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Israel’s GDPR-like Legislation Set to Take Effect in 2025

In 2024, Israel became the latest jurisdiction to enact comprehensive privacy legislation, largely inspired by the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). On August 5, 2024, Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, voted...more

DOJ Announces Cybersecurity Enforcement Initiative Targeting Federal Contractors

Last week, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the launch of its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative (“the Initiative”) aimed at combating “new and emerging cyber threats to the security of sensitive information and critical...more

California Expands Privacy and Security Requirements for Genetic Data

With health-related data and how to protect it at the forefront of discussion since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, this week California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law two bills related to genetic data. First, AB...more

Health App Alert: FTC Expands Scope Health Breach Notification Rule

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently issued an important policy statement to health apps and other connected devices that collect or use consumers’ health information. The FTC’s policy statement effectively...more

Texas Joins Other States With New Texas Data Breach Notification Requirement: Is This A New Trend?

The Texas Legislature, which meets every other year, pushed a change to its data breach notification law at the end of the session in late May, and yesterday Governor Greg Abbott signed the bill into law...more

Connecticut On Its Way To An Enhanced Data Breach Notification Law

State legislatures across the nation are prioritizing privacy and security matters, and Connecticut is no exception. This week, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced the passage of An Act Concerning Data Privacy...more

NY Attorney General Announces Settlement After Website Data Breach

In late May, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a $200,000 settlement agreement with Filters Fast, an online water filtration retailer, stemming from a 2019 data breach compromising the personal information of...more

Utah Is The 2nd State To Create A Safe Harbor For Companies Facing Data Breach Litigation

In mid-March, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed into law the Cybersecurity Affirmative Defense Act (HB80) (“the Act”), an amendment to Utah’s data breach notification law, creating several affirmative defenses for persons...more

The Circuit Split Continues: 11th Circuit Weighs In On Standing In Data Breach Litigation

The 11th Circuit recently weighed in on the hottest issue is data breach litigation, whether a demonstration of actual harm is required to have standing to sue. Joining several other circuit courts, the 11th Circuit in Tsao...more

OCR Releases Report Summarizing HIPAA Privacy And Security Compliance Failures

In the final days of 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Health and Human Service (HHS) released a HIPAA Audits Industry Report (“the Report”), that could be quite helpful to covered entities and business...more

California Passes Prop 24: Here Comes CCPA 2.0

It goes without saying that November 3rd 2020 was an important day for the future of the nation, but it was also a significant day for the future of California privacy law. On Tuesday, a strong majority of California voters...more

Michigan Considers Enhanced Data Breach Notification Law

Privacy and security continue to be at the forefront for legislatures across the nation, despite (or perhaps because of) the COVID-19 pandemic. In late May, with back-to-back amendments, Washington D.C. and Vermont...more

Vermont Updates Its Data Breach Notification Law

As the COVID-19 pandemic presses on, privacy and security matters continue to be at the forefront for federal and state legislature. We recently reported that Washington D.C. updated its data breach notification law. Now, the...more

Washington D.C. Significantly Overhauls Its Data Breach Notification Law

In the midst of COVID-19 challenges, privacy and security matters continue to be at the forefront for federal and state legislature. In late March, the Washington D.C. (“D.C.”) legislature amended its data breach notification...more

Maryland Again Amends Its Data Breach Notification Law

In response to trends, heightened public awareness, and a string of large-scale data breaches, states continue to enhance their data breach notification laws. In 2017 Maryland amended its Personal Information Protection Act...more

Illinois Enhances Its Data Breach Notification Requirements

In response to trends, heightened public awareness, and a string of large-scale data breaches, states continue to enhance their data breach notification laws. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker recently signed into law an...more

Georgia Supreme Court May Weigh In On Standing In Data Breach Litigation

The Georgia Supreme Court may weigh in on the hot issue plaguing data breach class action litigation across the nation, must a data breach victim suffer actual financial loss to recover damages, or is the threat of future...more

New Notification Requirements In New York For Healthcare Providers Facing A Cybersecurity Incident

On August 12, Mahesh Nattanmai, New York’s Chief Health Information Officer, issued a notice letter (“the notice”) on behalf of the New York State Department of Health (“Department”) requiring healthcare providers to use a...more

Is Your Small Business Prioritizing Cybersecurity?

A recent study surveying small and mid sized businesses (SMBs) found that 67% had experienced a cyber attack in 2018, and yet that same study found that cybersecurity is still “not on the to do list” for SMBs – 60% of the...more

New York Enacts SHIELD Act, Adding Data Security Requirements And Strengthening Data Breach Requirements

New York has enacted the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (SHIELD Act) to amend the state’s data breach notification law to impose more expansive data security and data breach notification requirements on...more

New Jersey’s Data Breach Notification Amendment Signed Into Law

On May 10, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law P.L.2019, c.95. an amendment enhancing New Jersey’s data breach notification law by expanding the definition of personal information, and updating notification requirements. As...more

California’s “Your Data, Your Way” Initiative

California keeps making privacy headlines for its trailblazing California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), set to take effect January 1, 2020, but there is another set of privacy bills making its way through the California...more

North Carolina’s Much Anticipated Data Breach Notification Law Amendment Moves To General Assembly

The much-anticipated amendment to North Carolina’s data breach notification law that we reported on earlier this year (see here) has finally been introduced to the state’s General Assembly. The bill entitled, an Act...more

Damaging Data Breaches Don’t Just Involve SSNs Or Medical Information

A few weeks back a company’s watch list containing nearly 2.5 million individuals and entities considered “high-risk” for its clients was mistakenly leaked to the public. A “high-risk” entity in this circumstance was one...more

U.S. Supreme Court Allows Zappos Data Breach Litigation To Proceed

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a petition for a writ of certiorari by Zappos requesting the Court to review a Ninth Circuit Court decision which allowed customers affected by a data breach to proceed with a...more

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