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uPromise and FTC

compliancesoftware — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:07:58 +0000

The FTC alleged that after the personalized offers feature was enabled, extensive information was collected from the user and transmitted to Upromise, including the names of all websites visited, all links clicked by the user and information that users entered …

Researchers ID Skype users who also use BitTorrent

compliancesoftware — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:51:55 +0000

Entertainment companies seeking to trace people who are illegally file sharing may be interested in new research that could identify filesharers through their Skype accounts. via Researchers ID Skype users who also use BitTorrent.

Massachusetts General Hospital Settles Potential #HIPAA Violations

compliancesoftware — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 01:13:22 +0000

The General Hospital Corporation and Massachusetts General Physicians Organization Inc. (Mass General) has agreed to pay the U.S. government $1,000,000 to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule, the U.S. Department …

Don’t view HIPAA fines as cost a of doing business – FierceCIO

compliancesoftware — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 01:12:41 +0000

If anyone doubted that there is a cost to ignoring privacy regulations, $5.3 million in penalties doled out last week for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) should put such doubt to rest. Not only is …

HHS Levies Civil Penalty for HIPAA Privacy Rule Violation – iHealthBeat

compliancesoftware — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:21:33 +0000

On Tuesday, the HHS Office for Civil Rights announced that it has issued its first-ever civil penalty for HIPAA privacy rule violations, the Washington Post reports.OCR fined Cignet Health — a health center based in Maryland – $4.3 million for failing …

Cost of regulatory security compliance? On average, $3.5M – CSO Online – Security and Risk

compliancesoftware — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:33:32 +0000

The cost of achieving regulatory security compliance is on average $3.5 million each year, according to a survey of 160 individuals leading the IT, privacy and audit efforts at 46 multinational organizations via Cost of regulatory security compliance? On average, …

The Link Between Recent Privacy ‘Breaches’

compliancesoftware — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 01:15:20 +0000

Facebook has been the subject of intense scrutiny over privacy concerns…again. Or, is it still? Facebook is not alone, however, as Twitter and Android have also been recent targets of privacy ire. Each of these privacy incidents has something else …

Feds Get Their Own App Store | Epicenter | Wired.com

compliancesoftware — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:28:12 +0000

If you had any question whether app stores were a passing fad, the answer probably lies with apps.gov, an app store by and for government agencies…… The GSA also takes care of all the acronyms as well. The sites are …

PatientsLikeMe incident may just be ‘scraping’ the surface – FierceHealthIT

compliancesoftware — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:26:45 +0000

Ready for another threat to individual privacy? Less insidious, perhaps, than phishing, but potentially as damaging is a relatively new technique called “scraping.” Scraping is the practice of trolling social networking sites, message boards and chat rooms looking for personal …

Privacy software: Who are the early leaders? – software, security, privacy, ControlCase, Consult2Comply, brinQa, Avior Computing, Archer, applications, Agiliance – Security & Email – PC World Business

compliancesoftware — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:54:19 +0000

Together they form what I’d call the “privacy GRC” market, where GRC stands for “governance, risk and compliance.” GRC makes up most of what privacy people do. It’s not a big market. To put things into perspective, Gartner is only …