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Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
Industry:
Technology
Corporate TIPS: Privacy Law Compliance - Expansion of CCPA Regulations
By Craig S. Horbus & Jarman J. Smith (Law Clerk) on November 19, 2020
By now, many of you are probably familiar with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which currently holds the title as the leading authority on consumer data protection in the United States. However, it may be news to you that CCPA's data compliance regulations were just beefed up substantially through the enactment of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA aka "CCPA 2.0")....
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Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
Industry:
Technology
Corporate TIPS: Data Mapping - Why It's Important to Know What Data You Have and Where it Goes
By Joseph K. Cole & Craig S. Horbus on November 4, 2020
Businesses collect data for a number of reasons, including providing services or products to customers, improving those services or products, and marketing those services or products to existing and potential customers. Knowing what data you have and where it goes is increasingly important as more and more privacy and data security laws are passed. This is where data mapping comes into play....
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Health Care
Industries:
Technology and Health Care
Compliance Checkup & Corporate TIPS: OCR Agrees to $1.5 Million Settlement with Orthopedic Clinic for HIPAA Breach
By Nicole M. Thorn on September 30, 2020
Data breaches have been top of mind for a while now, and their risk to the health care sector has never been higher. On September 21, 2020, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) settled with Athens Orthopedic Clinic PA (Athens) for $1.5 million for a cyber breach it self-reported back in 2016...
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Business Transactions & Corporate Counseling and Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
Industry:
Technology
Corporate TIPS (Video): The Importance of Incident Response Plans
By Nicole M. Thorn on August 13, 2020
Cybercrime is on the rise in every industry. In this video, attorney Nicole Thorn discusses how proactive preparation of an incident response plan can help companies when they experience a data breach....
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Technology
Corporate TIPS: Back to Work - From Home - Remote Work Policies for a New "Normal"
By Craig S. Horbus & Nicole M. Thorn on June 24, 2020
Do you have a remote work policy? That is the first question we ask when advising companies on getting back to work and working from home. The answer 90% of the time is, "no..." So how do we operate our companies with employees scattered? Even with many state's lifting stay-at-home orders most companies will retain some level of their workforce in a remote environment. Businesses need to operate (even remotely) safely and securely and that starts with having proper policies in place to govern data security and network access....
