Trends and areas of focus under U.S. state data protection laws emerge as U.S. states with data protection laws in place increase enforcement actions and coordination....more
5/20/2025
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Looking forward to 2025, more U.S. states are in line to pass omnibus data protection laws, enforcement of U.S. state data protection laws is likely to increase, and “sensitive data” concepts will similarly grow and take...more
President Biden issued an Executive Order last month calling on the DOJ and relevant government agencies to tighten regulations on bulk data transfers to “countries of concern.” In late February, President Biden issued...more
3/22/2024
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Last year proved to be a big year in data protection with U.S. state data protection laws popping up across the country, the FTC updating its guidance and regulations on everything from data breaches and biometric...more
1/18/2024
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The amended rule requires financial institutions to notify the FTC within 30 days of discovery of a security breach involving information of at least 500 consumers. ...more
Data Breaches risk legal consequences—both from state and federal governments and consumers, as well as reputational harm.
Last month, MCNA—a dental benefit provider—provided notice of a data breach that exposed the...more
6/8/2023
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Banking organizations must notify the appropriate agency within 36 hours of certain computer-security incidents; and banking service providers must notify affected banking organizations as soon as possible in the event of an...more
12/22/2021
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Investors filed a derivative suit claiming that the company knew about, and failed to mitigate known, existing cybersecurity risks and shortfalls prior to the security breach.
In early November, pension funds and...more
12/7/2021
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