The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday made a few bold moves to ramp up its oversight of data privacy. They include issuing a notice of proposed amendments to its Health Breach Notification Rule and releasing a policy statement warning of heightened scrutiny over the use of biometric information.
The French data protection authority on Tuesday signaled increased concerns over the privacy impacts of generative artificial intelligence and said issues such as data scraping raise data protection questions. Data scraping by AI companies is a flashpoint in the technology's rollout.
Fifteen months after Russia intensified its illegal invasion of Ukraine, experts say top cyber defense lessons policymakers and defenders should apply include focusing on resilience. Building for resilience acknowledges the inevitability of ongoing attacks.
The Federal Trade Commission has barred the developer of fertility tracking app Premom from sharing users' personal health data with third parties for advertising purposes and has fined the vendor $100,000 for alleged violations of the agency's Health Data Breach Notification Rule.
The attorneys general of four states have smacked vision care provider EyeMed Vision Care with a $2.5 million fine as part of a settlement in the aftermath of a 2020 email phishing incident that affected 2.1 million individuals in the United States.
The European Union on Tuesday formally adopted the world's first comprehensive regulatory regime for the cryptocurrency industry in a measure supporters say will tame volatility illustrated by high-profile crashes such as FTX. The proposal, known as MiCA, will go into effect progressively.
Federal regulators fined a practice management software and services vendor $350,000 in the aftermath of an investigation into a 2018 HIPAA breach that involved a file transfer protocol server mishap. The company said the incident was the result of "a singular human error."
Cloud-based electronic health records vendor NextGen Healthcare is so far facing a dozen proposed class action lawsuits filed in the last week in the same Georgia federal court following the company's disclosure this month of a data breach affecting 1 million individuals.
The chief executive of the company behind generative artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT called for global regulations, including licensing, in testimony before a U.S. congressional panel. The Biden administration is already investigating mechanisms to ensure an "AI accountability ecosystem."
New bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate - the Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement Act - aims to help address the shortage of cybersecurity skills facing rural hospitals, which increasingly find themselves in the crosshairs of hackers, including ransomware attackers.
Former chief security officer Joe Sullivan avoided jail time for his role in impeding a federal investigation into Uber's security practices, but attorney Lisa Sotto of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP warned security leaders and executives "to take heed" and ensure they are covered for personal liability.
In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discuss how the Feds have dismembered Russia's 'Snake' cyberespionage operation; the ongoing debate over privacy laws and regulations in the APAC region; and why more companies are banning the use of generative AI tool ChatGPT.
A recently proposed federal rule would prohibit healthcare organizations from disclosing to law enforcement patient information related to obtaining or providing an abortion. If enacted, it will address longstanding loopholes in healthcare privacy, said attorney Kathleen McGee.
The European Parliament called on the European Commission to reject a draft legal framework facilitating trans-Atlantic commercial data flows in a nonbinding vote. A majority said the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework fails to protect European citizens from American bulk online surveillance.
In the annals of attempting to downplay the impact of a data breach, here's a new one: British outsourcing giant Capita says the hackers who hit it - steling data pertaining to customers, suppliers and employees - accessed "less than 0.1% of its server estate."
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