After recent high profile data breaches and threats to online privacy—ranging from Yahoo Inc.’s data breach of approximately 500 million accounts to the hacking of Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, John Podesta’s email...more
A recent settlement announced by the New York Attorney General’s Office has made clear that failing to provide the required notifications after experiencing a data breach can prove very costly. On August 5th, the Attorney...more
The first question asked by many companies after a data breach is – What is our potential liability? On July 12, 2016 a Missouri Federal Court issued a ruling that companies should be aware of when defending customers’ claims...more
A bill currently pending before the New York State Assembly (A10475) would make a number of significant changes to New York’s data breach notification statute (General Business Law Section 899-aa) in the event that it is...more
A new regulatory authority has entered the field of data security: the relatively new Consumer Financial Protection Board (CFPB). On March 2, the CFPB announced that it had reached a consent order with an Iowa-based company...more
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Following several high-profile breaches of business and government databases affecting the personal information of millions of Americans (including the IRS’s "Get Transcript" app) many businesses, governmental agencies and...more