Shedding Some Light on the Problem of Medical Data Loss

By:  Heather Landi, Published on Healthcare Informatics on December 16, 2015 While the healthcare industry has the most data breaches involving protected health information (PHI), 90 percent of all industries have experienced a PHI-related data breach in the past 10 years, according to a Verizon Enterprise Solutions study report. Also among the study findings, unencrypted lost and stolen devices, such as laptops, are a big problem in the healthcare industry, as 45 percent of PHI-related data breaches were related to lost or stolen assets. [Read More]

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  • Federal and State AG Enforcement for Invasion of Privacy, Data Breaches, and Failure to Comply with Notification Statutes: FTC Authority & Litigation, Wyndham Case Implications, Multi-State/Agency Investigation and Audits, Negotiation, Settlement, Trial, and How the Various Actions Are Proceeding and Being Resolved
  • Shareholder Derivative Lawsuits: Role of Board of Directors, Managing Cyber Security and Breach Response Programs, FTC Statements on Board of Director’s Responsibility on Cyber Security, and Recent Case Law on Breach of Fiduciary Duty
  • Business-to-Business Claims: Vendor Lawsuits; Litigation Between Issuing Banks and Retailers Post-Breach; the Ecosystem of Payment Card Breaches; and Genesco Decision Implications
  • Impact of the Safe Harbor Agreement Declared Invalid By the EU and the Anticipated Litigation as a Result, Right to be Forgotten Law in Europe, Compliance with EU Law, and Managing Information Cross-Border
  • International Data Breaches: Standard for Reasonable Security, Criminal Penalties, and How US Companies Doing Business Abroad Comply with International Law
  • EMV Chip and Pin Implementation and Anticipated Litigation
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