Latest Data Privacy Headlines
All the headlines from our Data Privacy Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Conservative Oklahoma Lawmaker, ACLU Team Up on Privacy Rights
Feb 6 2013 // A conservative Oklahoma lawmaker and the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma are working together to advance legislation to privacy rights of Oklahomans in the face of rapidly advancing technology. State Rep. Paul...
ACE USA Expands Privacy Protection with Data Breach Fund Sidecar
Jan 29 2013 // ACE USA has introduced a new option for ACE privacy protection policyholders through enhancements to its data breach team endorsement. The new data breach fund sidecar endorsement eliminates tiered sub-limits and provides...
AmWINS to Offer Network Security Privacy Liability Program for Hospitals
Nov 20 2012 // AmWINS Brokerage of the Carolinas, through its partnership with Premier Insurance Management Services Inc. (PIMS) and Beazley plc, is now offering a data privacy and network security insurance product for hospitals. The...
ACE USA Expands Health, Managed Care Privacy Protection
Oct 7 2012 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operations of the ACE Group, has introduced the privacy and network security liability endorsement to both the healthcare facilities and managed care organization policies. This endorsement...
ACE Expands Data Breach Team for Privacy Protection Policies
Jun 18 2012 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group, has added five new member firms to its ACE data breach team. This pool of independent, third-party professional service will help organizations and...
FTC Wants Voluntary Online ‘Do Not Track’ System
Mar 26 2012 // U.S. regulators are pressuring Internet companies to put in place by the end of the year a “Do Not Track” system that would give consumers more control over their personal data online, in a report released on...
White House Internet Privacy Bill of Rights Met with Skepticism
Feb 27 2012 // The White House proposed last Thursday a “privacy bill of rights” that would give consumers more control over their data but relies heavily for now on voluntary commitments by Internet companies like Google...
Beazley Selected by CalSurance as Information and Privacy Liability Insurer
Nov 9 2011 // Orange, Calif.-based CalSurance Associates, a division of Brown & Brown of California Inc. has named Beazley, an insurer of data privacy and network security risks, as a preferred information privacy and security...
Allied World Introduces Small to Mid-Size Company Privacy Coverage
Apr 11 2011 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG has introduced Allied World U.S.’s new privacy and network security insurance product, Privacy//101. Designed for small to mid‐size companies, law firms, healthcare and...
MMIC, Beazley Partner to Offer Data Privacy Insurance
Feb 22 2011 // MMIC Insurance, Inc. has launched data privacy insurance coverage for the healthcare community and has partnered with Beazley Group, Ltd. to offer the coverage. Beazley has developed Beazley Breach Response and tailored it...
Ironshore to Offer Monoline Network Security, Privacy Liability Coverage
Oct 13 2010 // IronPro, the professional liability division of Ironshore Inc. has introduced Enterprise PrivaProtector 9.0 to assist businesses in managing their network security and privacy risks. In 2010, the Identity Theft Resource...
Allied World U.S. Launches New Privacy Liability Product
Oct 6 2010 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd has launched a next generation of Allied World’s Privacy Liability product: Privacy//403v2. Privacy//403v2 is designed specifically for a broad spectrum of...
General Star Adds Data Privacy Coverage for Medical Professionals
Oct 6 2010 // General Star has made four types of data privacy coverage available to its Select and Premier physicians & surgeons policies. The protection is included without additional charge. The enhancement was driven by a need...
Chartis Enhances Coverage for Network Security, Privacy Risks
Aug 18 2010 // Chartis is expanding Specialty Risk Protector, its professional liability and data network security insurance coverage developed by its Executive Liability division, to give customers access to additional protection for...
Health Records Firms Face Increasing Privacy Liability
Jul 9 2010 // U.S. companies that partner with hospitals and other health providers could face steep fines if they disclose private patient information under a new federal rule proposed Thursday. Billing companies, customer service...
IronPro to Offer Privacy Coverage on Miscellaneous Professional Policies
Jun 10 2010 // IronPro, the professional liability division of Ironshore Inc., will enhance its miscellaneous professional liability policy with an affirmative coverage grant for privacy breach liability and expense fund coverage to...
Hiscox USA Launches Healthcare Information Privacy Protection
Apr 27 2010 // Hiscox USA has launched a Healthcare Information Privacy Protection product designed to address the increasing costs and potential liabilities facing healthcare professionals. HITECH, the first federal level breach...
Insurance Agents Fined for Not Having Written Security Plans
Mar 7 2010 // Recent headlines underscore the importance of agents having written security plans to protect the privacy of their clients’ personal information. In the first case, the Virginia Bureau of Insurance fined an agent...
Insurance Agents Fined for Not Having Written Security Plans
Feb 21 2010 // Recent headlines underscore the importance of agents having written security plans to protect the privacy of their clients’ personal information. In the first case, the Virginia Bureau of Insurance fined an agent...
Insurance Agents Fined for Not Having Written Security Plans
Jan 10 2010 // Recent headlines underscore the importance of agents having written security plans to protect the privacy of their clients’ personal information. Not only could a breach of clients’ personal information...
