Exemptions, Encryption

Complying With the FTC's Amended Safeguards Rule

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 6/7/2023

Cybersecurity is a looming threat for most businesses. The impact of a major cyber event can resonate for weeks, months, and even years after the initial attack. To mitigate the risks to consumers, there have been several...more

Upcoming February and March Deadlines Under New York DFS Cybersecurity Regulation, Including New Third-Party Service Provider...

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/31/2019

This client alert will briefly outline key upcoming deadlines under the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Cybersecurity Regulation (the “Regulation”). These include annual filing deadlines coming up in...more

US Breach Laws Are Coming: Iowa

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/13/2018

As we approach 2019, companies will want to keep in mind the changes that are coming to various US states’ breach notice laws. On January 1, 2019 Iowa’s law, which has already been amended twice since it was passed in 2008,...more

Illinois Joins the Fray: Strengthens its Laws Around Data Breach Notification and Data Security

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 6/15/2016

Sophisticated phishing scams and muscular hacking efforts continue to compromise personal and sensitive information held by insurers, hospital systems, and businesses large and small. In response, many states have...more

Tennessee Legislature Amends Data Breach Notification Statute - Encryption is No Longer an Automatic Safe Harbor

Miller & Martin PLLC on 6/15/2016

On March 24, 2016, Governor Haslam signed S.B. 2005 which amends Tennessee's data breach notice statute. The amended statute will go into effect on July 1, 2016. The new Tennessee breach notice requirements are triggered by...more

9th Circuit Joffe v. Google "Street View" Decision Raises Questions About Wiretap Act's "Radio Transmissions" Exception

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 9/18/2013

Last week, the Ninth Circuit held that the Wiretap Act prohibits the kind of “interception” and collection of transmissions from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks that Google reportedly followed in compiling Street View data....more