Please join us for a discussion and Q&A regarding the growing threat of business email compromises (a.k.a. man-in-the-middle attacks). Attorneys Chris Hart and Yoni Bard, litigators with experience in privacy matters and...more
Imagine this scenario: you’ve had a productive and mutually advantageous ongoing contractual relationship of several years with another party. You have built up quite a bit of trust over the years, and communicate regularly...more
4/29/2019
/ Best Practices ,
Corporate Liability ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybertheft ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Hackers ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Phishing Scams ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Wire Fraud ,
Wire Transfers
After repeated requests from various states, the Department of Homeland Security informed state governments which states had their election systems hacked or otherwise compromised during the 2016 general election. According...more
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, or CFAA, is the federal “anti-hacking” statute (or sometimes referred to as a “computer trespass” statute). In essence, the CFAA prohibits intentional unauthorized access into another...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: US and EU officials signed on to the so-called “Privacy Umbrella” deal last week. The agreement is designed to protect the personal data of EU citizens when it is transferred to the US for law...more
6/7/2016
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Facebook ,
Hackers ,
International Data Transfers ,
LinkedIn ,
Mark Zuckerberg ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Umbrella ,
Ransomware ,
Social Media
Data breaches are often followed by class action suits in which the affected individuals seek damages. Corporations defending against such suits have used a 2013 Supreme Court case, Clapper v. Amnesty International, 133 S....more