Privacy & Security Law Report: Index-Summary

MAGAZINES

MAIL AND DELIVERY SERVICES

– E-mail

See E-MAIL

MAINE

– Children, marketing bans

– – Pharmaceutical industry, Special Report, 70
– – Repeal, Special Report, 534

– Data mining of prescription data, law limiting sale valid (1st Cir.), 1168
– Hannaford Bros., breach mitigation costs not damages (Me.), 1330

MALAYSIA

– Data protection framework bill, House passes, 521; Senate passes, 698; Royal assent, 1200

MALWARE

See SPYWARE

MARKETING

See ADVERTISING

MARYLAND

– Data disposal, credit card and check processing company, 710
– Environmental reports, farmer information protected (Md. Cir. Ct.), 1309

MASSACHUSETTS

– Background checks of job applicants, 1198; guidance, 1656
– Data breaches, South Shore Hosp., files sent for disposal lost, 1087; hospital opts for substitute notice, 1304
– Data security rules

– – BNA Interview, 327
– – Compliance, BNA Insights, 330
– – Practice Aid, 40

– Harm to minors law, instant messaging (Mass.), 324
– Open Meeting Law, e-mail exchanges (D. Mass.), 1022
– Personnel records law, 1340
– Psychotherapist-patient, prescribing data (Mass.), 1282
– Right to telephone call, use of officer's cell phone (Mass.), 869

MDL

See MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION (MDL)

MEDICAL IDENTITY THEFT

– E-health privacy standards needed, 861
– Survey research, 760

MEDICAL RECORDS

– Accident suit, insurer may scan documents (W. Va.), 1022
– Alaska Medicaid Fraud Unit seizure of women's clinic files (Alaska Super. Ct.), 981
– Allen County patient data access ordinance (N.D. Ind.), 1221
– Australia, data disclosure to blood relations, 147
– Cal. hospitals fined, unauthorized access to records, 863; medical facilities fined, 1587
– China, medical privacy law, 65
– Data breaches

See HEALTH CARE, subheading: Data breaches

– Dataset research, HHS seeks de-identification tester, 67
– Del. medical data use for research, disclosure law, 1090
– Dental records released to collect debt (Cal. Ct. App.), 258
– E-records

See E-HEALTH

– Genetic data

See GENETIC INFORMATION

– HIPAA criminal violations

– – Celebrity patient records at UCLA hospital (C.D. Cal.), 92; sentencing, 638
– – UPMC Shadyside Hosp. worker (W.D. Pa.), 1336

– HIV status shared, emotional harm as Privacy Act actual damages (9th Cir.), 316
– Ind., AG authority to secure abandoned personal data, 1132
– Inmate post-sentence commitment evaluation (9th Cir.), 1174
– Mental health records

– – ADA claims only for physical damages (N.D. Ill.), 1502
– – Prescribing data (Mass.), 1282
– – State regulator access (7th Cir.), 642

– OSHA injury record system, 1009
– Personal health records, CDT report, 1121
– Rehabilitation Act

– – DHS violation (S.D. Cal.), 763
– – View health records in private, 462

– Search warrants (N.H.), 715
– Spain

– – File sharing, patient data exposed (Spain A.N.), 396
– – Hospitals, DPA probe, 529; violations, 1431

– Subpoena, hospital disclosed records (N.D. Ohio), 259
– Tenn., educational use, 715

MEDICARE AND MEDICAID

– Budget FY2011, e-health, 228
– Consumers' Checkbook, Medicare records request (U.S., rev den), 598; questions presented, 606
– Data security gaps, contractor reviews, 1123
– Data sharing agreement, FDA and CMS, 1099
– Fraud

– – Alaska, seizure of women's clinic files (Alaska Super. Ct.), 981
– – DME owner stole doctor IDs (S.D .Tex.), 397
– – Fla. data mining request, 1023; approved, 1099
– – Patient IDs furnished by government (4th Cir.), 260

– Hospital compliance records subject to disclosure, 1542
– N.M. data breach, 768
– Pa. managed plans report loss of flash drive, 1458
– Reimbursement, FOIA request no violation of disclosure injunction (11th Cir.), 19

MEETINGS

See CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

– Canada PIPEDA, consent requirements, BNA Insights, 1713
– CVS Caremark, FTC antitrust probe, 1561
– Google acquisition of AdMob

– – FTC approves, 789
– – House lawmakers concerned, 494
– – Kohl (D-Wis) seeks FTC review, 523

– UnitedHealthcare acquisition of Health Net assets, Conn. probe sought, 174

MERIT SYSTEM PROTECTION BOARD (MSPB)

– Appeals, oral arguments on whether to limit (MSPB), 1328
– DOD, removal from noncritical position, call for amicus briefs (U.S.), 183
– Navy scientist's suspension (U.S., rev den), 531
– Whistleblower protections report, 1736

METADATA

– Behavioral targeting, notice mechanism, IAPP Summit, 616
– Job discrimination suit, production delay (N.D. Ill.), 1061
– Public records, e-mail metadata in home computer (Wash.), 1507

MEXICO

– Air travel, U.S. pact to ease passenger checks, 1666
– Data protection bill, 5; Chamber of Delegates passes, 545; Senate vote expected, 606; Senate approves, 627; BNA Insights, 883; effective date, 1016
– Intl. Conf. of Data Protection and Privacy Comm'rs, full member, 1510
– IT risk evaluations absent from most firms, 954
– Money laundering, southwest border agreement, 292

MICHIGAN

– Ex parte access to doctors (Mich.), 1099; (U.S., rev sought), 1502
– Junk faxes, TCPA class action (E.D. Mich.), 1258

MILITARY

See ARMED SERVICES

MINNESOTA

– Husband videotaped nude wife in bath (Minn. Ct. App.), 559
– Newborn blood screening (Minn. Ct. App.), 1251

MINORS

See CHILDREN

MISSISSIPPI

– Data breach notification bill, Special Report, 367; House rejects risk trigger provision, 435; bill approved, 502; law signed, Special Report, 533

MISSOURI

– Driver's licenses, databroker agrees to destroy SSNs (W.D. Mo.), 944
– Ex parte access to doctors, nonparty providers (Mo.), 1258
– Google Street View WiFi data collection, AG probe, 871
– Sirius XM Radio, Mo. AG obtains no-call ban, 1435
– Smokers, hospital to test new hires, 1650

MOBILE DEVICES

– Attorney communications security, ABA Ethics Comm'n seeks comments, 1372
– Australia, marketing, BNA Insights, 1375
– Business tools and risks, BNA Insights, 849
– Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

– – Amendments, Senate Commerce Comm. hearing, 631
– – FTC

– – – Public comment on technology changes, 459
– – – Review roundtable, 841; attorneys comment, 842; public comments, 1046; Leibowitz at Common Sense Media event, 1423

– Data protection enforcement, BNA Insights, 1471
– East African framework for cyberlaws, meeting, 951
– ECPA reforms

– – Due Process Coalition proposal, 492
– – House hearing, 660

– Employers

– – Implications, 673
– – Monitoring, Special Report, 1065

– Encryption, U.K. ICO orders

– – Alzheimer's Soc., 291
– – Ass'n of Teachers and Lecturers, 241
– – Highland Council, 505
– – Lampeter Medical Practices, 839
– – Northern Ireland's Dep't of Finance and Personnel, 27
– – Royal London Mut. Ins. Soc'y, 439
– – St. Albans City and Dist. Council, 506
– – Shropshire Council, 27
– – Southampton Univ. Hosp. NHS Trust, 145
– – Warwickshire Country Council, 506
– – West Berkshire Council, 839
– – Zurich Ins., 471

– FTC roundtables, Berkeley agenda, 134; Conference Report, 186
– Germany, worker privacy legislation, BNA Insights, 1348
– Health technologies, 1649
– Location data and services

– – Facebook Places application, France, 1460
– – House panel hearing, 310; approaches considered, Special Report, 444

– Ontario health agencies, encryption order, 145
– Pew Research Center survey, 1011
– Smartphone data collection, S. Korean mobile application firms indicted, 1368
– TCPA, rejection of settlement offer moots class claims (N.D. Ill.), 1175
– Teen web privacy risks, Senate Commerce panel hearing, 1085
– TRUSTe, privacy trustmark program, 1398
– Warrantless searches of mobiles devices

– – ACTA talks, 262
– – DHS policy, ACLU suit (E.D.N.Y.), 1279

– Workplace policy reviews, 672

MOBILE PHONES

See CELLULAR TELEPHONES

MONEY LAUNDERING

– Bank Secrecy Act

– – Exam manual, 670
– – Rules reorganized by industry sector, 1542

– Canada, PIPEDA compliance, 236
– Collaboration between FinCEN and law enforcement, 642
– FinCEN proposed information sharing rule, concerns, 8
– France, CNIL to update bank data collection rules, 797
– Gambling websites, France to monitor data collection practices, 904
– Pinnacle Capital Markets, FINRA fine, 229
– Southwest border agreement, 292
– Spain, EU Harmony sought, 671
– Suspicious activity reports

– – Confidentiality, 1647
– – E-reporting, 1507

MONTANA

– Cell phones, warrantless recording (Mont.), 1537
– Genetic data in employee records, 907

MOTOR VEHICLES

– Auto warranty robocallers, Voice Touch settlement proposed (N.D. Ill.), 465; approved, 1248
– Driver's licenses

See DRIVER'S LICENSES

– Drug search, student's car in school parking lot (N.J.), 291
– EU car crash emergency call system, 1224
– GPS devices

See GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) DEVICES

– Italy, border cameras, 397
– License plates, Dutch police data matching program, 181
– Prison guards, employee vehicle search policy (8th Cir.), 1052
– Red light cameras, unlicensed operations (5th Cir.), 499
– Traffic stops

– – Ind., record checks (Ind.), 99
– – Passenger background checks (1st Cir.), 643

MSPB

See MERIT SYSTEM PROTECTION BOARD (MSPB)

MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION (MDL)

– Data breaches

– – Bank of America settlement (W.D. Ky.), 1247
– – Heartland Payment Sys., consumer class settlement (S.D. Tex.), 15; preliminary approval entered, 705

– Google Street View WiFi data collection, hearing held (J.P.M.L.), 1169; consolidation ordered, 1249

MUSIC

– File sharing

See FILE SHARING