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Making a List and Checking it Twice: Navigating State Privacy and Security Regulations This Year

Ropes & Gray LLP on 12/18/2024

While there are many significant federal laws and regulations related to cybersecurity, states have led the way in regulating this area on a general, sector-agnostic basis, with the most notable and widely acknowledged state...more

Privacy Law Recap 2024: Data Security

Perkins Coie on 12/16/2024

Continued cyberthreats drove expanded data security and breach notification requirements in 2024. Although sectors deemed high-risk saw significant activity, we also saw proposed regulations that stand to have a...more

Utah Updates to Breach Notification Requirements Take Effect

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/20/2024

On May 1, 2024, amendments to Utah’s cybersecurity and data breach notification law took effect. The state’s cybersecurity and data breach notification law requires an organization that conducts business in the State of Utah...more

Utah Breach Notice Law Amended, Effective May 1

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/22/2024

Utah, among other privacy laws it has enacted or modified recently, has also modified its breach notification law. This follows last year’s changes to the law, which among other things codified the state’s Cyber Center....more

The Digital Download – Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Newsletter – November 2023

Alston & Bird on 11/17/2023

Publications and Advisories - November 13, 2023 – Kathleen Benway, Kate Hanniford, Amy Mushahwar, Kim Peretti, and Lance Taubin published “Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Advisory: FTC Approved New Data Breach Notification...more

FTC Approves New Data Breach Notification Requirement for Nonbanking Financial Institutions

Alston & Bird on 11/15/2023

With an amendment to its Safeguards Rule, the Federal Trade Commission has joined other federal agencies regulating cybersecurity breaches. Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team analyzes how the amendment will affect...more

FTC Adds Data Breach Notification Requirement to Safeguards Rule

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 11/2/2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) has amended its Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information, commonly known as the "Safeguards Rule," to require non-bank financial institutions to report certain data...more

Security Breach Notification Chart - September 2023

Perkins Coie on 10/19/2023

Perkins Coie's Privacy & Security practice maintains this comprehensive chart of state laws regarding security breach notification. The chart is for informational purposes only and is intended as an aid in understanding each...more

Comment Deadline Approaching: Health Breach Notification Rule

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 7/21/2023

Summary - On May 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Proposed Rule”), which both clarifies the scope of the Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBN Rule”) to include...more

Keeping Pace with Today’s Challenges: FCC Proposes New Data Breach Rules for CPNI

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 1/13/2023

Prompted by a rapid increase in frequency, sophistication, and scale of data leaks and data breach legislation in recent years, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously voted to kick off a proceeding aimed at...more

36-Hour Breach Notification Rule to Go into Effect for Banking Organizations

Cooley LLP on 12/10/2021

On November 18, 2021, three US agencies – the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) – issued a joint rule concerning...more

Faster and More Comprehensive Breach Notification Requirements Proposed for Banks

Baker Donelson on 1/13/2021

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC), have issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (Proposed Rule) that would require a banking...more

Canada’s New Breach Notification Law: A Global Reach?

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 11/5/2018

We’ve blogged previously about the patchwork of state data privacy laws, and the challenges it poses for multinational businesses. Now, U.S. companies need to beware of our neighbor to the north as well: Canada has enacted a...more

New Data Breach Reporting Requirements in Canada

Womble Bond Dickinson on 10/30/2018

Canada now follows the US trend to require reporting of personal data exposures. Beginning November 1, 2018, a change in the law will require companies subject to Canada’s federal data protection laws to report data breaches...more

Your 10-Step Guide to New Mandatory Breach Reporting

Bennett Jones LLP on 10/18/2018

This 10-step guide will walk you through the upcoming changes to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), the factors to consider in being prepared under PIPEDA and other related...more

Canadian Breach Notification Requirements Take Effect November 1

BakerHostetler on 4/26/2018

On April 18, 2018, the Canadian government published long-awaited Breach of Security Safeguards Regulations specifying the requirements for notifying the Office of the Privacy Commissioner and affected individuals of data...more

Canada’s Data Breach Notification Law Goes Into Effect November 1, 2018

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 4/9/2018

The Cabinet in Ottawa quietly proclaimed on March 26, 2018 that the official implementation date for Canada’s much-needed and long-awaited mandatory data breach notification laws will be November 1, 2018. Oddly enough, the...more

South Dakota: The 49th State To Enact A Data Breach Notification Law

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/27/2018

It’s official! Alabama is the only remaining state lacking a data breach notification statute. On March 21, 2018 South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced that Governor Dennis Daugaard signed into law the state’s...more

Virginia Amends Data Breach Notification Law

Alston & Bird on 10/20/2017

Virginia amended the state’s data breach notification law, effective July 1, 2017, to expand notification requirements for employers and payroll service providers to data breaches that involve “unauthorized access and...more

Four States Expanded Employer Data Breach Notification Obligations in 2016

Littler on 9/26/2016

With over 680 security breaches reported so far in 2016, more employers are being forced to confront the issue of how to respond to a breach. All states except Alabama, North Dakota and New Mexico now require notification...more

Is Ransomware a Notifiable Data Breach Event?

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 7/29/2016

There is no doubt that companies face unprecedented volume and variation in both disruptive and intrusive cyberattacks on their networks. Among the different attack methodologies today, ransomware is quickly becoming a major...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Newsletter: International Edition July 2015

Troutman Pepper Locke on 7/31/2015

Retail Tracking Update: Privacy Guidance Following Nomi Technologies - There is currently a widespread effort to quantify everything, from steps, to sleep, to batted ball exit velocity. Fifteen years ago, TV host Jeremy...more

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