What should privacy and cybersecurity practitioners and specialists consider after the 2025 inauguration? There are a few notable issues that may shape how businesses think about their privacy and cybersecurity programs:...more
11/11/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Election Results ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Members of Congress ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Presidential Elections ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
State Privacy Laws
President Biden issues a new executive order directing the Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Trade Commission to take steps to safeguard access to reproductive healthcare services, protect patient...more
When is personal data “anonymized”? The answer to this question has largely been based on jurisdiction. If your business is in the U.S., so long as HIPAA or the CCPA does not govern, then generally aggregated or...more
The long-anticipated decision in LabMD v. FTC has finally arrived. The 11th Circuit held that the FTC’s cease-and-desist order against LabMD is unenforceable...more
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Cybersecurity was a prominent factor in 2016 in all aspects of government, business and personal affairs. Russian and other foreign national hacking has the potential to spark a new form of cold...more
2/16/2017
/ Cloud Computing ,
Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybertheft ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Information Sharing ,
Internet of Things ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Trade Secrets
Editor’s note: This is the sixth and last in our end-of-year series. See our previous posts on trade secrets, state regulation and law enforcement, HIPAA compliance, emerging threats, and energy. See you in...more
In Case You Missed It: The Federal Trade Commission has opened a public comment period to evaluate its Safeguards Rule (16. C.F.R. § 314.3). Under the Gramm-Leach-Bililey Act (GLBA), which regulates financial institutions,...more
In Case You Missed It: The Federal Trade Commission issued an opinion in the LabMD case, overturning an ALJ’s November 2015 decision holding that the FTC failed to meet its burden to prove that LabMD’s data security...more
8/1/2016
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Hackers ,
Hillary Clinton ,
LabMD ,
Political Campaigns ,
Section 5 ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
In Case You Missed It: Ruling in FTC v. Amazon Suggests a Way Forward for Companies Responding to Actions Brought by the FTC after a Data Breach. The FTC’s recent actions in the realm of data security have been predicated on...more
7/6/2016
/ Administrative Authority ,
Amazon ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Google ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Viacom ,
VPPA
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The FTC settled with mobile advertising company InMobi for $950,000 in civil penalties, along with the implementation of a privacy program, based on the FTC’s charges that InMobi impermissibly...more
In Case You Missed It: The SEC fined Morgan Stanley $1 million for a 2014 data breach. While the FTC had declined to pursue an enforcement action, blaming the breach on technical issues rather than any actions or omissions...more
On December 9, 2015, Wyndham and the FTC settled the enforcement action brought by the FTC that had led to a significant decision by the Third Circuit in August of this year. While the details of the settlement are...more
The scaffolding of the FTC’s powers in the realm of cybersecurity continues to be built. On Monday, the FTC’s Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell issued an initial decision in the FTC’s closely watched...more
What makes data privacy law interesting for academics, challenging for lawyers, and frustrating for businesses its shape-shifting structure in the face of rapidly changing technology. The recent change in the invalidation of...more
10/19/2015
/ Administrative Authority ,
Breach Notification Rule ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Breach Plans ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC v Wyndham ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework ,
Wyndham