About the IAPP

Molly McCoy, CIPP/US, is Chief Privacy Officer and Privacy Counsel at Blue Shield of California.  Prior to joining Blue Shield, Molly was Associate General Counsel for Privacy and HIPAA Security at Anthem, Inc.  Molly has worked as a lawyer in the Health Care and Health Care Compliance areas since 1997.  Molly’s practice areas have focused primarily on federal and state privacy and security law, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH).  Molly has advised health plans, health plan affiliates and subsidiaries, across the country.  Most recently, Molly served as lead in-house privacy and HIPAA security counsel for Anthem’s cyber-attack.  Molly is also a contributing editor to “Information Security and Privacy: A Guide to Federal and State Law and Compliance,” (West 2006-2015).