Under the Trump administration, the proposed update to the HIPAA Security Rule - issued in the final weeks of the Biden administration - is likely to get trimmed but not totally cut, predicts regulatory attorney Sharon Klein of the law firm Blank Rome. What else should the health sector expect...
Privacy (Social aspectsPersonal information (Access controlDatabases (Access controlComputer crimes (Forecasts and trendsFor years, the U.S. Agriculture Department has publicly listed the Social Security numbers of tens of thousands of people who received financial aid from two of its agencies. Even ...
Businesses are also more aware of the cost. According to IBM’sCost of a Data Breach Report 2023, the average cost of a data breach in Australia has grown by 32% in five years to AU $4.03 million (US $2.57 million). This is being led by the financial services sector, with an avera...
Australia’s NDB was implemented only months before the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which also has a set of strict rules onbreach notification. The two are aligned in the aims of strengthening personal information security and...
ThePrivacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2017(NDB Act)established the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme in Australia. It requires organisations to notify individuals whose personal information is involved in adata breach that is likely to result in serious harmand the Australian Information Commi...
A breach of fiduciary duty occurs when a fiduciary fails to act in a client’s best interest. Learn the key elements, examples, defenses, and legal remedies.
The AI Action Summit this week came on the heels of the DeepSeek-R1 launch by Chinese AI company, as well as recent enforcement actions of the EU AI Act. A number of leaders from both inside and outside of Europe criticized the EU law, fearing that new regulations will stymie innovation...
In fact, authorities across Australia and the United Kingdom are raising concerns about how privacy breaches have endangered these customers. The onus is on service providers—such as utilities, telcos, internet companies andgovernment agencies—to ensure they don't risk the safety of their most vu...
The NDB scheme falls under Part IIIC of theAustralian Privacy Act 1988and establishes requirements for entities in responding to data breaches. What that means is all agencies and organisations in Australia that are covered by the Privacy Act will be required to notify individuals whos...
In fact, authorities across Australia and the United Kingdom are raising concerns about how privacy breaches have endangered these customers. The onus is on service providers – such as utilities, telcos, internet companies and government agencies – to ensure th...