On February 28, 2022, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued data on information blocking claims received since April 5, 2021, the effective date of information blocking regulations enacted under the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act). As a reminder, in accordance with the Cures Act’s prohibition on certain
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Failed to Adequately Secure and Protect Traveler Data
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Data Privacy
This week, the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general said in an oversight report that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials have failed to use adequate cybersecurity measures and safeguards to protect travelers’ data. The report says that from July 2017 to December 2019, personal data was left vulnerable to hackers in the Mobile…
HHS Information Security Program Deemed ‘Not Effective’
By Robinson+Cole's Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team on
Posted in Data Security
There was unfortunately some bleak news out of the Department of Health & Human Services, (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently. The OIG recently released the results of a performance audit of the HHS’ compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA). The OIG Report states that FISMA requires that…
Privacy Tip #85 – OIG Warns Consumers of Phone Call Scams by OIG Imposters
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Privacy Tips, Uncategorized
Phone call scams are on the rise. In addition to scam artists posing as employees of utility companies (see Privacy Tip #84), the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has issued a warning to consumers about a phone scam involving imposters of its agency.
The imposters call consumers saying they are from the OIG…
OIG to Audit FAA Drone Waiver Processes
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Drones
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced an audit of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) “approval and oversight processes” for Part 107 waivers for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) operations. The audit will begin before month’s end and will assess the FAA’s processes for granting waivers and…
OIG confirms Clinton sent classified emails through private account
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Data Security
The Office of the Inspector General for the State Department recently confirmed in a Memo that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent emails with classified information in them through her private email account without marking them as classified.
Freedom of Information Act officials have confirmed that their initial review of 55,000 pages requested through…