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Ropes & Gray LLP

Dashing Through Cybersecurity Regulations in the Financial Services Sector in 2024

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Throughout 2024, financial sector regulators sharpened their focus on data protection and cybersecurity issues impacting financial institutions and the public. Key federal agencies like the Securities and Exchange Commission...more

Alston & Bird

Data Breach Notification Requirements Under the Safeguards Rule Now in Effect

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For years, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) has required financial institutions to maintain reasonable safeguards for consumer data, but has only had limited breach-reporting requirements. To the extent financial...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FTC Adds Data Breach Notification Requirement to Safeguards Rule

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) has amended its Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information, commonly known as the "Safeguards Rule," to require non-bank financial institutions to report certain data...more

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Thirty-Three State Attorneys General Show Support for FTC’s Proposed Crackdown on “Commercial Surveillance”

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On August 22, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) indicated through the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking its intent to limit commercial surveillance – the common corporate practice of collecting, analyzing, and...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Cybersecurity Regulation: Key Takeaways From an Unusual FTC Order That Will Follow CEO for a Decade

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The FTC recently issued a proposed order that would settle an enforcement action against Drizly, LLC and its co-founder and CEO, James Rellas, arising from data breaches in 2018 and 2020 that affected over 2.5 million...more

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FTC Amends Financial Institution Safeguards Rule Including New Information Security Requirements

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The updated rule also includes new exemptions, expands the definition of “financial institution,” and creates new accountability requirements. On October 27th the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) adopted and published...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Non-Banking Institutions Will Want to Review Security Measures in Light of Update to Safeguards Rule

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The FTC recently announced a final rule updating its GLBA Safeguards Rule to “strengthen the data security safeguards” of consumer financial information. The FTC reported that it was making these changes in response to...more

Saul Ewing LLP

FTC Amends Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information

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On October 27, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a Final Rule amending the Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information (also known as the “Safeguards Rule”), 16 C.F.R. Part 314. The Safeguards Rule sets...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Can You Survive Identity Theft?

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Identity Theft in the Digital and Physical Worlds - Common sense is the best defense against identity theft – creating strong passwords for online accounts and monitoring personal credit reports and credit card statements...more

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The FTC Data Security Settlement with Uber

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The Risks of Overpromising and Underperforming - Demonstrating its authority over all things cybersecurity, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it has entered into a proposed consent order with Uber for the...more

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