With the Senate set to flip to Democratic control in the 117th Congress, albeit by a razor thin margin, the policy priorities for the upper chamber are likely to significantly change. In so doing, the various Senate...more
1/15/2021
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Communications Decency Act ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
FCC ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Net Neutrality ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Public Policy ,
Section 230 ,
Social Media
The House Bill. The House is taking a different approach to drafting a federal privacy bill. On December 18, Democratic and Republican staff for the House Energy & Commerce Committee released a bipartisan staff draft for...more
1/30/2020
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
COPPA ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Framework ,
Data Collection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Privacy Laws ,
Reasonable Expectation of Privacy ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
As 2020 gets underway, Congress will continue to deliberate on federal privacy legislation in the second session of the 116th Congress. The California Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CCPA) went into effect on January 1, and...more
1/30/2020
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Covered Entities ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Privacy Laws ,
Rulemaking Process ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
Welcome to October! October 2018 marks the 15th year of the observance of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, a joint effort of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Security Awareness Alliance....more
Late last week the White House released its National Cyber Strategy, setting forth its approach to protecting U.S. critical infrastructure from global cyber threats. The National Cyber Strategy builds off of Executive Order...more
Manufacturers of wireless devices used for Internet of Things (IoT) applications should take heed of new Trump Administration proposals aimed at reducing the cybersecurity threats from botnets and other automated and...more
6/26/2018
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Bots ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Internet of Things ,
Manufacturers ,
NIST ,
NTIA ,
Popular ,
Smart Devices ,
Software Developers ,
Trump Administration ,
Wireless Devices
Even president-elect Donald Trump has been the victim of a data breach. Several times actually. The payment card system for his Trump Hotel Collection was infected by malware in May 2014 and 70,000 credit card numbers were...more
As we previewed last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted new privacy rules that govern Internet service providers’ (ISPs) handling of broadband customer information. Though the Wireline Competition...more
10/31/2016
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Broadband ,
Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Internet ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Privacy Rule ,
Telecommunications
As we wrote previously, the federal government released several guidance documents last month implementing The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA). Among these was the Guidance to Assist Non-Federal Entities to...more
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has announced that a proposed rulemaking is being circulated among the Commissioners that would establish privacy and data security requirements applicable to providers of broadband Internet access...more
Verizon Wireless has reached a settlement with the Federal Communications Commission over Verizon’s insertion of unique identifier headers (“UIDH”), also known as “supercookies,” to track customers’ mobile Internet traffic...more
Last week, we discussed the Federal government’s first steps toward implementing the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA). Among the guidance documents released by the Department of Homeland Security and the...more
This week, the Federal government took the first steps toward implementation of the The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), enacted into law last December. CISA aims to encourage sharing of cyber threat indicators...more
Questions of Authority – who will be the federal regulatory cop on the privacy beat? FTC? FCC? Privacy, Data Security Jurisdiction Questions to the Forefront in 2015 -
As privacy and data security gain more visibility...more