Compliance & Risk Management

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), tasked with coordinating the implementation and use of health information technology and the electronic exchange of health information, just re-released its “Guide to Privacy and Security of Electronic Health Information.” This guide replaces the previous version, which was published in 2011.

The upcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation is set to drastically chance data protection law for International organizations, including an increase in penalties for a breach up to 2% of a corporation’s annual global turnover. In order to help you navigate the change, we shared last week a video series created between Absolute Software and our compliance experts, Jonathan Armstrong and Jerry Ferguson. The video series explores 14 questions...

The upcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation, slated to come into force in 2017, proposes some drastic changes to data protection law. The changes will seek to increase penalties for a breach, including possible fines up to 2% of a corporation’s annual global turnover. In order to help you navigate the choppy regulatory landscape surrounding these new proposals and laws, we have worked with our compliance experts, Jonathan Armstrong and...

The continual barrage of data breaches, intensified media scrutiny, and tighter requirements for data breach notification have led to a situation of data breach fatigue. With 2.1 data breaches per day in 2014, consumers became apathetic. Executives began to feel that both prevention and remediation were futile. These feelings, all around, have dangerous repercussions. Adding to this feeling of data breach fatigue is a related phenomenon affecting organizations: compliance...

The compliance landscape is rapidly shifting, with new regulators stepping up and new laws being proposed at the State and Federal levels, as well as international legislature such as the draft EU General Data Protection Legislation which will have a widespread impact on multinationals. Wading the complex compliance waters is more difficult than ever before. New Shifts in Data Breach Notification Laws In the Senate’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Science...