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New York Imposes Stringent Cybersecurity and Cyber Incident Reporting Obligations on Hospitals

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New York recently passed new cybersecurity regulations for hospitals licensed in New York to enhance patient safety and cybersecurity....more

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Rhode Island Enacts Comprehensive Data Privacy Law

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On June 13, 2024, the Rhode Island legislature passed the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act (the “Act”), which became law in late June. The Act aims to protect the personal information of Rhode Island...more

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New Hampshire Enacts Comprehensive Data Privacy Law

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On March 6, 2024, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed into law SB 255-FN, An Act Relative to the Expectation of Privacy (the “Act”), making New Hampshire the 14th state to enact a comprehensive data privacy law —...more

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Client Alert: New Jersey Privacy Law

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On January 16, 2024, New Jersey became the fourteenth state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation after the passage of the New Jersey Data Privacy Act (“NJDPA”), adding to the growing national focus on consumer personal...more

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New Year, New(ish) State Privacy Laws: New Jersey and New Hampshire Ring in 2024 with Comprehensive Privacy Laws

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Just one month into 2024 and two states have already passed comprehensive consumer data privacy bills. In New Jersey, the legislature passed and on January 16 the governor signed S. 332 (“New Jersey Act”). And in New...more

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New Jersey Passes Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law

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On January 16, 2024, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Senate Bill No. 332, “An Act concerning online services, consumers, and personal data” (“SB 332”).  New Jersey is the fourteenth state to pass a...more

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New Jersey Enacts Privacy Law

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On January 16, 2024, Governor Philip D. Murphy signed into law the New Jersey Data Privacy Act (the “Privacy Act”), which goes into effect on January 15, 2025....more

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The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 9, November 2023

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The Accreditation Overhaul for North Carolina (and Florida) Colleges - Last month, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed House Bill 8 (HB 8) into law. In addition to establishing a new computer science requirement for...more

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Upcoming EU Rules on Digital Operational Resilience

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There will be additional compliance obligations and mandatory contractual provisions introduced for financial entities and outsourced IT service providers. The new DORA seeks to strengthen the resilience of financial...more

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Biden Administration Releases Highly Anticipated National Cybersecurity Strategy

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On March 2, 2023, the Biden Administration released its National Cybersecurity Strategy. The Strategy represents the latest push by the Administration to focus on cybersecurity concerns, following the release of Executive...more

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Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act: Significant Changes to Incident Reporting Are on the Horizon

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In May 2021, Colonial Pipeline, a privately held oil pipeline responsible for nearly half of the oil supply for the U.S. East Coast, was crippled by a DarkSide ransomware attack. DarkSide is widely believed to be a...more

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President Biden Signs Two Cybersecurity Bills Into Law

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Takeaway: President Biden recently signed into law the “Federal Rotation Cyber Workforce Program Act” and the “State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act”. With these new laws, the Biden Administration is attempting to...more

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Connecticut’s Privacy Law Signed by Governor

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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed the Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring Act (CPDPA) into law on May 10, 2022, making Connecticut the most recent state to pass its own privacy law in the absence of comprehensive...more

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Not in My Backyard: NC Becomes First State to Prohibit Public Entities from Paying Ransoms

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As part of the budget appropriations law enacted on November 18, 2021, North Carolina became the first state in the nation to prohibit state agencies and local government entities from paying a ransom following a ransomware...more

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China Rolls Out Critical Information Infrastructure Security Protection Regulations

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China’s State Council on August 17 released the Critical Information Infrastructure Security Protection Regulations (“Regulations”) effective September 1, a key administrative regulation in the implementation of the 2016...more

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China Finalizes Data Security Law to Strengthen Regulation on Data Protection

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On June 10, 2021, the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress passed the long awaited People's Republic of China (China) Data Security Law ("DSL") after a final read of the third draft. The DSL, which takes...more

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Are You in Compliance With New York’s Newest Requirement to Develop, Maintain, and Implement Reasonable Safeguards to Protect New...

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The new data security requirements provision of New York’s Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act went into full force as of March 21, 2020, and all people and businesses, regardless of the state in...more

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Update: Security Requirements under New York SHIELD Act to Go Into Effect

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One of the major changes introduced by the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act, which was signed into New York law last year, is scheduled to take effect this week. ...more

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The New York State “Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act” (SHIELD Act) Becomes Effective March 21, 2020: Is Your...

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Time is running out. The effective date of New York’s cybersecurity law mandating that organizations implement an information security program to protect “private information” of New York State residents, including employee...more

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IoT Manufacturers – What You Need to Know About California’s IoT Law

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California has another privacy law that took effect on January 1, 2020 and it’s not the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This privacy law regulates Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices. SB 327 was enacted in 2018...more

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States’ Data Breach Notification Statute Amendments in Quarters 3-4 of 2019

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From late June 2019 through mid-October 2019, a handful of states amended their data breach notification statutes. Specifically, six states amended their states to (1) require notice to the State Attorney General, (2) broaden...more

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Cybersecurity e Responsabilità Amministrativa degli enti ex D.Lgs. 231/2001

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In data 20 novembre 2019 è stata pubblicata in G.U. la Legge 18 novembre 2019, n. 133 (la “Legge Cybersecurity”), con cui è stato convertito in legge, con modifiche, il Decreto Legge 21 settembre 2019, n. 105 (il “Decreto...more

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The New York SHIELD Act: What Employers Need To Know

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As mega-breaches heighten concern about the security of personal information and a federal solution does not appear forthcoming, New York recently joined the growing list of states imposing their own security obligations on...more

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Delaware and New Hampshire Join Growing List of States With New Insurance Data Security Laws

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Delaware (July 31, 2019) and New Hampshire (August 2, 2019) have become the latest states to add to the insurance cybersecurity landscape by enacting information security laws.  These laws come on the heels of Connecticut’s...more

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Virginia Caps Supplier Liability in Major IT Procurement Contracts

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Under a new law in Virginia that goes into effect on July 1, 2019, contractual liability of certain information technology (IT) suppliers to the Commonwealth of Virginia will generally be capped at a maximum of two times the...more

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