By Jay L. Levine on At the end of last month, Boston hospital Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) settled a data breach lawsuit brought by the Massachusetts Attorney General related to the 2012 theft of a physician’s laptop. Under a consent decree entered on Nov. 20, 2014, BIDMC agreed to pay $100,000 and to take a number of steps … Continue Reading
By Jay L. Levine and Donna Ruscitti on Have you ever felt as if someone was watching you through your computer? In FTC strikes back against virtual Peeping Tom, members of Porter Wright’s Technology practice Jay Levine and Donna Ruscitti, cover the flat out creepy scenario involving Aaron’s, one of the country’s largest rent-to-own (RTO) stores, which was charged its franchisees were spying … Continue Reading
By Jay L. Levine on Does the FTC have authority over a company’s data privacy policy? Two major US companies, LabMD and Wyndham, are openly challenging the FTC’s power in this arena. Jay Levine, a partner in Porter Wright’s Washington, D.C. office, provides an update to what began in August of 2013 with LabMD joins Wyndham in challenging FTC’s data … Continue Reading
