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Privacy Tip #441 – Identity Theft Statistics Increasing in 2025

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/25/2025

Unfortunately, identity theft continues to increase, and according to Identitytheft.org, the statistics are going to get worse in 2025. Some of the statistics cited by Identitytheft.org include: 1.4 million complaints of...more

Insider Threats: Potential Signs and Security Tips

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 3/21/2025

In recent news, New York’s Stram Center for Integrative Medicine reported a security incident involving an employee misusing a patient’s payment card information. According to a breach report filed with the U.S. Department of...more

FAQs for Schools and Persons Affected By the PowerSchool Data Breach

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/13/2025

A massive data breach hit one of the country’s largest education software providers. According to EducationWeek, PowerSchool provides school software products to more than 16,000 customers, largely K-12 schools, that serve 50...more

Continued Remote Hiring Concerns in IT Sector: What to Look for in 2025 and How to Mitigate Business Risk

Wiley Rein LLP on 1/10/2025

Remote worker fraud is expected to continue to proliferate in 2025. Fully remote hiring and work, particularly in the technology sector, continues to pose unique business and legal risks for companies. Just in December 2024,...more

AI versus MFA

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/9/2025

Ask any chief information security officer (CISO), cyber underwriter or risk manager, or cybersecurity attorney about what controls are critical for protecting an organization’s information systems, you’ll likely find...more

National Public Data Hack Exposes Millions: Essential Steps to Safeguard Your Identity and Combat Fraud

Foley & Lardner LLP on 8/26/2024

The recent massive data breach at National Public Data (NPD), a background check company, has potentially compromised the personal information of millions, if not billions, of individuals, including their Social Security...more

SEC Proposes Cybersecurity Rule for Advisers, Investment Companies

Burr & Forman on 2/14/2022

On February 9, the SEC proposed new cybersecurity risk management regulations for investment advisers, registered investment companies (funds), and business development companies....more

Privacy Tip #261 – Online Shopping Tips for the Holidays

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 11/25/2020

I have done more online shopping this year than ever before, and I know that I am not alone. With the holidays approaching, this will only increase because of the pandemic, and hackers and fraudsters know it....more

Adult Streaming Site Leaves 7TB of Users’ Information Unsecured

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 5/8/2020

Live adult streaming website CAM4 has reportedly not secured 7TB of users’ information, which may be able to be used for blackmail and identity theft purposes, according to researchers from Safety Detectives....more

Privacy Tip #220 – Identity Theft Still in Top Three Frauds Reported to FTC

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 12/19/2019

Three million fraud cases were reported to the FTC in 2018, and 444,602 of them involved identity theft. These reported cases (just think of how high the statistic would be if all cases were reported) amounts to the third...more

Privacy Tip #201 – Capital One Suffers Massive Data Breach

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/1/2019

Many readers have reached out to learn about the Capital One data breach and how it affects us. If you haven’t been watching the story unfold as closely as I have, here is a summary of what happened, what information was...more

Can The Health Care Industry Protect Itself from Cyberattacks?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/22/2018

The health care industry is racing to adopt cutting-edge technology to provide patients with the best treatment possible at the lowest possible cost. ...more

The Importance of Protecting the Last Four Digits of Your Social Security Number

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 9/19/2018

We all know that it is important to protect our social security number. But sometimes companies still try to use the last four digits of our social security numbers as identifiers or to verify identity in some way....more

AICPA Survey Shows U.S. Adults Worried About Identity Theft and Financial Fraud and Concerned Businesses Can’t Protect Their Data

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 5/10/2018

A new Harris Poll for the American Institute of CPA’s (AICPA), which called 1006 U.S. adults for the report, shows interesting statistics regarding American adults’ attitudes and fears about identity theft and financial loss...more

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Privacy Tip #441 – Identity Theft Statistics Increasing in 2025

Insider Threats: Potential Signs and Security Tips

FAQs for Schools and Persons Affected By the PowerSchool Data Breach

Continued Remote Hiring Concerns in IT Sector: What to Look for in 2025 and How to Mitigate Business Risk

AI versus MFA

National Public Data Hack Exposes Millions: Essential Steps to Safeguard Your Identity and Combat Fraud

SEC Proposes Cybersecurity Rule for Advisers, Investment Companies

Privacy Tip #261 – Online Shopping Tips for the Holidays

Adult Streaming Site Leaves 7TB of Users’ Information Unsecured

Privacy Tip #220 – Identity Theft Still in Top Three Frauds Reported to FTC

Privacy Tip #201 – Capital One Suffers Massive Data Breach

Can The Health Care Industry Protect Itself from Cyberattacks?

The Importance of Protecting the Last Four Digits of Your Social Security Number

AICPA Survey Shows U.S. Adults Worried About Identity Theft and Financial Fraud and Concerned Businesses Can’t Protect Their Data

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