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In this episode of On Record PR, Gina Rubel goes on record with Aihong Yu, Chief Privacy Counsel of CDK Global, to discuss how embracing privacy and security measures…...more
1. A new class action against Apple alleges that the tech giant records detailed information about user activity despite its privacy assurances. According to the plaintiffs, Apple’s own collection of a user’s activity in...more
FTC Warns Companies to Remediate Log4j Security Vulnerability - Log4j is a ubiquitous piece of software used to record activities in a wide range of systems found in consumer-facing products and services. Recently, a...more
CYBERSECURITY - Apple + Microsoft Release Patches for Identified Vulnerabilities - This week, both Apple and Microsoft issued patches to fix serious zeroday vulnerabilities that should be applied as soon as possible. That...more
CYBERSECURITY - Medical Center Rebuilding EMR Following Ransomware Attack - Queen Creek Medical Center (QCMC), also known as Desert Wells Family Medicine, located in Arizona, has notified up to 35,000 patients of a data...more
CYBERSECURITY - CISA Issues Alert on Top Exploited Vulnerabilities - On July 28, 2021, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a cybersecurity alert entitled “Top Routinely Exploited...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues to put emphasis on the importance of corporate board involvement in privacy and data security. Corporate Boards: Don’t Underestimate Your Role in Data Security Oversight - The...more
CYBERSECURITY - Coveware Q1 2021 Report Shows Increase in Ransomware Payments Over Q4 2020 Coveware issued its Q1 2021 - Ransomware Report on April 26, 2021, which concludes that “[D]ata exfiltration extortion continues...more
CYBERSECURITY - Eversource Energy Notifies Customers of Data Breach - Eversource Energy, which is the largest energy supplier in New England with 4.3 million customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New...more
As part of Data Privacy Day 2021, ask yourself, does my business have a Privacy Program in place? Probably not. But should it? That’s a great question for a privacy professional — someone focused on privacy practices, laws,...more
Apple recently announced that app developers must check a series of yes/no boxes that will generate a "nutrition label"-style summary of the app's privacy practices. This new summary, formally called "App Privacy," will be...more
Companies face yet another set of data privacy requirements in this ever-growing legal minefield. Starting Dec. 8, 2020, companies using apps in the Apple iOS ecosystem will be required to provide consumers with a privacy...more
We often think of phony financial institution emails as a bad actor’s phishing scheme of choice to capture confidential bank account numbers or other private financial information. While those phishing emails certainly do...more
There has been a lot of attention in the media lately with respect to the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica issue and its fall-out (including today’s coverage of the announcement that Facebook suspended almost 200 apps pending a...more
Cybersecurity, encryption, and government surveillance are daily challenges for public officials, corporations, and lawyers. On October 16, the Roger Williams University School of Law will present Cybersecurity and Law...more