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FTC Issues Stern Warning to Companies to Address Known Cybersecurity Vulnerability

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a surprisingly strong warning to companies that they may face potential regulatory action if they fail to address known vulnerabilities, focusing in particular on the Log4j...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Wiley Consumer Protection Download (January 10, 2022)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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Lessons From Spain’s Fine Of Equifax For GDPR Violations

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The Spanish data protection authority AEPD fined Equifax 1 million Euros for processing publicly available personal data unlawfully in violation of the purpose limitation, data minimization and other General Data Protection...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #276 – Free Weekly Credit Reports Offered by Credit Reporting Agencies

The best way to find out if you have been the victim of identity theft and to determine what accounts may have been opened in your name by criminals is to get a copy of your credit report....more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Privacy and Data Security Alert l January 2020

States Consider Privacy and Data Security Legislation - It’s that time of year again, when we see a flood of legislative activity at the state level on privacy and data security laws. A couple of recent examples are below....more

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The Scariest Data Privacy Breaches of 2019

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With it being Halloween, October being National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and 2019 drawing to an end, let’s take a look at the data privacy breaches giving compliance professionals a fright this year! ...more

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Transborder Data Flow Consent Standard is Reaffirmed

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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)'s report, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) Report of Findings #2019-001, issued April 9, 2019, into the Equifax hack, created...more

Stoel Rives - Global Privacy & Security Blog®

Recent FTC Enforcement Actions

What the FTC Wants, the FTC (Mostly) Gets - In recent weeks the Federal Trade Commission has been on a tear. As one example, on July 22 it announced a $700 million settlement with Equifax for “the 2017 data breach that...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Recent FTC Cybersecurity Settlements Highlight Benefits and Risks of Settling vs. Litigating

Amidst mounting pressure to pursue cybersecurity more aggressively, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), the federal government’s most active enforcer in the space, has recently imposed increasingly stringent cybersecurity...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Corporate Law & Governance Update - July 2019

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IMPACT OF EQUIFAX, FACEBOOK SETTLEMENTS - Health care industry boards should give close attention to the governance implications of recent privacy settlements entered into by Equifax and Facebook. Their unique facts...more

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New York Expands Data Privacy Protections

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New York continued its active legislative session last week, this time by expanding its data breach notification law. The SHIELD Act (Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security), signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo on July...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Significant FTC Fines Highlight Evolution in Privacy Enforcement Landscape

Last week produced a spate of interesting and instructive privacy and data security enforcement activity. ...more

Balch & Bingham LLP

Equifax Will Pay Minimum of $575 Million, up to $700 Million, in Settlement Over 2017 Data Breach

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Today, the FTC announced that Equifax, Inc. will pay at least $575 million (and potentially up to $700 million) as part of a proposed global settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Consumer Financial...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - April 2019

In this month's Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine several recent U.K.-related cybersecurity developments and the SEC's risk alert reminding investment advisers and broker-dealers to follow through on implementing...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Court Finds Cybersecurity-Related Claims Sufficient in Securities Class Action

In the aftermath of Equifax’s data breach, a federal court recently found that allegations of poor cybersecurity coupled with misleading statements supported a proper cause of action. In its decision, the U.S. District Court...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Equifax Agrees to Data Breach Deal with 8 States

In a consent order with financial regulators from eight states, Equifax Inc. yesterday agreed to put in place a number of basic data security safeguards – apparently lacking until now – to prevent another massive breach....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Equifax Breach Costs Stack Up

How much does a data breach cost? One independent study estimated that, on average, the cost to an organization of a data breach in the U.S. was $7.35 million in 2017. But recent financial disclosures from Equifax Inc. show...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

The Warning Behind the Numbers: New York’s 2017 Data Breach Report

On its face, last week’s report that the number of data breaches reported last year to New York’s Attorney General spiked to an all-time high of 1,583 – up 23 percent from 2016 – was not good news....more

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Cybersecurity Enforcement and Regulation - 2017 In Review

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Cyber attacks continue to be a pervasive and destructive threat to all institutions and the legal and regulatory landscape currently in place to address those threats continues be reshaped in an effort to address those...more

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Oregon, New York, Alabama, and Rhode Island Join List of States Considering Data Breach Legislation Post-Equifax

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Any entity that does business in these states or maintains confidential information of their residents should monitor the proposed data breach legislation discussed below: Oregon, New York, Alabama, and Rhode Island....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

ICYMI in Cybersecurity and Data Breach

Exclusive: U.S. Consumer Protection Official Puts Equifax Probe on Ice – Sources - On Monday, Reuters reported that, “Mick Mulvaney, head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has pulled back from a full-scale probe...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

2017 Year in Review: Data Breaches

The year 2017 saw the number of data breaches grow, and the trend is expected to continue and intensify. From Yahoo’s announcement that three billion of its user accounts were compromised to the Equifax breach and resulting...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Cybersecurity Risks to Employee Benefit Plans - Are You Prepared?

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Unless you’ve been living on a remote mountaintop or inside a cave for the past 10 years, chances are good you’ve either been affected by a cybersecurity breach or know someone who has. Among many other businesses, recent...more

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ACSC Releases Report on Cybersecurity Post Equifax Breach

This week, the Advanced Cyber Security Center (ACSC) released a new report entitled, “Cyber Security Post Equifax: Perceptions and Priorities from Massachusetts Residents.” The report highlights the results from a survey of...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Senators Re-Introduce Bill Requiring 30-Day Notification of Company Data Breaches

As we near the end of a year that has seen more than its share of massive data breaches, two bills have been introduced (one re-introduced) in the U.S. Senate....more

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