A bill introduced in Congress would let the FTC require and monitor procedures by big companies to audit algorithms for fairness and accuracy.

Blue Cross of Idaho Health Service has had a data breach after an unauthorized user accessed the online provider portal with the intent of fraudulently rerouting a provider financial transaction.

CHIME, a professional association for chief information officers, and AEHiS, which represents chief information security officers, seek tighter control of devices for security purposes.

With the California mandate to take effect by January 2020 and a potential new U.S. federal privacy law that could supersede it, firms need to start taking stock of their privacy practices.

The regulation will impact the national and global economy, representing a seismic change for compliance procedures in the US, similar to how GDPR has changed privacy rules globally.

The Digital Footprint service is designed to identify, secure, and control personal data.

Blockchain use fundamentally changes the way that different constituencies -- including insurers and departments of insurance -- interact.

The landscape shifts with which the insurance industry is currently contending include new developments in both technology and consumer behavior.

IBM allegedly used location data for targeted advertising and to identify trends for hedge funds, while telling consumers their location would only be used to localize forecasts.

Obamacare was struck down by a Texas federal judge in a ruling that casts uncertainty on insurance coverage for millions of U.S. residents.

The Trump administration plans to allow states to direct billions of dollars of Obamacare subsidies to health plans that don’t meet the law’s requirements.

The payments and financial services industry has enjoyed an unprecedented wave of invention, but the fruits of that labor are threatened by an ideologically driven political climate that complicates the evolution of global interoperable mobile-driven commerce.

With Democrats in control of the House, observers expect closer looks at data protection rules -- but a partisan environment may impede legislation.

The OCR has hit the health insurer with the fine as part of a settlement from its massive January 2015 breach.

Finding critical data in a sea of company data can feel daunting. Start by creating a data inventory to help identify potential 'data hotspots,' recommends Matthew Nelson.

Hackers accessed information systems at Toyota Industries North America, compromising personal and protected health information.

Independence Blue Cross is alerting nearly 17,000 members after an employee put protected health information on to a public-facing website.

Payers sign on to initiative designed to shorten the time between FDA approval and coverage decisions for medical devices.

In late June, California passed A.B. 375, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, a sweeping piece of legislation that, on its face, grants California residents data privacy rights that have never before been granted in the United States.

As insurance professionals, it’s our duty to think like we own the company, and explore and validate every potentially innovative idea