The White House announced that President Biden will sign an executive order designed to protect sensitive data of U.S. persons from exploitation by identified countries of concern. This executive order is expected to be...more
Publications and Advisories - April 5, 2023 – Kate Hanniford and Elinor Hiller published “Healthy Byte: White House and HHS Both Update Their Cybersecurity Guidance.”...more
Publications and Advisories - February 10, 2023 – Kathleen Benway, David Keating, and Sara Pullen Guercio published “Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy / Consumer Protection/FTC Advisory: Limit Your Health Data Sharing and Call...more
2/15/2023
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
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State Privacy Laws
Selected U.S. Privacy and Cyber Updates - California Privacy Protection Agency Issues Notice of Modifications to Proposed CPRA Regulations - On November 3, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) issued a notice...more
Selected Developments in U.S. Law - U.S. Department of Commerce Announces the Establishment of a Global CBPR Forum On April 21, 2022, Canada, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and the United States...more
5/11/2022
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Digital Assets ,
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Selected Developments in U.S. Law - SEC Proposed Rule Will Require Private Funds to Report Certain Cyber Events On January 26, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules to enhance hedge fund...more
2/9/2022
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Cyber Incident Reporting ,
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International Data Transfers ,
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Multi-Factor Authentication ,
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Russia ,
Ukraine
The Data Strategy Webinar Series spotlights cutting-edge issues in privacy and cybersecurity. This session will feature the latest developments regarding SCCs and data transfers out of Europe, including a discussion of...more
Selected Developments in U.S. Law - NYDFS Issues Report on the SolarWinds Attack and Covered Entities’ Responses Following the SolarWinds cyber espionage attack and the resulting focus on supply chain risk, the New York...more
5/14/2021
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Settlement ,
SolarWinds ,
Supply Chain
Selected Developments in U.S. Law - Fifth Circuit Decision Raises Cyber Enforcement Complications for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services As the Biden Administration begins detailing its regulatory and...more
2/18/2021
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Biden Administration ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Ransomware ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Work-Product Doctrine
Selected Developments in U.S. Law - Japan’s Personal Information Protection Committee Releases Guidance on Contact Tracing Mobile Apps to Combat COVID-19 - On May 1, the Personal Information Protection Committee in Japan...more
Plaintiffs’ counsel have started to lay the groundwork for a broad private right of action under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
The first part of this article provides an overview of how the CCPA addresses...more
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has released updated regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that contain a number of material modifications to the initial CCPA regulations released in October...more
2/14/2020
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Selected Developments in U.S. Law -
NIST Publishes Privacy Framework Version 1.0 -
On January 16, 2020, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published Version 1.0 of its Privacy Framework: A Tool for...more
Our Privacy & Data Security Team summarizes the portions of California’s proposed regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that are likely of material interest to companies across industries and highlights...more
10/15/2019
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Information ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Delete