Companies should take steps now to prepare for the new rules and expectations.
The US government continues to expand regulatory requirements around notification and disclosure of major cyberattacks or incidents. ...more
President Biden signed an executive order to bolster the federal government’s cybersecurity posture on May 12. The order focuses on implementing vital improvements to networks of federal departments and agencies, many of...more
6/9/2021
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Government Agencies ,
National Security ,
Notice Requirements ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management
The Act represents an accelerating trend among US states to attempt to pass comprehensive privacy legislation in the wake of the CCPA.
On March 2, 2021, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed comprehensive state privacy...more
The FTC and many state attorneys general aggressively monitor apps, websites, and internet-connected products for COPPA compliance.
In the United States, collecting data directly from children under 13 years of age is...more
2/26/2019
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Advertising to Minors ,
Consent ,
COPPA ,
Data Protection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Internet of Things ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Security and Privacy Controls ,
Websites
Tax-related identity theft is nothing new, but tax season 2016 took tax schemes to a new level.
Last year, our cyber experts advised a large cluster of clients (public and private companies) over a period of only two...more
Landmark ruling establishes a variety of new obligations, but long-term effects remain unclear.
On November 2, 2016, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released an order adopting new privacy rules that will...more
Today, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved far-reaching new information privacy rules that will govern how providers of broadband Internet access service collect, use, protect, and share data from their...more
10/28/2016
/ Broadband ,
Data-Sharing ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Opt-In ,
Opt-Outs ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Privacy Policy ,
Reasonableness Factors
As we highlighted in a post last month, the FCC has proposed sweeping new privacy rules on broadband providers. Since our last post, the FCC has released its proposal in the form of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. ...more
4/21/2016
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Comment Period ,
Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
FCC ,
Internet Privacy ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Notification Requirements ,
NPRM ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy
Broadband Internet access service providers would face a new, top-to-bottom consumer privacy regime.
Twelve months after the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) imposed common-carrier telecommunications rules on...more
4/13/2016
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Broadband ,
Comment Period ,
Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) ,
Data Security ,
Data-Sharing ,
FCC ,
Internet Privacy ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Third-Party
Last week, the FCC announced that Chairman Tom Wheeler had circulated a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on implementing Section 222’s privacy obligations for broadband providers. Section 222’s requirements were...more
Legislation may change the way government and the private sector collaborate on cybersecurity.
After years of vigorous debate and numerous false starts, in the closing hours of its 2015 session, the US Congress...more
In a stunning victory, an administrative law judge has recommended the dismissal of a long-pending US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint against LabMD, Inc. (LabMD). In a strongly worded opinion in a case that had...more
On July 10, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) released the text of a Declaratory Ruling and Order, initially adopted on June 18, that provides various clarifications regarding the Telephone Consumer Protection Act...more
June is proving to be a very active month for the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in construing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, including what sorts of consumer interactions are sufficient to meet the...more
6/22/2015
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Cell Phones ,
Enforcement ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Informed Consent ,
PayPal ,
Prior Express Consent ,
TCPA ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages ,
User Agreements ,
Warning Letters
On Wednesday, April 8, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) entered a consent decree and levied a $25 million civil penalty against AT&T to settle a data breach that exposed the information of nearly 280,000 customers....more
4/15/2015
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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Consent Decrees ,
Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) ,
Data Breach ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FCC ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Telecommunications Act ,
Young Lawyers
The State of California, long the most proactive U.S. state in enacting data privacy laws, has again modified its breach notification and data protection laws. This week, Governor Jerry Brown signed two privacy bills into...more