For years, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) has required financial institutions to maintain reasonable safeguards for consumer data, but has only had limited breach-reporting requirements. To the extent financial...more
6/13/2024
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On August 8, 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the initial draft of its Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 and draft Implementation Examples for public comment. This marks the first significant...more
Publications and Advisories - July 31, 2023 – Dave Brown, Kate Hanniford, Kim Peretti, Julia Mediamolle, Cara Peterman, Sierra Shear, Kristen Bartolotta, and Kezia Osunsade published “Securities Law, Securities Litigation,...more
8/10/2023
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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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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
The California Privacy Protection Agency Board began its preliminary rulemaking activities to solicit input on forthcoming regulations under the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) in September 2021 when it met to review...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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Ransomware
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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International Data Transfers ,
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Multi-Factor Authentication ,
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Personal Data ,
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Reporting Requirements ,
Russia ,
Ukraine
Selected Developments in U.S. Law - Colorado Privacy Act Becomes Third Comprehensive State Privacy Act in the United States - Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team highlights some of the similarities and differences between...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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Brazil’s General Data Protection Law (the “LGPD”), a law similar to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) is now effective. On April 29 of this year, Brazil’s President issued Provisional...more
Selected Developments in U.S. Law - SEC Creates Event and Emerging Risk Examination Team - Following the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations’ (OCIE) recent and detailed risk alert on the threat of ransomware,...more
8/14/2020
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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
The California legislature passed several amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.100 to 1798.190) (the “CCPA”) on September 13, 2019. ...more
9/23/2019
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Data Protection ,
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Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action ,
Right to Delete
New Hampshire recently passed its Insurance Data Security Law based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioner’s (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law. The law will go into effect January 1, 2020....more
On May 7, 2019, Washington amended its data breach notification law (HB 1071). The amendment shortens the period in which notice must be provided, expands the definition of personal information, adds further content...more