Virginia has a new law, the Insurance Data Security Act (New Law), going into effect on July 1, 2020, which will expand the data security and incident notification requirements on insurers licensed in the Commonwealth. The...more
4/7/2020
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Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Information Security ,
Insurance Industry ,
Insurer Liability ,
New Legislation ,
Notification Requirements ,
Risk Assessment ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
In the fall of last year, we wrote about the passage of the SHIELD Act (the Act) in New York, which expanded aspects of the state’s breach notification requirements (Breach Requirements) and created a statutory obligation to...more
3/10/2020
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Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
NYDFS ,
Personal Data ,
Risk Management ,
Security Standards ,
SHIELD Act ,
Small Business ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
New York recently enacted important changes to its data breach notification requirements (Breach Requirements) and created a statutory obligation to maintain reasonable data security (Security Requirements). Under the new...more
Beginning on March 1, 2020, Washington State’s data breach notification law will change in a number of important ways. First, the definition of “Personal Information” will expand significantly. This means more data elements...more