The European Commission has announced that it has reached a deal to replace the EU-US Safe Harbor framework that was declared invalid last year by the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”). Heralded as the EU-US...more
After nearly 4 years of negotiations, yesterday evening the EU reached agreement on the final provisions of its new data protection laws. With it, a new era of data protection has been ushered in that will have far reaching...more
Personal data is a valuable corporate asset. At times, the personal information collected from customers (such as email address, mailing address, phone number, etc.) can be a company’s most valuable asset. Unfortunately,...more
10/20/2015
/ Bankruptcy Code ,
Chapter 11 ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Customer Lists ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Digital Assets ,
Disney ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Google ,
Hackers ,
MySpace ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
RadioShack ,
Sale of Assets ,
Snapchat ,
WhatsApp
On October 6, California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation updating California’s data breach notice statute for the third time in three years. The news was quickly overshadowed by the CJEU’s decision invalidating the...more
10/15/2015
/ Breach Notification Rule ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Encryption ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Hackers ,
Incident Response Plans ,
International Data Transfers ,
New Legislation ,
Popular ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Privacy ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
Earlier this month, privacy and security professionals from around the globe gathered for “Privacy. Security. Risk. 2015”—the second joint conference between the International Association of Privacy Professionals and the...more
10/15/2015
/ Big Data ,
Cloud Computing ,
Compliance ,
Covered Entities ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Dropbox ,
Edward Snowden ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Ethics ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Google ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
International Data Transfers ,
Internet of Things ,
Ireland ,
Microsoft ,
National Security ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
OCR ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Privacy ,
Safe Harbors ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Security Risk Assessments ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
As we head into the end of 2015, state legislators across the country continue to strengthen, update and, in some instances, broaden the scope of their respective state data breach notification laws. Specifically, many...more
10/1/2015
/ Bank Accounts ,
Breach Notification Rule ,
Credit Cards ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Breach Plans ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Debit Cards ,
Hackers ,
Passwords ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Social Security Numbers
On Monday, the Third Circuit issued a highly anticipated opinion affirming the Federal Trade Commission's authority to regulate "unfair" cybersecurity practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act. In allowing the data breach...more
8/27/2015
/ Credit Cards ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Debit Cards ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fraudulent Charges ,
FTC v Wyndham ,
Hackers ,
Section 5 ,
Wyndham
The provider of the immensely popular “Brightest Flashlight Free” mobile app for Android reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over charges that it collected sensitive personal information, including...more
California is continuing to blaze new trails in the area of online data privacy. Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed into law several new pieces of privacy legislation. The new laws affect all operators of commercial Web sites...more
The Federal Trade Commission has emphasized in the past that general privacy protections in the website space apply equally to mobile services, but a new FTC Staff Report released on Friday hones in on some privacy...more
2/11/2013
/ Address Book ,
App Developers ,
COPPA ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Mobile Apps ,
Notice Requirements ,
Parental Consent ,
Path Inc. ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
Settlement ,
Social Networks ,
Transparency