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More Privacy, Please – January 2024

Troutman Pepper on 2/13/2024

NIST Publishes Report on the Cybersecurity of Genomic Data. On December 20, 2023, the NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) published Final NIST IR 8432, Cybersecurity of Genomic Data. Informed by direction...more

Beware Of Online Scammers

Fox Rothschild LLP on 10/29/2020

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reported a three-fold increase in consumer reports about scams arising on social media since last year as well as a spike around the time the COVID-19 pandemic began. This includes...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - June 2020

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/6/2020

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the California attorney general's final regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act and a ruling by the Indiana Court of Appeals involving...more

Leading Federal Officials Offer Advice on How Corporations Can Minimize Law Enforcement Risk

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/5/2019

Holland & Knight, the Florida Chamber of Commerce and the Miami-Dade Beacon Council hosted the Second Annual Florida Enforcement Summit on Nov. 20, 2019. The half-day program focused on informing the business community how to...more

8th Circuit Decision in SuperValu Class Action is a Reminder that Injury and Damages Aren’t the Same Thing.

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/3/2019

Last Friday we blogged on the Saks data breach class action, and in the process mentioned a trend among federal courts to reject fear of future identity theft claims in retail breach cases. ...more

NFA Issues Interpretive Notices for CPOs Regarding Internal Controls Systems and Cybersecurity

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/15/2019

• The NFA has determined that registered CPOs must implement an internal controls system and highlighted best practices for such a framework. • In response to certain frequently asked questions, the NFA has also updated its...more

Senate Cybersecurity Caucus Introduces Bill To Secure Federal Agencies’ Connected Devices

King & Spalding on 8/9/2017

On August 1, 2017, the Senate introduced the proposed “Internet of Things (‘IoT’) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017” (the “Act”) to establish, among other things, minimum cybersecurity standards for contractors who...more

Retail Industry EMV Compliance Deadline Arrives Today - Credit Card Fraud Liability Shifts

McGuireWoods LLP on 10/2/2015

Starting today, October 1, 2015, a substantial portion of the liability associated with in-store fraudulent credit card purchases shifts from credit card issuers, such as banks or credit unions, to retail merchants. Credit...more

New Potential Liability for Data Security: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Announces FTC has Authority to Scrutinize a...

Bilzin Sumberg on 8/26/2015

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit announced that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has the authority to scrutinize a business’s data security protocol -- and to file a complaint if the FTC finds that protocol...more

Another Blow to Data Breach Class Actions: Bell, et al. v. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.

BakerHostetler on 7/30/2013

On July 11, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California dismissed a majority of the claims brought against Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. after a data breach suffered by Blizzard in 2012....more

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