HIPAA’S Right of Access is No Joke, and the Holidays are No Excuse for Noncompliance
On November 30, 2021, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) at the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced the resolution of five investigations in its Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) Right of Access Initiative. This brings the total number of this type of enforcement action to 25 since the …
Policyholder Best Practices As Cyberattacks Escalate
This article originally ran in Law360 on September 4, 2021. All rights reserved. Cyberattacks are exploding. The coronavirus pandemic has further exposed cyber vulnerabilities due to remote work and the increasing use of underprotected devices. Ransomware attacks are increasingly becoming the cyberattack of choice. While data breach and privacy claims fell between 2018 and 2020, ransomware attacks rose by 486% over that same period. …
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The Changing Landscape of Cyber Insurance and the Response from Regulators
ork, coupled with bring your own device policies, have only increased vulnerabilities of businesses and individuals during this time. In fact, ransomware attacks in particular increased 300% in 2020.
Defending Patient Breaches for Hospitals – PODCAST
On this episode of Darshan Talks, they discuss Health Literacy with guest Krishna Jani. Krishna Jani, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Attorney at Flaster Greenberg PC had spoken about the relationship between data privacy, life sciences, and health issues in the legal domain.
The Uniform Personal Data Protection Act Is Here
This blog post by cybersecurity attorney Krishna Jani on the Uniform Personal Data Protection Act. If adopted by states, this could provide more consistency across states’ dataprivacy laws. See the piece for more detail on data controllers’ obligations, data subjects’ rights, and enforcement.
Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Legislative Updates
Since the passage of the CCPA in 2018, there has been a flurry of proposed state laws aimed at regulating the areas of cybersecurity and data privacy in the absence of federal comprehensive legislation.
Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Litigation Trends – February 2021
Who has standing to sue after a data breach? Recent decisions in Delaware and Pennsylvania shed light on what might be a heightened pleading standard for data breach victims.
Disinformation, Mob Mentality, And Federal Privacy Legislation
Will the disinformation that led to a mob surrounding the Capitol Building last week help drive federal privacy legislation?
Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Updates, Part II
From California to New York, data privacy laws and enforcement actions are ramping up. Check out some recent highlights from Flaster Greenberg cybersecurity attorneys Donna Urban & Krishna Jani on what this means for businesses across the US.
Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Updates
There is a lot going on in the world right now—and the world of data privacy is no exception. Here is a snapshot of what’s on our radar: Senators Jeff Merkley and Bernie Sanders introduced the National Biometric Information Privacy Act of 2020 on Tuesday, August 4, 2020. This legislation would, among other things, prohibit …
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