Friday (January 22, 2016), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published draft guidance for medical device makers on the importance of including cybersecurity measures in approved products. Further, the guidance highlights...more
A surprising number of seniors are embracing digital technology, including computers, tablets and smartphones. Many use social media and email to stay in touch with friends, children and grandchildren. All of which is good....more
Friday was a busy day in Illinois with arguments over the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. We previously reported that the first known biometric case has been given the green light to proceed. The case alleges that...more
Marty Edwards, head of the Department of Homeland Security’s Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT), recently warned attendees at a conference that ICS-CERT, (which assists U.S. businesses in...more
In what is being described as the first case in the U.S. regarding a state biometric privacy statute, a proposed class was successful in thwarting a motion to dismiss by Shutterfly last week over its alleged practice of...more
Michael’s Stores, Inc. was dismissed from a putative data breach class action case involving the breach of 2.6 million payment cards as the plaintiffs were unable to show that they were injured as a result of the incident....more
Data analytics are getting more sophisticated and are being used in every industry. The more data in the world, the more it can be analyzed—it’s dubbed “big data.” In that context, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently...more
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced last week that his office has settled its investigation of Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber), over allegations that Uber executives could access an aerial view of riders’ locations...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in a denial of a petition from a company that provides bulk marketing texts for other companies, clarified that it will maintain separate standards for fax and text messaging...more
Last week, BIMCO, along with other shipping organizations, “launched” guidelines “to help the global shipping industry prevent major safety, environmental and commercial issues that could result from a cyber incident on-board...more
On January 7, 2016, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper announced the appointment of the leadership team that will head the new Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (Center), which was announced by...more
So I have been in the data privacy and security world for the past 16 years, and I am still amazed at how savvy hacksters are, and how vulnerable we are to their antics. And…how much havoc they can wreak personally and to our...more
Last Friday, Chris Correa, the former scouting director of the St. Louis Cardinals, pleaded guilty in federal court in Texas for unlawfully accessing the Houston Astros’ database, which included scouting and draft...more
The Regional Income Tax Agency of Ohio (RITA) announced on December 31, 2015, that it lost the personal data of approximately 50,000 individuals who filed tax forms with the agency in November. RITA provides tax collection...more
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has announced that the comment period for the draft NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide “Mobile Device Security: Cloud& Hybrid Builds” will close on January 8, 2016....more
2015 was a banner year for data breaches and associated class action litigation. Toward the end of the year, class action cases were filed the same day as the notification. Based upon the data breach fallout in 2015, there is...more
The IRS released a bulletin on December 30, 2015, (Announcement 2016-02) announcing that it would extend the tax exemption issued in August to organizations who provide credit monitoring to its employees following a data...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on January 5, 2016, that it has agreed to settle an investigation with Henry Schein Practice Solutions, Inc. (Schein), an office management software provider for dental practices...more
The federal government issued The Cyber-Related Sanctions Regulation on December 31, 2015, which allows the freezing of assets of suspects who aid in cyberattacks. The Regulation follows an Executive Order from April, 2015,...more
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) issued an interim rule on December 30, 2015 that extended the deadline for DOD contractors to comply with security requirements for protecting non-classified, but sensitive government...more
I am obviously a big advocate of teaching kids about privacy at a young age. Luckily, I am not alone. There is a new privacy curriculum that educators can use to help their students learn about privacy issues, their right to...more
In a move applauded by model airplane buffs, the validity of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) new drone registry is being challenged in the U.S. Ct. App. for D.C. Circuit....more
Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) recently announced that is has issued a report entitled, “Cross-Sector-Global: cyber Risk of Growing Importance to Credit Analysis,” which outlines the threat of cyber-attacks and how they...more
A new report from Rock Health states that digital health funding in 2015 reached $4.3 billion from 180 merger and acquisition deals in the past year, primarily with IPOs in the first half of 2015. This represents 7 percent of...more
In response to our clients, colleagues, readers and friends’ requests, we started publishing weekly privacy tips 16 weeks ago. We hope that you have found them to be helpful, both in your personal and professional life....more
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