In late March, an online retailer successfully asserted consent as a complete defense to a putative Pennsylvania Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act of 1978 (WESCA) class action lawsuit, resulting in the...more
In late February, California lawmakers introduced new legislation that would impose sweeping restrictions on the use of location and tracking data. Known as the California Location Data Act (CLDA), this legislation goes a...more
Colorado waded into the deep end of AI regulation last year with the Colorado AI Act (Senate Bill 24-205), a sweeping law designed to rein in the risks of artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision systems (ADS)....more
2/13/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Colorado ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Enforcement ,
Machine Learning ,
New Legislation ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Risk Management ,
State Legislatures ,
Technology Sector
The conclusion of Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a reminder of the importance for organizations to implement robust security measures and promote good cyber hygiene. As we noted in our State of the Cyber Landscape webinar,...more
11/6/2024
/ Best Practices ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Framework ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management
The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued new guidance (the Guidance) on October 16, 2024, to help state-regulated financial institutions mitigate the myriads of cybersecurity risks posed by artificial...more
10/22/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Machine Learning ,
NYDFS ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management
The financial services industry has seen a litany of new data privacy and cybersecurity challenges through the first half of 2024. Financial institutions are facing unprecedented compliance hurdles resulting from the...more
6/3/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Incident Response Plans ,
New Guidance ,
New Regulations ,
New Rules ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Notification Requirements ,
Regulation S-P ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Third-Party Risk ,
Webinars
In recognition of International Privacy Day on January 28, we wanted to share some insights on the top privacy and cybersecurity issues for the new year. Data privacy and cybersecurity will continue to be one of the most...more
1/29/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Deep Fake ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Personal Information ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Supply Chain
On May 31, 2023, renowned managed file transfer solution provider Ipswitch, Inc. revealed a zero-day vulnerability in its flagship solution, MOVEit Transfer, that can enable mass data theft from thousands of organizations....more
Earlier this month, Colorado became the third state to pass comprehensive data privacy legislation. As we have previously analyzed, California originally passed the CCPA and the CPRA, then Virginia passed the VCDPA, and now...more
California is continuing to make news with respect to its privacy laws. California's Attorney General recently announced the approval of new amendments to regulations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The new...more
Virginia has become the latest state to pass comprehensive privacy legislation as its legislature voted to enact SB 1392, known as the Consumer Data Protection Act (the "Act"). Although many other states have proposed privacy...more
2/24/2021
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Information Governance ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
State and Local Government ,
Virginia
While California understandably has received most of the attention given its recent passage of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), several other states continue to move forward with consideration of their own privacy...more
1/27/2021
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Information Governance ,
New York ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
State Privacy Laws
The financial services industry faced unprecedented cybersecurity and privacy challenges in 2020. From learning how to operate with a remote workforce, dealing with a complex and evolving regulatory environment, facing an...more
While most of us have been understandably focused on the presidential election, the State of California has passed significant new privacy legislation that may have a substantive impact on your business. Specifically,...more
It should not be surprising to anyone that cybersecurity and data protection remain top priorities for regulators of the financial services industry. Indeed, cybersecurity has been regularly identified as a key priority by...more
5/3/2019
/ Broker-Dealer ,
Customer Information ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Investment Adviser ,
OCIE ,
Opt-Outs ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Popular ,
Privacy Policy ,
Regulation S-P ,
Risk Alert ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)