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Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

D.C. Circuit Breathes New Life into OPM Data Breach Litigation

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) made headlines when several hacks of confidential data came to light in 2015, intrusions that compromised the personal data of over 20 million individuals. On July 21, 2019, in...more

King & Spalding

Also In the News - Data, Privacy, & Security Practice Report - July 2015 #2

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FCC Working Group Issues Report On Cybersecurity Best Practices – The June 2015 issue of the Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal features an article by King & Spalding partner Steven Snyder on a Federal...more

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That is SO last week - July 2015 #2

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Last week, The New York Times’ The Upshot blog covered a topic that has been one of our top concerns for a while: how big data can discriminate. The post followed a Carnegie Mellon University study that reported, among many...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Privacy Monday – July 2015

Welcome to the dog days of summer 2015. Three privacy & security bits and bytes to start your week (if you are reading this on vacation … good for you!) 1. ICYMI: Massive Data Breach at OPM Claims Victim — The Director...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

OPM data breach update: OPM shuts down background check system

The OPM announced this week that it is temporarily shutting down its background security clearance system, e-QIP, as vulnerabilities were found during a review of systems. Presently, according to OPM, the vulnerabilities did...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Password Best Practices – I know, AGAIN!

With the uptick in high profile security breaches like the Office of Personnel Management, Target, JPMorgan and others, it is easy to become desensitized to the constant risk our cyber lives pose both personally and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

2015 Data Breach Legislation Six Month Review: Many Proposals, Few Changes

The heat of summer may be upon us, but in Congress and in many state legislatures the attitude toward passing major data breach legislation has considerably cooled. We predicted some months ago that 2015 might be the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

OPM and Where The Lines Are

The recent hacking of the sensitive personal information of millions of American public servants at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) points out a noteworthy distinction in how the U.S. government views some types of...more

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Largest Breach in U.S. Government History Is a Wake-Up Call on Need for Encryption

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Employees are reasonable in assuming that their employer is protecting their personal information from compromise. The obvious way to do that is to maintain appropriate encryption technology. Simply put: encryption,...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Data Breach Affects Millions of Current and Former Government Workers

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced that hackers have stolen the personal information of approximately 4 million current and former federal employees, including names, birthdates and social security...more

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