The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reached a settlement with online mental health services company Cerebral after the company was charged with failing to secure and protect sensitive health data.
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Fifteen years ago, if you entered an emergency room a thousand miles from home, the ER doctors would not have had access to potentially lifesaving information in your medical records, such as your allergies or a list of drugs you were taking. Only 10% of US hospitals had electronic health record (EHR) systems, and health record requests were typically sent in paper form by mail or fax machine. Then the federal government stepped in, providing billions of dollars in EHR incentives to help hospitals get online.
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 13:39:11 +0000
Google upped it privacy efforts by deleting location history of visits to abortion clinics.
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This week on Lock and Code, we speak with Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna about the differences between data protection and privacy.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Wendy Zamora| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 13:00:00 +0000
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| In this special edition of our quarterly CTNT report, we focus on the top attack methods and threats plaguing the healthcare industry over the last year, plus highlight recurring security challenges and reasons why cybercriminals target patient data. Categories: Tags: APIsbiotechEHRelectronic health recordemotethealth appsHealth Insurance Portability and Accessibilityhealth recordshealthcarehealthcare cybersecurityhealthcare securityHIPAAmedical devicemedical device threatmedical management appsphishingtrickbottrojan malware |
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 22:44:47 +0000
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| Across the United States, a unique approach to lawmaking has seen radical success in making data security a little bit stronger for one industry—insurance providers. Categories: Tags: AnthemCaliforniaCalifornia Consumer Privacy ActCCPAConnecticutData privacydata privacy lawdata privacy lawsdata privacy legislationdata securitydata security lawDelawareHealth Insurance Portability and AccessibilityHIPAAinsurance cybersecurityinsurance data securityinsurance data security model lawMaineMcCarran Ferguson ActMichiganMississippimodel lawNAICNational Association of Insurance CommissionersNew HampshireNew YorkNew York Department of Financial ServicesNYDFSOhioSouth CarolinaUS data privacy lawsUS data privacy legislation |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 15:00:00 +0000
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| Black hat hackers are after patient healthcare data, and such breaches will only intensify. Which forms of malware are behind the attacks? We take a look at the advanced threats targeting a sector struggling to keep up. Categories: Tags: 2019 data security incident response reportdecatur county general hospital breachEternalBluefiless malwarehealthcarehealthcare cybersecurityhealthcare malwarehealthcare securityHIPAARansom.WannaCryptransomwareriskwareriskware.mictrayriskware.tool.hckrootkit.fileless.mtgenspywarespyware.agentspyware.emotetspyware.trickbottrickbottrojan.bitcoinminertrojan.emotettrojan.fakemsTrojan.TrickBotTrojansWannaCryworm.pariteworm.qakbotworms |
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Read moreCredit to Author: davidruiz| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 16:00:00 +0000
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| In the first blog for Malwarebytes Labs’ cybersecurity and data privacy law series, we tackle US data privacy compliance from a startup’s perspective. GDPR, COPPA, HIPAA—it’s all here. Categories: Tags: California Online Privacy ProtectionCalifornia Online Privacy Protection ActChildrens Online Privacy Protect ActCOPPAcybersecuritycybersecurity compliancecybersecurity lawsdata breachdata breach notificationdata breach notification lawData privacydata privacy compliancedata privacy lawsDo Not TrackEUEuropean UniongdprGeneral Data Protection RegulationGoogleHealth Insurance Portability and AccessibilityHIPAAlegalprivacyprivacy policystartup |
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