Data Protection: How important is it to know what to do if there is a data breach?

Grupo Financiero Banorte, Mexico’s third largest bank, suffered a data breach earlier this year and is now reportedly being fined 32 million pesos ($1.98 million) by the Mexican data protection authority, the National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data, for failing to inform all of its clients immediately after the hack occurred.  Mexico’s National Banking and Securities Commission is also investigating the matter  and is expected to issue corrective measures.

To formulate and implement an effective incident response solution, including but not limited to an attorney and forensic experts on stand buy, contact Gerrie van Gaalen

International: China Seeks To Tighten Control Over Internet With Draft Cybersecurity Law

The Chinese parliament has issued a draft cybersecurity law aimed at “safeguarding China’s sovereignty over cyberspace and national security and public interests.”  The law outlines a plan for a multi-level system to prevent unauthorized network access, and calls for Internet-related industry associations, ISPs, and businesses to strengthen their cybersecurity standards.  It also establishes specific security requirements for operators and suppliers of networks and critical information infrastructure, including a provision that requires ISPs to store on Chinese territory any data collected within China and to obtain government approval before storing data overseas for business purposes.  If enacted, the draft law would allow the Chinese government to expand its online censorship practices and its control over Internet service providers and foreign firms operating in the country.

Sounds like certain movements in South Africa...worrying movements.

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US: Protection of Personal Information

HHS Announces Record HIPAA Settlement

New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) and Columbia University have agreed to pay a combined $4.8 million – the largest HIPAA settlement ever involving a single incident – to settle charges that they violated the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules by accidentally making the electronic protected health information of their patients accessible to Internet search engines.  The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) launched its investigations after the entities – which operate a shared data network and firewall – notified it of the breach.  As part of the settlement, NYP will pay $3.3 million, and Columbia will pay $1.5 million. The entities also agreed to undertake risk analyses, develop risk management plans, revise their existing policies and procedures, and provide training on privacy and security awareness. 

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