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Phishing Subpoenas – A New Privacy Threat?

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 8/27/2024

Privacy issues are inherent in almost all facets of a business — from operations, employment, and technology to customer service, contracts, legal and compliance — all with varying degrees of risk. Most companies mitigate...more

You’ve Been Hacked. Who You Gonna Call?

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 4/5/2024

Your company was hacked. You feel panic, embarrassment, anger, fear and confusion. But you must act quickly, logically and decisively to stop the bleeding and protect your business, your customers and your employees. The good...more

[Event] Police Tech Conference & Expo - April 30th - May 1st, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 12/13/2023

Hosted by CI, the Police Tech Conference & Expo returns for another exciting year with curated programming that will allow you to experience the captivating convergence of Canada’s senior law enforcement officers and the...more

Data Breach 911: Five Immediate Steps to Take

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 10/31/2023

For many, responding to an incident feels chaotic — questions swirling, uncertainties piling up, and no clear direction. Even when prepared with a well-rehearsed incident response plan, a data security incident places a...more

10th Annual Cybersecurity & Privacy Summit

King & Spalding on 10/31/2023

On October 11th, our Data, Privacy and Security team hosted the 10th Annual Cybersecurity & Privacy Summit. We were delighted to be joined by about 100 clients, colleagues, and friends in-person at our Atlanta office, with...more

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 43 | Key Developments in Privacy & Cybersecurity

Dechert LLP on 10/20/2023

NSA and CISA Release Report on “Top Ten” Cybersecurity Misconfigurations; CISA Calls for Software Manufacturers to Implement Best Practices - On October 5, 2023, the United States National Security Agency (NSA) and...more

AGA Working Groups Grapple with Gritty Topics: Cybersecurity, ORC and Cannabis

Cozen O'Connor on 10/10/2023

From October 3rd to 5th in Boston, the Attorney General Alliance (AGA) held a series of working group meetings focused on topics uppermost in the minds of state AGs: cybersecurity, organized retail crime (ORC) and cannabis....more

SEC Adopts New and Burdensome Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 10/6/2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted rules requiring public companies to quickly disclose “material cybersecurity incidents” and to annually disclose material information regarding a company’s...more

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, Number 2. Privacy Briefs: February 2023

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 2/16/2023

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 2 (February 2023) DCH Health Systems, based in Tuscaloosa, Ala., said it fired an employee in December after a routine privacy audit revealed evidence that the worker had accessed some...more

[Webinar] Wire Transfer Fraud: Preventing and Mitigating this Rising Threat - December 6th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

Warner Norcross + Judd on 11/7/2022

Join Warner Norcross + Judd LLP attorneys Madelaine Lane, Kelly Hollingsworth and Nate Steed for a webinar focused on preventing and mitigating wire transfer fraud. Cyber criminals are utilizing phishing emails and other...more

[Webinar] Panic! at the Firewall: Cyber Incident Response and the Role of Insurance - May 17th, 9:00 am - 10:30 am PDT

Miller Nash LLP on 4/18/2022

Cyber incidents are increasing in frequency and severity across all businesses and industries. As the saying goes, it’s not a matter of IF but WHEN an incident will occur. In this webinar we will explore ways that you can...more

Cyber-criminals Beware: Governmental Surveillance of Suspects Does Not Always Require a Warrant

Sunstein LLP on 12/22/2021

A search warrant is not required for law enforcement to use pen registers to record the IP addresses visited by a criminal suspect, a federal appeals court recently held. This follows a 1979 Supreme Court case, Smith v....more

Department of Commerce Establishes National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing on 10/4/2021

US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced on September 8 that the Department of Commerce established a high-level committee to advise the federal government on a range of issues related to artificial intelligence (AI)...more

National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee Established by Department of Commerce

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/20/2021

On September 8, 2021, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo announced the establishment of the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Advisory Committee (NAIAC or the “Committee”). The NAIAC will advise the...more

FBI Privacy App Lures Criminals

Womble Bond Dickinson on 6/15/2021

If you want to keep tabs on criminals, build them a clubhouse. Provide them a comfortable place to relax and discuss their business, and you can learn about their contacts and activities. The strategy is not new....more

Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Police Department Hit with Ransomware Attack

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/30/2021

The Associated Press has reported that the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. police department has been the victim of a hacking incident for which the Russian-based ransomware group Babuk is claiming responsibility....more

New York’s DFS Publishes A Cyber Insurance Risk Framework

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/9/2021

Keypoint: New York’s Division of Financial Services (DFS) now requires Property and Casualty Insurers writing cyber insurance to comply with the Division’s Cyber Insurance Risk Framework to manage their risk. In her...more

Decoded: Technology Law Insights: Volume 2, Issue 1 - January 2021

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 1/20/2021

New Tribunal Created for Unauthorized Streaming Services - On December 21, 2020, Congress passed the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020 and a law on penalties for certain digital transmission...more

Voters Choose Privacy at the Ballot Box

Knobbe Martens on 11/16/2020

While most 2020 media election coverage focused on the races for President and control of Congress, privacy also had its day at the ballot box. This blog has previously described California Proposition 24, also known as...more

Lessons From the Complaint Against Uber’s Former Chief Security Officer

Knobbe Martens on 9/16/2020

On August 20, 2020, former Uber Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan was charged with obstruction of justice and misprision of a felony for knowingly concealing a hack of Uber in 2016. Based on Sullivan’s complaint,...more

Virtual Currency as a Threat to National Security?

King & Spalding on 3/12/2020

In the past, sanctioned jurisdictions like Venezuela have embraced virtual currency as a way to bypass channels that involve U.S. dollars, blunting the impact of U.S. economic sanctions policies aimed at isolating those...more

Utah Considers a Cybersecurity Safe Harbor as Ransomware Runs Riot

Stoel Rives - Global Privacy & Security Blog® on 2/26/2020

Last year the FTC mandated what an organization’s written cybersecurity program should include to avoid being deemed “unfair and deceptive” to consumers, and this year California consumers whose personal information is...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - November 2019

Robinson & Cole LLP on 11/8/2019

Cyberliability insurance provider Beazley Insurance Company has analyzed its internal breach response data and determined that in its experience, there has been a thirty-seven percent (37%) increase in ransomware attacks this...more

Privacy Developments in China, Singapore and Hong Kong

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/25/2019

International companies should keep in mind recent developments coming out of Asia on the privacy front. Chinese authorities are reported to be confiscating smartphones at the border to install surveillance apps. Companies...more

French legal and regulatory update - February 2019

Hogan Lovells on 3/15/2019

The Paris office of Hogan Lovells is pleased to provide this English language edition of our monthly e - newsletter, which offers a legal and regulatory update covering France and Europe for February 2019. ...more

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