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Low-Budget, High-Impact Ways to Reduce Privacy and Cybersecurity Risks in 2025‎

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 3/3/2025

Know What Laws Apply - Privacy and security laws, particularly in the U.S., have changed dramatically in the last few years. It’s not surprising many leaders are unsure which new laws or updated regulations apply to their...more

Are Employees Receiving Regular Data Protection Training? Are They AI Literate?

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 2/19/2025

Employee security awareness training is a best practice and a “reasonable safeguard” for protecting the privacy and security of an organization’s sensitive data. The list of data privacy and cybersecurity laws mandating...more

[Webcast Transcript] Today’s Privacy Reality: AI, Assessments, Breach and DSARs

HaystackID on 3/2/2023

Editor’s Note: On February 15, 2023, HaystackID shared an educational webcast to provide valuable insight into the ways in which AI is being used to address key issues in the realm of privacy and cybersecurity. The expert...more

Data Privacy in 2023: Expectations, Responsibilities & Cyber Security Tactics to Safeguard Your Information

J.S. Held on 2/9/2023

INTRODUCTION - As more of our lives and work become digitized, an inherent overlap continues to grow between data privacy and cyber security programs. Think of two similarly sized circles: in the past, data privacy and cyber...more

What Non-Financial Institutions Need to Know About Gramm-Leach-Bliley

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 1/19/2023

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) is typically referred to in the context of financial institutions. It requires offerers of consumer financial products to explain how they share information and protect sensitive data. It’s...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - August 2022

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/7/2022

In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we review the FTC’s proposed data privacy and cybersecurity rulemaking and the European Data Protection Board’s draft guidelines on the calculation of GDPR administrative fines....more

Data Protection And The Role Of Vendor Management

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/7/2021

The SolarWinds hack highlights the critical need for organizations of all sizes to include cyber supply chain risk management as part of their information security program. It is also a reminder that privacy and security...more

Virginia Is For Lovers . . . Of Data Privacy - UPDATED March 2021

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 3/9/2021

Update: The VCDPA was signed into law by Governor Ralph Northam without amendment on March 2, 2021. The VCDPA will become operative on January 1, 2023, and businesses should remain mindful of pending legislation in states...more

Data Privacy and E-Commerce: Considerations for the Food and Beverage Industry

International Lawyers Network on 9/17/2020

The global food and beverage e-commerce market is expected to grow to $22.4 billion in 2020, possibly reaching $36.4 billion in 2023. That’s up from $14.9 billion in 2019. Food and beverage e-commerce revenue in the United...more

Nevada Adds “Do Not Sell” Requirement to Privacy Law

BakerHostetler on 6/6/2019

Last week, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed new privacy legislation into law in Nevada. Senate Bill 220 (SB-220) updates Nevada Revised State 603A to provide consumers a new right to opt out of the sale of their data....more

ICYMI: A quick look at recent Privacy and Cybersecurity headlines

McGuireWoods LLP on 5/24/2019

European Commission Comments on GDPR’s One-Year Anniversary On the one-year anniversary of the GDPR, Andrus Ansip, Vice-President for the Digital Single Market and Vera Jourová, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender...more

The Importance of Information Security Plans

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 10/5/2018

In the first installation of our weekly series during National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we examine information security plans (ISP) as part of an overall cybersecurity strategy. Regardless of the size or function of an...more

California’s Consumer Privacy Act – The Beginning of a National Data Privacy Law?

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 7/5/2018

California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act on June 28, 2018. This law broadly expands the rights of California residents in their personal information collected through online means. The law imposes requirements...more

California Enacts Sweeping Consumer Privacy Law

WilmerHale on 7/3/2018

On June 28, 2018, California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), a sweeping privacy law that provides consumers with broad notice, access, and deletion rights concerning many types of personal...more

Incident Response Plans: A Comparison of US Law, EU Law and Soon-To-Be EU Law

BCLP on 2/3/2017

The best way to handle any emergency is to be prepared. When it comes to data breaches, incident response plans are the first step organizations take to prepare....more

Cybersecurity and Data Privacy in 2017: Eight Topics to Follow

McGuireWoods LLP on 1/31/2017

Throughout the past several years, data privacy and security practices have evolved into more than just defending against identity theft and protecting sensitive data. In fact, since 2014, to help raise awareness for data...more

The Digital Download - Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Newsletter – November 2016

Alston & Bird on 12/7/2016

Updates on the EU: German DPA Publishes First Privacy Shield Guidelines, Requires German-Law Contracts for Transfers. On June 7, 2016, the European Commission adopted the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. One question that many...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Newsletter: April 2016

Troutman Pepper Locke on 4/27/2016

What seems like a long time ago now, in 2011 PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) warned that “there is no question that law firms are among the companies being targeted by cyber criminals.” Despite this, many law firms believed (or...more

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