Civil Monetary Penalties for HIPAA Violations Increased by HHS in Line with Inflation
In accordance with the Inflation Adjustment Act, the U.S Department of Health and Human Services has [...]
Articles by complianceeditor
Ticketmaster GDPR Breach Results in £1.25m Penalty
In the United Kingdom the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has sanctioned a General Data Protection [...]
Cybersecurity Impact of COVID-19 on Working Environment Explored in Survey
Before the COVID-19 pandemic the majority of businesses permitted a portion of the workforce to dedicate some [...]
€35m GDPR Fine for H&M in Germany
In Hamburg, Germany, the data protection authority announced that H&M – The second largest retail in [...]
Facebook Ordered to End Data Transfers to US Following Irish GDPR Ruling
Facebook has been ordered to bring and end to its practice of sharing personal data transfer from Ireland to [...]
MHealth App Developers and Cloud Services Providers have New Resources made Available by OCR
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has revealed that it has made [...]
Italian Telecom Provider Wind Tre Hit with €17m GDPR Fine
Wind Tre, and Italian telecoms provider, has been hit with a €16,729,600 General Data Protection Regulation [...]
Lack of Encryption & Other HIPAA Flaws Leads to $1m HIPAA Penalty
The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has sanctioned a $1,040,000 HIPAA fine on Lifespan Health System [...]
Uncertain Future for EU-US Data Transfer as ECJ Voids ‘Privacy Shield’ Agreement
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has effectively ended the current existing Privacy Shield agreement for [...]
CVS Pharmacy and Walgreens Break-ins Compromises PHI
CVS Pharmacy is contacting some patients to inform them that some of their personal and protected health [...]
Copyright © 2020 ComplianceHome
