The televised “thud” of explosions in Ukraine has an ominous but deceptively distant tone. For many organizations the hostilities are closer at hand, in the form of cyberattacks that could spread beyond the Russian-Ukrainian...more
California voters approved Proposition 24, also known as the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), in November 2020. The ballot initiative, which passed with approximately 56% support from voters, expands the California...more
2/26/2021
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Signed into law on June 28, 2018, the California Consumer Privacy Act provides the most comprehensive and aggressive privacy law in the United States — despite being pushed through the legislative process in one week....more
8/2/2018
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They seem to come earlier every year, don’t they? Grab your seasonally spiced latte and huddle around the bonfire to read the final version of the Insurance Data Security Model Law (Data Security Model) adopted by the...more
On October 18, 2017, the EU Commission released its report of the first annual review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework. The Privacy Shield is the successor of the Safe Harbor Agreement which was invalidated by the...more
10/23/2017
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A year from today, radical changes to data privacy laws in the European Union will come into effect. Businesses should start preparing now, given the significant changes. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will...more
President Trump has issued a much-anticipated executive order (EO) on cybersecurity. The order requires all federal executive agencies to adhere to a single security framework and is intended to improve the nation’s defenses...more