Ed. Note: This entry is cross posted from Cady Bar the Door , David Smyth's blog offering Insight & Commentary on SEC Enforcement Actions and White Collar Crime. We’re behind on this, but better (a little bit) late than never. Last month the SEC...(read more)
FTC Commissioner Comments on Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights
Last week, we posted about the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights “discussion draft” released by the Obama Administration. On Thursday, March 5, at the annual U.S. meeting of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (which I attended),...(read more)
Two-Factor Authentication May Be Coming to a Bank Near You
Ed. Note: This entry is cross posted from Cady Bar the Door , David Smyth's blog offering Insight & Commentary on SEC Enforcement Actions and White Collar Crime. When I was at the SEC and online broker-dealers’ customers were the victims of...(read more)
Big Announcement, Small UAS: FAA Launches Commercial Drone Proceeding
Unless you have been completely disconnected from all media, you are probably already aware that on Sunday, February 15, 2015, the FAA announced the release of its long-awaited rules to govern commercial sUAS (small unmanned aircraft systems)...(read more)
Sony Employees Sue, Calling the Breach an "Epic Nightmare"
You have probably heard about the recent data breach at Sony; after all, it’s not often that Kim Jong Un and Angelina Jolie are mentioned as part of the same story . Unlike other recent high profile hacks, the recent Sony hack appears to be somewhat...(read more)
HHS Settlement Shows: "You'd Better Implement Those IT 'Patches' and 'Updates' or Be Ready to Pay the Price."
by Forrest Campbell, Health Law Attorney, fcampbell@brookspierce.com In December 2014, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") and Anchorage Community Mental Health Services ("ACMHS") settled alleged HIPAA violations for $150,000...(read more)
Ebola and HIPAA--OCR Issues Bulletin on HIPAA Privacy in Emergency Situations
by Forrest Campbell, Health Law Attorney, fcampbell@brookspierce.com In light of the Ebola outbreak, HHS's Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") issued a bulletin to accomplish two things: (i) ensure that HIPAA covered entities and business associates...(read more)