Technological advances, especially in Artificial Intelligence and quantum computing, will continue to amaze in the coming years. They will open up vast new opportunities while presenting profound regulatory, litigation, and...more
3/1/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Business Losses ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
NAIC ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Technology ,
Website Design ,
Websites
On November 1, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (NY DFS) published its highly anticipated final amendments to its influential cybersecurity requirements for financial services companies (Part 500)....more
11/15/2023
/ Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ,
Compliance ,
Covered Entities ,
Cybersecurity ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Multi-Factor Authentication ,
NYDFS ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
Welcome to the latest edition of Updata – the international update from Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team.
Updata provides you with a compilation of privacy and cybersecurity regulatory and...more
11/7/2023
/ Banking Sector ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Data Subject Access Requests ,
Employee Monitoring ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Hong Kong ,
New Legislation ,
Privacy Framework ,
Privacy Laws ,
UK
Welcome to the latest edition of Updata – the international update from Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team.
Updata provides you with a compilation of privacy and cybersecurity regulatory and...more
Welcome to the latest edition of Updata!
Updata is an international report produced by Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team – it provides you with a compilation of key privacy and cybersecurity...more
5/11/2023
/ Adequacy Requirement ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
China ,
Consent ,
Cookies ,
Cybersecurity ,
Czech Republic ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
Germany ,
International Data Transfers ,
Member State ,
New Guidance ,
New Legislation ,
NIST ,
Privacy Laws ,
Singapore ,
South Korea ,
State Privacy Laws ,
UK
The year 2023 will continue to have cybersecurity and data privacy front of mind for General Counsels. With sweeping new US and global laws and regulations coming online and the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA)...more
3/3/2023
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Personal Data ,
Personal Information ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Sensitive Personal Information
Experts estimate that within the next decade or so, adversaries will have the capacity to use quantum computing to break the encryption on virtually all existing digital databases. This is why it is highly significant...more
Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cynthia Lummis (R- WY) introduced new proposed legislation on June 7, 2022, which would classify the vast majority of digital assets as commodities, and empower the Commodities Futures...more
6/14/2022
/ CFTC ,
Commodities ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cybersecurity ,
Digital Assets ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
FERC ,
FinTech ,
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ,
Investment Contract ,
NIST ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Welcome to the latest edition of Updata!
Updata is an international report produced by Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team - it provides you with a compilation of key privacy and cybersecurity...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has joined a host of other regulators in doubling down on efforts to protect against the rapidly intensifying cyber threats - with important implications for all SEC-registered...more
The EU-US Insurance Dialogue Project (“Project”) began in early 2012 as an initiative by the European Commission, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) of the...more
11/8/2021
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Big Data ,
Cross-Border ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
EU ,
Insurance Industry ,
International Harmonization ,
NAIC ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Technology Sector ,
Working Groups
On September 21, 2021, the US Department of the Treasury took actions in response to the increasing prevalence and severity of ransomware attacks in the United States and address the central role that virtual currency and...more
9/27/2021
/ Currency Exchange ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Digital Currency ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Ransomware ,
SDN List ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Virtual Currency
Updata is an international report produced by Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team – it provides you with a compilation of key privacy and cybersecurity regulatory and legal developments from the...more
3/11/2021
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
China ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) ,
Popular ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Surveillance ,
Virus Testing
It was a tumultuous year for privacy and cybersecurity, and further uncertainty is all but guaranteed. The key to navigating this volatility, as 2020 proved, is to develop and maintain a proactive, agile and holistic data...more
2/10/2021
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
NAIC ,
Popular
The massive SolarWinds security breach, which affected not only the private sector, but federal, state and local governments, has caused some to question whether to share data with the government. On Friday, December 18, the...more
On November 3, 2020, California voters passed Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), by approximately 56-44%. This act will amend and supersede the still recent California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), once...more
11/10/2020
/ Administrative Agencies ,
Amended Legislation ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Minors ,
New Legislation ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Information ,
Popular ,
Private Right of Action ,
Sensitive Personal Information
With companies increasingly worried about what the California Attorney General, and private litigants, will do once the California Consumer Privacy Act comes into effect, they should not lose sight of what the Federal Trade...more
On October 11, 2019, the California Attorney General issued long-awaited draft Regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The draft Regulations provide helpful clarity on some core aspects of California’s...more
10/18/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Comment Period ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Delete ,
State Attorneys General
As predicted, the start of 2019 provided scant respite from the frenetic pace of privacy and cybersecurity developments during 2018. This past month alone, in a blizzard of activity, regulators amended regulations and...more
2/5/2019
/ Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
CareFirst ,
Class Action ,
CNIL ,
Corporate Fines ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Google ,
Information Systems Security Program (ISSP) ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
National Futures Association ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes ,
Yahoo!
On February 21, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued an interpretive release1 providing important guidance to certain registrants on cybersecurity disclosure. Coming on the heels of dozens of high-profile...more
What is the problem?
Belgian researchers have published information about a vulnerability in the most popular WiFi encryption protocol that makes monitoring of all communications possible, except those communications that...more
In a flurry of approvals last week, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) took substantial steps toward finalizing its proposed Insurance Data Security Model Law during the 2017 NAIC Summer National...more
On June 27, 2017, hackers struck vulnerable businesses around the world with a new version of the “Petya” ransomware. This major cyberattack has disrupted utilities, shipping companies, law firms and other businesses across...more
Eversheds Sutherland Lawyers Share Insights on Data Privacy, Cybersecurity, Intellectual Property and other Challenges Raised by Autonomous and Connected Cars -
On May 3, 2017, Eversheds Sutherland hosted Transportation...more
On May 17, 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) published a Risk Alert regarding the “WannaCry” ransomware worm that infected hundreds of thousands...more