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You may have missed it, because it came without fanfare and does
not seem to have made the data security trade press, but in early
May, the State of Vermont updated its data security law. In particular, these revisions to 9 V.S.A. chapter 62 do the
following:
change the information protected to "personally
identifiable information" (it was formerly "personal
information");
exclude from the definition of "security
breach" mere "unauthorized access" and
"good faith but unauthorized acquisition" of PII;
require notice of breaches now be made "45 days after the
discovery or notification"; and
require entities suffering a breach to "provide
notice of a breach to the attorney general's office".
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The 2010 theft of an unencrypted laptop containing confidential health care information made front-page news in 2013, not because a huge number of patients were affected, but for the exact opposite reason.
Identity theft is a serious threat. In 2012, more than 12.6 million adults became victims of identity theft in the U.S.1 And the costs have been astronomical.
On April 22 Verizon released its 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), which has since 2008 become a leading annual survey of data breaches, with participants across the globe.
Increasingly, privacy is a big concern in app development. California and other jurisdictions are ramping up enforcement efforts around existing privacy laws.
Understanding the complexities of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules is often a challenge for health care providers and consumers.
Any company that collects personal data from consumers should take proactive steps to have appropriate legal counsel review its data security practices, as well as its terms of service or privacy practices, to identify any potential problem areas.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published on its website a series of factsheets designed to educate consumers unfamiliar with their rights under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules.
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