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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
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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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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....
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Health Care
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Technology and Health Care
Corporate TIPS and Compliance Checkup: CCPA v. HIPAA - CCPA Gets Tested in the Health Care Space
By Craig S. Horbus & Nicole M. Thorn on April 16, 2020
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has been in effect since January 2020, and is still the most stringent of all state laws regarding personally identifiable information (PII). The CCPA exempts some protected health information (PHI) from its requirements. Although there is no blanket exemption for health care providers, most of these providers are familiar with similar data privacy requirements under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). There is no private right of action for an individual under HIPAA for data breaches. The CCPA on the other hand, does provide such an action, which is why the state law is one of the more powerful privacy laws....
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Technology
Corporate TIPS: Staying Vigilant In Your Remote Work Environment
By Craig S. Horbus & Nicole M. Thorn on March 27, 2020
Cyber criminals use situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to lure remote workers into tasks they would not otherwise do. The FTC is cautioning consumers to be extra wary of emails, texts, and social media posts used to obtain personal information, prompts for donating to victims, fake information about COVID cases reported in your neighborhood and more....
