The World Privacy Forum advised the SEC in comments today regarding the SEC proposal to modernize the description of business, legal proceedings, and risk factor disclosures pursuant to Regulation S-K. In its notice, the SEC described risk from environmental regulation as material to companies. In its comments to the SEC, WPF noted that privacy and
We have updated our medical data breach map to bring it current to January 2019. This interactive map displays the location of each medical data breach recorded at the US Department of Health and Human Services from 2009-2018. To get the most from the map, you can view breaches by year, by region, and in a simple text list.
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has produced a set of cybersecurity resources for healthcare provider organizations from small to large. So far, HHS has published four documents: an overview report of cybersecurity issues and practices, two technical volumes, and a toolkit. The documents focus on what an expert multistakeholder consensus group determined to be the five most prevalent cybersecurity threats and the ten core cybersecurity practices. The practices are voluntary, and utilize the NIST cybersecurity framework. The documentation is based in reality, not conjecture, and the documents are not intended to sell any particular products for any particular vendor. This has allowed for a rich and helpful documentation of current challenges along with solutions. See our overview of the four new resources.
The Marriott data breach announced on Nov. 30, 2018 is a significant breach, reaching across multiple countries and affecting an estimated 500 million people. The breach includes an array of data that does create the potential for meaningful identity theft risk. Who does the breach affect? The breach affected guests who booked through Marriott’s Starwood
The FTC finalized an expanded settlement with Uber, Inc. regarding the company’s data security practices. According to the FTC complaint, in the midst of the Commission’s original investigation, Uber experienced a second serious breach and waited more than a year after learning of the breach before informing the public or the Commission. The World Privacy Forum