Whether the game is football, baseball, hockey, or Indy Car racing, no team goes into their major championship matchup without training. Companies need to train as well if they intend to operate on the internet and expect to...more
6/14/2024
/ Breach Notification Rule ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
EU ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
NIST ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Software ,
Supply Chain ,
Third-Party Risk
While most state data breach notification statutes contain similar components, there are important differences, meaning a one-size-fits-all approach to notification will not suffice. What’s more, as data breaches continue to...more
While most state data breach notification statutes contain similar components, there are important differences, meaning a one-size-fits-all approach to notification will not suffice. What’s more, as data breaches continue to...more
While most state data breach notification statutes contain similar components, there are important differences, meaning a one-size-fits-all approach to notification will not suffice. What’s more, as data breaches continue to...more
As the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) comes into effect on January 1, 2023, the temporary and partial exceptions for employment and business-to-business information will expire, making California the first and only...more
While most state data breach notification statutes contain similar components, there are important differences, meaning a one-size-fits-all approach to notification will not suffice. What’s more, as data breaches continue to...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accepted a proposed consent agreement earlier this week that includes payment of $500,000 for consumer redress from CafePress, an online platform allowing consumers to purchase customized...more
While most state data breach notification statutes contain similar components, there are important differences, meaning a one-size-fits-all approach to notification will not suffice. What’s more, as data breaches continue to...more
On August 15, 2021, a number of media outlets indicated that T-Mobile was investigating a data breach that may have included the names, date of births, phone numbers, T-Mobile account pins, Social Security numbers, and...more
On August 20, 2020, Uber’s former Chief Security Officer, Joe Sullivan, was charged by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) with obstruction of justice and concealing a felony for allegedly trying to cover up a 2016...more
While most state data breach notification statutes contain similar components, there are important differences, meaning a one-size-fits-all approach to notification will not suffice. What’s more, as data breaches continue to...more
9/8/2020
/ Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Breach ,
Good Faith ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Personal Information ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Safe Harbors ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes ,
Substantial Risk of Harm
The California Attorney General Xavier Bacerra submitted the final proposed regulations (the “Regulations”) under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) to the California Office of Administrative Law (“OAL”) on...more
On May 13, 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Research Agency (CISA) issued an announcement directed at organizations involved in COVID-19 research to be on increased...more
While most state data breach notification statutes contain similar components, there are important differences, meaning a one-size-fits-all approach to notification will not suffice. What’s more, as data breaches continue to...more
New York State has enacted S5575, the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (“SHIELD Act”). This new law amends New York General Business Code 899-aa and adds Section 899-bb to significantly expand consumer...more
9/30/2019
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HITECH Act ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
SHIELD Act ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
While most state data breach notification statutes contain similar components, there are important differences, meaning a one-size-fits-all approach to notification will not suffice. What’s more, as data breaches continue to...more
While most state data breach notification statutes contain similar components, there are important differences, meaning a one-size-fits-all approach to notification will not suffice. What’s more, as data breaches continue to...more
On September 26, 2018, a record settlement was reached between Uber and the attorneys general of all 50 states and the District of Columbia over the company’s 2016 data breach. While this case presents an extreme example of...more
While most state data breach notification statutes contain similar components, there are important differences, meaning a one-size-fits-all approach to notification will not suffice. What’s more, as data breaches continue to...more
Following on the heels of an active 2015, where eight states enacted changes to their data breach notification laws, another five states amended their statutes in 2016, adding complexity to the current “patchwork” system of...more
On October 6, 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law several changes to California’s Data Breach Notification Statute. The law, as amended, adds additional categories of information into the definition of...more
10/12/2015
/ Breach Notification Rule ,
Consent ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Encryption ,
Governor Brown ,
New Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Third-Party ,
Websites
On June 20, 2014 Governor Rick Scott approved the Florida Information Protection Act of 2014, overhauling the requirements and steps companies must follow when faced with a potential or actual security breach resulting in the...more
Yesterday, May 1, was a big day for privacy in the news. The White House issued 2 reports on the privacy implications of Big Data, and the Florida legislature overhauled the state’s security breach notification law,...more