Game-changing Calif. Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 puts statutory breach damages on the table -
The recently-enacted California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 is a game-changer in a number of respects. The Act imports...more
8/24/2018
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
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New Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
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Popular ,
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State and Local Government ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
Orrick of counsel Emily Tabatabai, a founding member of our Cybersecurity & Data Privacy team, recently spoke with Law360 regarding cybersecurity and privacy predictions for 2018. Emily discussed the inherent privacy and...more
1/3/2018
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Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Internet of Things ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Risk Management
There is no doubt that companies face unprecedented volume and variation in both disruptive and intrusive cyberattacks on their networks. Among the different attack methodologies today, ransomware is quickly becoming a major...more
7/29/2016
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Malware ,
Notification Requirements ,
OCR ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
Ransomware
Tennessee recently amended its data breach notification law, and in doing so, it has joined the ranks of states like Florida, Ohio, and Wisconsin that require notification to residents of a data breach within a defined time...more
Personal data is a valuable corporate asset. At times, the personal information collected from customers (such as email address, mailing address, phone number, etc.) can be a company’s most valuable asset. Unfortunately,...more
10/20/2015
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Chapter 11 ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Customer Lists ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Digital Assets ,
Disney ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Google ,
Hackers ,
MySpace ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
RadioShack ,
Sale of Assets ,
Snapchat ,
WhatsApp
On October 6, California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation updating California’s data breach notice statute for the third time in three years. The news was quickly overshadowed by the CJEU’s decision invalidating the...more
10/15/2015
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Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Encryption ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Hackers ,
Incident Response Plans ,
International Data Transfers ,
New Legislation ,
Popular ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Privacy ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
As we head into the end of 2015, state legislators across the country continue to strengthen, update and, in some instances, broaden the scope of their respective state data breach notification laws. Specifically, many...more
10/1/2015
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Breach Notification Rule ,
Credit Cards ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Breach Plans ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Debit Cards ,
Hackers ,
Passwords ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Social Security Numbers
On Monday, the Third Circuit issued a highly anticipated opinion affirming the Federal Trade Commission's authority to regulate "unfair" cybersecurity practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act. In allowing the data breach...more
8/27/2015
/ Credit Cards ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Debit Cards ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fraudulent Charges ,
FTC v Wyndham ,
Hackers ,
Section 5 ,
Wyndham