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The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade of the House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing this morning on a staff discussion draft of the SAFE Data Act, a bill to require greater protection for sensitive consumer data and timely notification in case of breach. The witness list, witness statements, background memorandum and a copy […]

India issues extensive Privacy Rules with potentially significant impact on Outsourcing Services On April 11, 2011, India’s Central Government issued the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 (the “Privacy Rules”). Although positioned as an effort to provide clarification to terms left undefined in the Information Technology […]

The Department of Commerce’s Internet Policy Task Force issued a green paper entitled “Cybersecurity, Innovation and the Internet Economy.” The green paper recommends a new framework for addressing internet security issues for companies other than those that are considered part of the critical infrastructure. The term critical infrastructure refers generally to the defense, energy and […]

On May 31, 2011, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or “the Secretary”) published a notice of proposed rulemaking to modify the HIPAA Privacy Rule’s standard for accounting of disclosures of protected health information. The purpose of the proposed rule is, in part, to implement the […]

Today, Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.), Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) introduced the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2011, a bill to prevent and mitigate identity theft, ensure privacy, provide notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement assistance, and […]