Category: Data Privacy and Protection
NSA Telework Security Guidelines and Video Conferencing
The COVID-19 pandemic and CARES Act have more and more providers examining telehealth as a method of delivering care during this period of reduced patient access and beyond. To facilitate the transition of certain services to telehealth, the Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) has announced […]
Sheila Sokolowski Elected Shareholder
Sheila Sokolowski has been elected a shareholder of HMBR effective July 1st. Ms. Sokolowski joined HMBR as a partner in the health care practice in 2010. Since that time, she has expanded her practice to advise clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to merging health care data streaming platforms to […]
Sheila Sokolowski to Present an Overview of the Law and its Impact on Clinical Research at SOCRA
Sheila Sokolowski will be speaking at the SOCRA’s Hot Topics and Practical Considerations for Protecting Human Research Participants Program in Scottsdale, AZ on April 26. Sheila will address the use of the legal system to address issues related to the protection of human subjects in her presentation entitled “ Common Causes […]
Liberal Arts Colleges’ Student Admission Files Hacked
On Thursday March 7, the same week that The Wall Street Journal reported on Chinese hackers targeting universities in order to obtain access to classified military technology, Inside Higher Ed reported that applicants at three liberal arts colleges had received anonymous notes offering them the chance to buy their complete […]
Universities Targeted by Chinese Hackers for Military Technology
On Tuesday, March 4, The Wall Street Journal reported that more than two dozen universities in the U.S., Canada and Southeast Asia had been targeted by Chinese hackers. In its report, The Wall Street Journal cited research from iDefense, a cybersecurity intelligence unit of Accenture Security, indicating that the University of […]
Illinois Privacy Law Does Not Require Actual Harm
On January 25, 2019, the Illinois Supreme Court held that a person whose rights under the Biometric Information and Privacy Act (“BIPA”) (740 ILCS 14/1) are violated is “aggrieved” and is not required to show that the violation caused actual harm in order to bring an action seeking damages and/or […]
GDPR and Higher Education in the US: An Overview
Welcome to the first in HMBR’s series of FAQ’s developed to inform colleges and universities in the United States (US) about the GDPR and how various activities may bring them under the jurisdiction of European Union (EU) data protection authorities, even when they have no established presence in the EU. […]