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