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Some Things are Best Kept Private: FTC Settles with Company for Using Private Health Data in Public Physician Reviews
The FTC recently reinforced its commitment to protecting consumer health data in its settlement with electronic health record company Practice Fusion. The company, which stores consumer health data in a cloud for…
Privacy Shield Setback? European Parliament Asks to Revisit Negotiations
The saga continues on the quest to improve the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Agreement (“Privacy Shield”), the framework that, if enacted, would permit transatlantic data flows from the EU to the U.S. Yesterday, the European…
8th Circuit Upholds Data Breach Coverage for Bank Loss Following Hacker’s Fraudulent Transfer
Last week, the Eighth Circuit upheld a lower court’s ruling in State Bank of Bellingham v. BancInsure Inc., finding that a bank employee’s negligence in securing its computer network did not preclude coverage for a…
Texas Settles with PayPal over Money Transfer App Advertising and Privacy Practices
On Friday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a settlement with PayPal, resolving allegations that its Venmo money transfer app violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by failing to clearly disclose…
Nebraska Amends Data Breach Notification Law
Last week, Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts signed into law LB 835, which makes the following amendments to the state’s data breach notification statute: Adds to the definition of “personal information” a user name…