After a 14-month investigation into the 2017 Equifax data breach, which was one the largest in U.S. history, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a report in December.
Category: Privacy
EU-US Privacy Shield Second Review: Improvements Shown, but More to be Done
The EU Commission published its second annual review of the functioning of the EU-US Privacy Shield, which focused on the commercial issues, human resources and data automated individual decision-making and developments in the U.S. legal framework. This report follows the same general structure as the report on the first annual EU-US Privacy Shield review that we reported on last year.
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California AG to Hold Public Forums on CCPA
The California Attorney General invites interested persons to provide comments on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) rulemaking at a series of six public forums around the state in January and February 2019. The first forum is slated for January 8 in San Francisco.
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$500,000 Settlement for Failure to Comply with Basic HIPAA Compliance Requirements
Advanced Care Hospitalists PL (ACH) and the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS-OCR) entered into a $500,000 no-fault settlement and two year corrective action plan (CAP) to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
CFPB Settles with Savings and Loan Association for Alleged Violations of the FCRA
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a settlement with State Farm Bank, FSB for alleged violations which involved obtaining and furnishing consumer reports, which in some cases were inaccurate, to Consumer Reporting Agencies. The order finds that State Farm Bank, an Illinois federal savings association with over $10 billion in assets, violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the first U.S. Sectorial privacy law, and the Consumer Financial Protection Act in a number of ways.
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In their first congressional testimony together as a full commission, the Federal Trade Commissioners expressed support for comprehensive federal privacy legislation before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security on November 27. While the focus of the hearing was primarily on privacy and data security, the Commission’s written testimony provided updates regarding other consumer protection and competition matters.