Retailers, Personally Identifiable Information, Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

New FTC Data Breach Response Guidelines

Robins Kaplan LLP on 12/2/2016

Cybersecurity should always be at the top of any retailer’s priority list—and even more so as the holiday shopping season gets underway. To that end, the Federal Trade Commission’s newly-released Data Breach Response...more

FTC Publishes Data Breach Response Guidelines

Goulston & Storrs PC on 12/1/2016

Whether resulting from a planned cyberattack or mere carelessness, data breaches are on the rise. In 2015, 781 data breaches were reported across the United States, with the average breach costing $3.8 million. In 2016, the...more

Food and Beverage Law Update: August 2016

Holland & Knight LLP on 8/2/2016

When food and beverage companies think of their largest risks, data breaches have not historically come to mind, but this is changing because of reports in the past few months of major breaches by companies such as Noodles &...more

Advertising Law - October 2015 #4

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 10/30/2015

Eleventh Circuit Rejects Application of VPPA to Free App - The latest decision interpreting the application of the Video Privacy Protection Act in the context of twenty-first century technology provides positive news for...more

DOJ and FTC’s Cybersecurity Policy Statement Should Ease Antitrust Nerves

Robins Kaplan LLP on 7/15/2014

Several recent and well-publicized cyberattacks have increased the visibility of their threat to businesses’ private financial information and customers’ personal information. The increased attention has also led companies...more

Renewed Congressional Interest in Federal Data Security and Breach Notification Legislation

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/14/2014

In light of recent, well-publicized, data security breaches at major retailers and social media company Snapchat, legislators are renewing the call for new federal laws that would strengthen data security and notification...more