Warby Parker Fined $1.5 Million Following HHS Investigation of Credential Stuffing Security Breach -
On February 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced a...more
3/14/2025
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California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Reporting Requirements ,
UK
DOJ Final Rule: New US Restrictions on Nearly All Foreign Access to Personal Data -
The National Security Division of the United States Department of Justice has issued a sweeping final rule that would prevent access to...more
1/17/2025
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California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) ,
Class Action ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
Final Rules ,
Foreign Governments ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Security Rule ,
National Security ,
OCR ,
Personal Data ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
UK
X Agrees to Stop Processing EU Data to Train its Grok AI -
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) recently filed an urgent High Court application against X (formerly Twitter) for using the personal data of European...more
9/13/2024
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
Fines ,
Ireland ,
Liability ,
Personal Data ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Twitter ,
Uber
CFPB Director Chopra Emphasizes “Pressing Need” for Data Protections -
On June 12, 2024 and June 13, 2024, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra appeared before the Senate Banking Committee and the...more
7/1/2024
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Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Multi-Factor Authentication ,
Personal Data ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Settlement ,
State Privacy Laws ,
UK GDPR ,
Vermont
FTC Announces Proposed Settlement with Data Aggregator over its Alleged Selling of Precise Location Data -
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), on January 18, 2024, announced a proposed settlement with InMarket Media...more
Less than two months after the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA” or “Agency”) formally took over rulemaking for the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act...more
6/8/2022
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Cybersecurity ,
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Regulatory Agenda
At an open meeting on February 9, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted three-to-one to propose new and amended rules regarding cybersecurity risk management, cyber incident reporting and cyber risk disclosure...more
On January 12, 2022, the French data protection authority (“CNIL“) published guidance on the reuse of personal data by processors for their own purposes (the “Guidance”)....more
1/28/2022
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Data Breach ,
Data Management ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
FCC ,
France ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Standards
Few things are certain, but it is indisputable that in 2022 data will remain big; data driven technologies will create unparalleled opportunity and risk; the frequency and sophistication of cyberattacks will shatter...more
1/7/2022
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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Loss Prevention ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hackers ,
International Data Transfers ,
Machine Learning ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Section 5
The Risk Alert makes clear that OCIE has observed an increase in the frequency of credential stuffing attacks against Registrants, including some successful credential stuffing attacks that resulted in the loss of customer...more
The California Attorney General’s Office (California AG) submitted final proposed regulations (Regulations) under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to the California Office of Administrative Law (CA OAL) on June 1,...more
6/24/2020
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ) ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General
The California legislature unanimously approved and California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) on June 28, 2018. The CCPA is arguably the most far-reaching data...more
9/19/2018
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Consent ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Covered Entities ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
New Legislation ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Private Right of Action ,
Right to Be Forgotten ,
Right to Delete ,
Right To Know ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC” or the “Commission”) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) announced in an April 15, 2014 Risk Alert (the “Alert”) that it will be conducting...more