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Minor Changes Urged for Data Breach Bill
Posted on September 23rd, 2010 No commentsBusiness, Consumer Groups Generally Like Notification MeasureHospital association lawyer, Melissa Bianchi, testifying before a Senate panel seeks exemptions for healthcare providers from the bill's beach notification rules because they're already covered by HIPAA.
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California Governor Delivers Surprise Data Breach Law Veto
Posted on October 20th, 2009 No commentsCalifornia Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is a man of surprises, be it as a bodybuilder turned successful movie star or as a staunch Republican winning election as the governor of reliably Democratic California. This month, though, he delivered his latest surprise in the form of a veto of a key data breach bill, a bill that had already had its critics withdraw all of their opposition.Schwarzenegger’s veto (which allegedly prompted the bill to look at the governor and bellow, “I’ll be back”) is not the first time he’s tackled data breach legislation; he has already forced earlier versions to be diluted.
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FTC increases security obligations of ChoicePoint
Posted on October 20th, 2009 No commentsThe Federal Trade Commission contends that ChoicePoint did not properly implement security improvements after its milestone 2005 data breach.
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Health Care Information Breach Notification Regulations Now In Effect
Posted on October 5th, 2009 No commentsHave you had a health data security breach? Do you know what a health data breach is? Are you required to notify individuals impacted by the breach?
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Army Special Forces document leaked on P2P network
Posted on October 5th, 2009 No commentsA leaked document contained the names, Social Security numbers, home phone numbers and home addresses of 463 soldiers.
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Identity theft law takes effect July 1: Alaska News | adn.com
Posted on June 19th, 2009 No commentsA new state law aimed at strengthening consumer protections against identity theft is going into effect July 1. The law, passed last April, requires information-gathering companies to notify consumers when they accidentally release personal information, including Social Security numbers.
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Justice Calls for Breach Reporting Law
Posted on June 18th, 2009 No commentsQuick Notification Vital to Capture AssailantsPrompt detection of a breach will not itself result in a report from the victim company, a senior Justice Department official says.
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