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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

Key Privacy and Cybersecurity Watchdogs Make Their Naughty Lists

Ropes & Gray LLP on 12/10/2024

Although 2024 saw several states enact comprehensive privacy legislation, another year is nearly gone, and we still do not have a comprehensive federal privacy law to resolve the rapidly evolving patchworks of state laws....more

CFPB Report Highlights Financial Data Protection Challenges

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/18/2024

On November 12, the CFPB released a report analyzing federal and state-level privacy protections for consumer financial data. The current federal framework for financial data privacy relies on the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act...more

CFPB Urges States to Act on Consumer Financial Data Protection

Cozen O'Connor on 11/15/2024

The CFPB issued a report on State Consumer Privacy Laws and the Monetization of Consumer Financial Data, which examines existing privacy protections for consumers’ financial data under federal and state laws....more

Rolling With the Punches in a Networked World: CCOE Cybersecurity Panel Discussion

Foley & Lardner LLP on 6/14/2024

Whether the game is football, baseball, hockey, or Indy Car racing, no team goes into their major championship matchup without training. Companies need to train as well if they intend to operate on the internet and expect to...more

Tennessee Passes Comprehensive Data Privacy Law

White & Case LLP on 6/26/2023

On May 11, 2023, Governor Bill Lee signed the Tennessee Information Protection Act (TIPA) into law. Tennessee now joins the rapidly increasing group of states, California, Utah, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Iowa and...more

House committee continues federal privacy legislation discussions

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/8/2023

On April 27, the House Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce, a subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, held a hearing entitled “Addressing America’s Data Privacy Shortfalls: How a National Standard...more

Video: Introduction: A Deep Dive into Privacy

McGlinchey Stafford on 1/27/2023

The world of cybersecurity and privacy have grown exponentially in recent years, both on the federal and state level. A pandemic-driven shift to remote has increased social media interaction and electronic communication, and...more

Meet Connecticut's New Cybersecurity Law

ArentFox Schiff on 7/2/2021

Although the Connecticut legislature was not successful in passing a privacy law similar to those passed in California, Colorado and Virginia, on June 24, 2021, the “Act Incentivizing The Adoption Of Cybersecurity Standards...more

The CCPA and Similar State Laws – Considerations for Private Investment Funds

Morgan Lewis on 2/28/2020

Managers of private investment funds that collect personal information are required to comply with the landmark California Consumer Privacy Act – with some exemptions. ...more

Florida’s Legislature to Consider Consumer Data Privacy Bill Akin to California’s CCPA

Carlton Fields on 1/15/2020

Florida lawmakers have proposed data privacy legislation that, if adopted, would impose significant new obligations on companies offering a website or online service to Florida residents, including allowing consumers to “opt...more

CCPA Amendments – What did California Actually Do?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/18/2019

The rush for California to get all of the “rules of the road” ready for next year has seemed to cause a bit of confusion with California’s privacy law. Draft regulations were published the same day the Governor signed into...more

State Legislature Hears Concerns About Proposed Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Bill

Pierce Atwood LLP on 10/14/2019

On October 7, 2019, the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure held a hearing on pending legislation, including An Act Relative to Consumer Data Privacy (S.120). Modeled on the California Consumer...more

Nevada Consumer Opt-Out Right from Sale of Personal Information Goes into Effect

Proskauer on Privacy on 10/1/2019

Effective tomorrow, October 1, 2019, the existing Nevada Privacy of Information Collected on the Internet from Consumers Act will be amended to include a consumer right to opt out from the sale of personal information and to...more

Are Banks and Other Lenders Subject to the CCPA?

Carlton Fields on 8/30/2019

California’s new privacy statute imposes a number of new requirements on businesses that touch the personal information of California consumers. Its reach includes banks and financial services companies....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

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - March 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/2/2019

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine new cybersecurity legislation in California and Massachusetts, the British government's updates to its cybersecurity laws in anticipation of Brexit and...more

GLBA and the California Privacy Act: Analyzing SB 1121’s Change to the Financial Institution Carve-Out Provision

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/27/2018

Less than three months after California passed the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 1121 this week, making a number of technical and substantive changes to the law....more

California’s New Privacy Act: Update on Amendments

Womble Bond Dickinson on 9/7/2018

In July, we published a client alert answering key questions about the CCPA. However, state lawmakers have made additional changes to the law since then. Below is an updated overview showing the amendments in bold...more

Amendments to California Consumer Privacy Act Head to Governor’s Desk

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 9/6/2018

The California legislature passed SB 1121, a bill to amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), on Friday night, hours before the legislature recessed for the year. SB 1121 contained only a few substantive changes,...more

More Privacy Legislative Activity in California

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 9/5/2018

Labor Day is passed, and the Privacy & Security Matters blog is back after a bit of a hiatus. The California State Legislature was busy up to the last day of the session working on privacy legislation. Amendments to...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

How to Avoid and Respond to a Cybersecurity Breach

Troutman Pepper on 9/17/2015

In light of numerous recent data breaches, cybersecurity has emerged as an issue impacting organizations ranging from the local hardware store to the largest multi-national firms in the world. In short, no industry is immune...more

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