Overview
New Mandates Under HIPAA and State Laws Create Obligations for Employers
Personal and company confidential data, exceedingly valuable assets, are under siege. Organizations across the country and locally have experienced significant data breaches resulting in unauthorized access to a vast amount of personal and company confidential information. At the same time, technology continues to advance rapidly, permitting larger and larger quantities of information to be maintained, accessed, and transmitted with the push of a button or downloading seeming harmless software. In this environment, with increasing demands for higher productivity and greater access to information, particularly in the legal field, companies continue to struggle to meet those demands while at the same time protecting confidential personal and company information.
You will gain a better understanding about the recent developments in federal and state privacy and data security laws, particularly the expansion of HIPAA under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the recently issued Massachusetts privacy regulations that become effective January 1, 2010. In addition, this OnDemand Webinar will include a discussion of some preventive strategies and steps companies can take to address this emerging issue affecting all of us.
Authors
Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Esq., Jackson Lewis LLP
Self Study Credit - OnDemand Webinar
| HRPD | 0.5 | | |
| CLE | 1 | PA | |
| CLE | 1.25 | AK, AZ, CA, IL, ND, OR, VT | |
| CLE | 1.47 | TN | |
| CLE | 1.5 | AL, MT, NC, VA, WA | |
| CLE | 1.8 | MO, WV | |
Self Study Credit - CD & Reference Manual
| CLE | 1.5 | AK, AZ, CA, ME, MT, ND, NV, OR, TX, UT, VT, WA | |
| CLE | 1.8 | MO, WV | |
| CLE | 2 | CO | |
Self Study Credit - Podcast
| CLE | 1.5 | AK, CA, ME, MT, ND, NV | |
| CLE | 1.8 | MO, WV | |
Agenda
Overview of Privacy and Security in the Workplace
- Compare and Contrast Privacy and Security
- Overview of Competing Concerns for Employers and Employees
- Overview of Recent Developments
Data Security Generally
- What Are the Risks Driving the Law?
- What Kind of Information Requires Protection?
- New State Law Mandates to Protect Personal Information - Massachusetts
- Affirmative Obligations to Protect
- Social Security Numbers
- Breach Notification
- Record Destruction
- Developing a Data Privacy and Security Plan
- Risk Assessment
- Policy Drafting
- Implementation
HIPAA Privacy and Security
- Who Is a Covered Entity?
- What Is Protected Health Information, Employment Records Exception?
- Breach Notification Requirements
- Business Associates
- State Attorney General Enforcement
- Increased Enforcement
