
" The Electronic Privacy Information Center also wrote that the amendment "would undercut legal protections, exempting facial recognition software from the law. [read post]
26 May 2016, 12:05 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Covered Entities that wish to charge more than the $6.50 flat rate allowed under the Flat Rate Option retain the right, if the facts and evidence warrant, to use either the Actual Cost Method or Average Cost Method to calculate the fee for providing electronic records electronically within the boundaries of what is permissible under the Privacy Rule. [read post]
12 May 2016, 9:30 pm by RegBlog
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a final rule that will require employers in dangerous fields like manufacturing and construction to provide electronic information about workplace injuries to OSHA, which the agency will then post online – a move designed to boost transparency and increase attention to workplace safety, and that OSHA likened to disclosure requirements for sanitary conditions at restaurants, but which the National Association of… [read post]
11 May 2016, 8:01 am by Steven M. Taber
Circuit on Tuesday said it would not review Electronic Privacy Information Center’s, a privacy watchdog, petition to the ‪#‎FAA‬ asking the agency to address privacy concerns raised by drone use. [read post]
10 May 2016, 1:33 pm by Alex R. McQuade
As the United States and Russia work together to attempt to get the Syrian peace talks back on track, yesterday, the Syrian military extended the fragile ceasefire around the northern city of Aleppo. [read post]
9 May 2016, 6:33 am
Cameron, 733 F.Supp.2d 182 [D Maine 2010]).Upon defendants' motions to suppress or exclude evidence obtained as a result of the search warrants, the federal courts were called upon to consider whether the internet search engine or service provider was a private or government actor; whether the defendant waived Fourth Amendment rights by accepting the terms of service of the internet search engine or service provider; whether the information relied upon was too stale to provide… [read post]