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6 Considerations to Determine if a Cyber Incident Is Material

Troutman Pepper Locke on 12/2/2024

In late June, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance released five new compliance and disclosure interpretations regarding the disclosure of material cybersecurity incidents...more

US Breach Laws Are Coming: Vermont

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/24/2018

On January 1, 2019 Vermont’s breach notice law will include obligations specific to data brokers. A “data broker” is defined as a business that “knowingly collects and sells or licenses to third parties the brokered personal...more

Summary Judgment: Recent HIPAA Case Emphasizes Encryption, Action on Risk Analysis - AHLA Health Information and Technology...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 8/2/2018

On June 18, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced that an HHS Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) granted summary judgment to OCR in an enforcement action...more

California Passes Landmark Consumer Privacy CCPA—What it Means for Businesses

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 7/9/2018

• California recently passed the landmark California Consumer Privacy Act that goes into effect in 2020, which grants California residents new privacy rights. • The CCPA creates a private right of action for California...more

California Lawmakers Pass Sweeping New Data Privacy Law - Last-Minute Legislative Compromise Opens Door To Liability And...

Fisher Phillips on 6/29/2018

Due to some last-minute bargaining between state lawmakers and proponents of a controversial data privacy initiative, California businesses will soon need to prepare to comply with a new state measure designed to protect...more

Collection of Biometric Data Raises Privacy Concerns for Employees and Compliance Issues for Employers

Fisher Phillips on 3/16/2018

Many of us have become comfortable with the convenience of logging into our laptops or smartphones using a fingerprint scan in lieu of remembering yet another password. We are familiar with television and movie portrayals of...more

NY DFS Proposed Cybersecurity Regulations Revised and Implementation Delayed

Carlton Fields on 1/17/2017

We previously reported on the New York Department of Financial Services’ proposed cybersecurity regulations. During the public comment period, the DFS received over 150 comments. In response, the DFS announced on December 28,...more

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