In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we review Connecticut’s passage of a comprehensive privacy law (making it the fifth state to do so), the newly enacted federal Better Cybercrime Metrics Act, New York’s new law...more
6/3/2022
/ COPPA ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
State Privacy Laws
In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the FBI’s warning to companies regarding cyberattacks targeting confidential M&A activity, as well as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s directive...more
12/1/2021
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
FBI ,
International Data Transfers ,
Ransomware ,
Robocalling
In this month’s edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the FTC’s changes to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act’s Safeguards Rule and the CFPB’s order requiring six tech companies to disclose information regarding...more
11/2/2021
/ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
GEICO ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Safeguards Rule
In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the U.S. Treasury's advisories regarding the role of financial intermediaries in ransomware payments, a ruling by the Israeli data protection authority...more
11/3/2020
/ British Airways ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
International Data Transfers ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
State Attorneys General ,
Surveillance
In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine Washington state's new facial recognition law, the U.K. Supreme Court's ruling that an employer is not liable for a data breach caused by a disgruntled...more
5/3/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Draft Guidance ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equifax ,
European Commission ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
FSB ,
Mobile Apps ,
New Guidance ,
NYDFS ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Settlement ,
UK Supreme Court
In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine a declaration on ethical considerations for artificial intelligence, the annual joint review of the Privacy Shield, a new lawsuit from a snack food...more
12/5/2018
/ Administrative Review ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Banks ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Lexicon ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Officers (DPOs) ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
EDPS ,
Ethics ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Stability Board ,
FSB ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Human Rights ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Malware ,
Personal Data ,
Policy Exclusions ,
Popular ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Privacy Laws ,
Property Insurance ,
Ransomware ,
Secretary of Commerce
In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine Brazil's new data protection regulation, the French data protection authority's warning to two companies of potential GDPR violations and the U.S....more
9/7/2018
/ Appeals ,
Brazil ,
Breach Notification Rule ,
CNIL ,
Computer Fraud Insurance ,
Consent ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection Acts ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data Protection Officers (DPOs) ,
Data Retention ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Email ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
France ,
Fraudulent Transfers ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Geological Data ,
International Data Transfers ,
Japan ,
Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) ,
NCCIC ,
Personal Data ,
Policy Terms ,
Popular ,
Public Private Partnerships (P3s) ,
Reciprocity Rules ,
Reversal ,
Scams ,
Social Engineering ,
Spoofing ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
Warning Letters ,
Wire Fraud
New York state has proposed a new regulation — to go into effect January 1, 2017 — that would require banks, insurance companies and other financial services institutions regulated by the New York State Department of...more
9/15/2016
/ Banks ,
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ,
Comment Period ,
Covered Entities ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data Retention ,
Financial Institutions ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Insurance Industry ,
NYDFS ,
Popular ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management
In This Issue:
- DOJ Issues Cyber Preparation and Response Guidance
- RadioShack’s Plan to Auction Customer Data Highlights Issues Over Treatment of Such Data as an Asset
- Google v. Vidal-Hall and...more
5/3/2015
/ Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Customer Lists ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
FCC ,
Financial Services Authority ,
Google ,
Hulu ,
Information Sharing ,
NAIC ,
Popular ,
RadioShack ,
Third-Party ,
Video Privacy Protection Act