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Privacy “Webinar Wednesday” Series

Posted in Data Compliance & Security

Last week, we introduced the “Privacy Webinar Wednesday” educational series with Data Privacy and Security Issues for the Not-for-Profit:  201 CMR 17.00, PCI, and Other Acronyms You Should Know.  It was incredibly well-received – over 150 registrants.   We’ll be presenting various privacy and security issues on the first Wednesday of the month. In case you… Continue Reading

Today’s compliance deadline – Enforcement of the HITECH/HIPAA data breach notification rule

Posted in Data Breach

February and March are just full of significant deadlines for privacy/security reporting and compliance. Today is the day that the Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights begins to enforce the HITECH/HIPAA data breach notification rule. To “celebrate” the occasion, the agency publicly posted the first list of reported breaches affecting 500 or more… Continue Reading

To Encrypt or Not To Encrypt…….An Incentive Rather than a Mandate From Michigan

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Add Michigan to the list of states that are proposing that adoption of comprehensive data security safeguards will provide a safe harbor for data breaches. The Information Security Program Standards Act introduced last week differs a bit from Massachusetts and Nevada (and other pending legislation) in that it would not require the implementation of detailed… Continue Reading