Surging new markets bring new data security compliance challenges

In the Law360® article Amid Pandemic, Health Apps Face Privacy Law Patchwork, Liisa Thomas, head of the privacy and cybersecurity practice group at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP said “If a company doesn’t have a law like HIPAA to comply with, their regulatory compliance regime is not going to be nearly as straightforward. It can be confusing, and they might miss something because of this quilt of legal obligations.”

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• Sample Breach Notification Letter

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