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What’s trending on NP Privacy Partner

March 1, 2019

By Steven Richard, Valerie Montague and Jenny Holmes

The FTC warns online romance scams are on the rise, the final OCR settlement of 2018 nets $3 million penalty and more. Here’s what’s trending in data privacy and cybersecurity.

Cybersecurity

FTC warns of proliferation of romance scams

The FTC reports that online romance scams have become a prolific threat.—Steven M. Richard

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Health Care & HIPAA

Final OCR settlement of 2018 nets $3 million penalty

Two breaches of unsecured PHI, exposing the data online, lead to settlement and resolution agreement, among the $28.7 million that OCR secured in 2018.—Valerie Breslin Montague

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Consumer Privacy

Proposed amendment would strengthen the power of the California Consumer Privacy Act

On February 25, 2019, the California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson introduced proposed amendments (SB 561) to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which was enacted in June 2018.—Jenny L. Holmes

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