HIPAA changes could put tech companies on the hook - Mass High Tech

The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was first passed in 1996 to set standards for electronic health care transactions, as well as severe penalties for breaches of identifiable patient data. According to Stephen Bernstein, ...

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Post-Breach: What to Say - GovInfoSecurity.com

Credit Eligible After a data breach, it's important for organizations to have a full grasp on what happened and convey that message consistently with the audience. Too often, that's not the case, says attorney Ronald Raether.

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Viewing child pornography online not a crime: New York court ruling - Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)

In a controversial decision that is already sparking debate around the country, the New York Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that viewing child pornography online is not a crime. "The purposeful viewing of child pornography on the internet is now ...

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Every email and computer click to be stored in huge expansion of surveillance ... - Daily Mail

Under the draft Communications Data Bill, authorities would not be able to view the content of email and text messages, but could identify who someone was contacting, how often and for how long, and could also access internet browsing history.

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Leveson inquiry: Martin Clarke, Russell Middleton, Brendan Gilmour appear - The Guardian

Today the inquiry will hear from Martin Clarke, publisher of the Daily Mail's website, Mail Online. Clarke joined the Daily Mail in 1987 before editing the Scotsman, the Daily Record and Sunday Mail. He took over MailOnline in 2006, when the website ...

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'Snooper's Charter' Set To Be Unveiled - Sky News

Jim Gamble, former head of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), said: "What if we didn't have legislation that allowed us to keep up with the criminals, and in six years from now we weren't able to investigate rapists, ...

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Leveson inquiry fails to get to grips with Mail Online's 'column of shame' - The Guardian

But those hoping to learn more about how the Mail got to number one online globally would have left feeling bemused. Judges, even those with a background in criminal law, are perhaps sensitive souls. No Mail Online stories - the site publishes 400 to ...

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