The Spanish data protection authority AEPD has published helpful guidelines around the design and use of apps to control access to public places and social distancing.
Continue Reading Spanish Data Protection Authority Offers Guidance on COVID-19 Access Apps
On June 6, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order No. 202.38, permitting commercial building owners, retail store owners, and those authorized on their behalf to manage
Continue Reading NY Authorizes Commercial Buildings and Retail Stores to Require Temperature Checks Before Entry
I was lucky enough to participate in an excellent panel of healthcare professionals discussing how COVID-19 has impacted medical technology, methods of treatment and research, and patient privacy rights. If you are concerned with contract tracing applications, or what governments, employers, or private companies may be doing with data from contact tracing applications, we also had a terrific discussion on those topics.
Continue Reading Villanovans in Healthcare VIRTUAL Spring Speaker Series – DATA PRIVACY AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has published its “Exercise Starter Kit for Workshop on Reconstituting Operations,” which is available here.
This excellent resource will get many businesses started as
Continue Reading FEMA Issues Planning Exercise Starter Kit for Businesses Preparing to Resume Operations
The European Data Protection Board weighs in on location data and contact tracing apps.
Continue Reading EDPB Weighs in on the Use of Location Data in COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps
The New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC) issued an advisory to hospitals and other healthcare organizations that cybercriminals are targeting them with phishing campaigns, ransomware, and other malicious
Continue Reading New Jersey Issues Best Practices for Healthcare Industry to Combat COVID-19 Cyberattacks
Citing a “significant increase in cybercrime” during the COVID-19 pandemic, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued guidance to all New York State regulated entities identifying areas of
Continue Reading NY Dpt. of Financial Services Issues Guidance Identifying Heightened COVID-19 Cybersecurity Risks
Healthcare data company CENTOGENE announced it has joined forces with blockchain startup Ubirch to create a solution to secure results of COVID-19 mass testing that takes into consideration General Data
Continue Reading Blockchain Solution to Fight Covid-19 Focuses on GDPR Compliance
Iceland’s data protection authority offers advice on GDPR compliance during the COVID-19 outbreak.
