New state laws that took effect January 1, 2019, likely will have a broader impact on how U.S. companies collect, process, and secure consumers’ personal information, in addition to how and when they report data breaches....more
1/11/2019
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Consumer Protection Act ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Digital Service Providers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
State and Local Government ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes ,
Third-Party
On September 26, 2018, a record settlement was reached between Uber and the attorneys general of all 50 states and the District of Columbia over the company’s 2016 data breach. While this case presents an extreme example of...more
...On June 28, 2018, California passed AB 375, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), which will become effective January 1, 2020. Introduced just a week earlier in an effort to defeat a much stricter...more
7/3/2018
/ Consumer Protection Laws ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Governor Brown ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Portability ,
Right to Be Forgotten ,
State and Local Government
Security incidents, loss of customer data, exposure of confidential corporate assets, demands of ransom, and similar stories are becoming daily headlines with the impacts being felt across a wide variety of industries. We...more
10/24/2017
/ Confidentiality Policies ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Data Transfers ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Assessment ,
Third-Party Service Provider
While most state data breach notification statutes contain similar components, there are important differences, meaning a one-size-fits-all approach to notification will not suffice. What’s more, as data breaches continue to...more
Businesses have been scrambling since Friday evening when news spread that a ransomware attack named WannaCry is compromising organizations at an alarming rate. In less than 48 hours, it has compromised more than 130,000...more
While most state data breach notification statutes contain similar components, there are important differences, meaning a one-size-fits-all approach to notification will not suffice. What’s more, as data breaches continue to...more
As a life sciences or medical device company, it is mission critical to protect lab books, drug and clinical test data, product formulas and production processes that underlie your patents, trade secrets and know-how from...more
4/4/2017
/ Biotechnology ,
Confidential Information ,
Corporate Officers ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach Plans ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Popular ,
Trade Secrets
While most state data breach notification statutes contain similar components, there are important differences, meaning a one-size-fits-all approach to notification will not suffice. What’s more, as data breaches continue to...more
The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) made headlines back in late September with a “first-in-the-nation” piece of legislation aimed at mandating specific cybersecurity protocols for banks, insurance...more
12/3/2016
/ Banks ,
Board of Directors ,
Brokers ,
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ,
Covered Entities ,
Credit Unions ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Financial Services ,
Financial Institutions ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Insurance Industry ,
Mortgage Lenders
On Wednesday, February 12, the White House released the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity. The Framework represents the culmination of a year-long private-sector led effort to create voluntary...more