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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced
October 16, 2013, as the effective date for its
new rules requiring companies to obtain prior express written
consent from consumers before calling them with prerecorded
telemarketing "robocalls" or before using an autodialer
to call their wireless numbers with telemarketing messages.
The FCC also announced January 14, 2013, as the effective date
for its new rule requiring that prerecorded telemarketing messages
must include an automated op-out mechanism. November 15, 2012, was
set as the effective date for the new rule matching FCC rules on
measurement of the abandoned call rate with changes adopted by the
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2008 and requiring the recorded
message played for an abandoned call to include an automated
opt-out mechanism.
The new rules were adopted by the FCC in an order issued in February 2012 , and reported
on
in this blog here, but announcement of effective dates had been
delayed awaiting approval from the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). For more details on these important dates and requirements
see our Mintz Levin Communications Alert
here.
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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.
FTC On The Prowl, And Businesses Looking For Guidance On New COPPA Changes
