As the COVID-19 pandemic presses on, privacy and security matters continue to be at the forefront for federal and state legislature. We recently reported that Washington D.C. updated its data breach notification law. Now, the Vermont legislature also amended its data breach notification law, with significant overhauls including expansion of its definition of personal information,
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Vermont Court Finds Patient Can Sue Hospital and an Employee for Breach of Confidentiality
By Jason C. Gavejian & Maya Atrakchi on
Posted in Consumer Privacy, HIPAA
In a landmark ruling, the Vermont Supreme Court recently held that a patient had standing to sue both the hospital at which she was a patient and the employee who attended to her, for negligent disclosure of her personal health information to a third-party. Neither the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) nor Vermont…
Vermont Strengthens Data Breach Notification Requirements
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti on
14-day Attorney General notice and other amendments to Vermont’s Security Breach Notice Act further complicate data breach response.
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