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Top 10 WordPress Website Myths…DEBUNKED!

Legal Internet Solutions Inc. on 2/26/2025

There are several common misconceptions about open-source website content management systems (CMS) that often lead law firms and businesses to hesitate before adopting them...more

The Dark Side of Artificial Intelligence: Scams and Frauds

J.S. Held on 12/4/2024

AI is technology that enables computers to simulate human intelligence and problem-solving skills, whereas deepfake is synthetic media that has been digitally manipulated to replace and mimic one person’s likeness. AI has...more

Tips for Vacation Rental, Property Mgmt. Businesses Facing Vendor Cybersecurity Risk

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 12/2/2024

No organization can eliminate data breach risks altogether, regardless of industry, size, or even if the organization has taken significant steps to safeguard their systems and train employees to avoid phishing attacks....more

The Digital Download – Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Newsletter – November 2024

Alston & Bird on 11/21/2024

Publications & Advisories - November 2024 – Kathleen Benway, Jennifer Everett, Alysa Austin, and Kristen Bartolotta published “Federal Trade Commission’s Updated Health Breach Notification Rule Is Now in Effect” in Employee...more

Disclosure of Data Through Website Cookies May Be a Data Breach – What A Recent Court Ruling Means for Healthcare Businesses

Fisher Phillips on 8/14/2024

A California federal court recently ruled that disclosure of certain data collected through website cookies that may qualify as health information could trigger a data breach under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) –...more

Privacy Briefs: July 2024

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 7/15/2024

Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health System said it experienced a breach impacting more than 1.27 million patients when a former employee of vendor Nuance Communications Inc., a Microsoft Corp. subsidiary, accessed patient...more

Litigation Grows Around Website Technologies, With Focus on Sensitive Data

Wiley Rein LLP on 7/10/2024

Data privacy-related lawsuits have skyrocketed in recent years. Federal courts saw over 900 data privacy dockets in 2020 – but witnessed a surge to 1,767 dockets in 2023. At the halfway point in 2024, federal court data...more

Paul Hastings Hosts Panel on Perspectives from Cybersecurity Regulators

Paul Hastings LLP on 5/15/2024

On May 8, 2024, Paul Hastings Hosted the Cybersecurity Law Workshop at this spring’s Privacy + Security Forum with a panel on perspectives from cybersecurity regulators. The panel was moderated by Paul Hastings Global Chair...more

Privacy Briefs: May 2024

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 5/13/2024

Kaiser Permanente is notifying 13.4 million current and former members that their personal information may have been compromised when it was transmitted to tech giants Google, Microsoft Bing and X (formerly Twitter) when...more

A Measured Approach - US Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Review and Update: Looking back on our 2023 articles and planning ahead...

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 3/1/2024

Technological advances, especially in Artificial Intelligence and quantum computing, will continue to amaze in the coming years. They will open up vast new opportunities while presenting profound regulatory, litigation, and...more

HIPAA on the Horizon in the New Year: Important Lessons from an Active 2023 and Regulatory Initiatives to Watch for in 2024

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 1/4/2024

2023 marked 20 years since the first compliance deadline under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s (“HIPAA”) privacy rule. Despite the two decades of experience with HIPAA, compliance continues to remain...more

Q2 - 2023: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Quarterly Briefing

Benesch on 8/7/2023

Efforts to Address the Lack of Federal Data Privacy Legislation in the U.S. Have Continued - The need for federal data privacy legislation was reiterated in the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on...more

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, Number 2. Privacy Briefs: February 2023

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 2/16/2023

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 2 (February 2023) DCH Health Systems, based in Tuscaloosa, Ala., said it fired an employee in December after a routine privacy audit revealed evidence that the worker had accessed some...more

Law Firm SEO: 10 Important Trends to Follow

Good2bSocial on 4/19/2022

2022 is well underway. Now is a great time to evaluate how SEO has been going: where should you focus more time, talent, and resources? What trends have you noticed and which ones do you need to pay attention to? Here, we...more

Anchovy News, October 2021

Hogan Lovells on 10/29/2021

This is the October edition of Anchovy News. Here you will find articles concerning ICANN, the domain name industry and the recuperation of domain names across the globe. In this issue we cover: DOMAIN NAME INDUSTRY NEWS ...more

Colorado (Officially) Joins the Data Privacy Fray: Colorado Privacy Act Signed into Law

Quarles & Brady LLP on 7/15/2021

Colorado’s Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act last week, making Colorado the third state to implement broad consumer data privacy protections. The Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), which Governor Polis signed on...more

[Webinar] Mitigating Risk Exposure Under Evolving Global Cookies Regulations - May 19th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

McDermott Will & Emery on 5/10/2021

The regulation of cookies and similar tracking technologies is rapidly evolving, not only in the European Union and United Kingdom but also in the United States and globally. If you have visited a website recently, you might...more

Walmart Litigation Provides Guidance on Data Breach Class Action Suits Under the CCPA

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/2/2021

Gardiner v. Walmart provided some guidance as to the specificity required to state a claim under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the types of damages that may be recoverable for breaches of California consumer...more

DFS Warning Of Widespread Data Breach

Rivkin Radler LLP on 2/19/2021

Sometimes a comprehensive overview is needed to recognize that individual anomalous conduct is indicative of a criminal scheme. Recently, the Department of Financial Services (DFS) looked at an unusual pattern of interaction...more

The CCPA Is Live for Enforcement—Is Your Website in Compliance?

Hanzo on 11/23/2020

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)—the most comprehensive personal data privacy legislation anywhere in the United States so far—is officially being enforced. Is your website in compliance? Does it need to be? What...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2020 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 8/28/2020

CYBERSECURITY - U.S. Organizations Doing Business in China Warned of Malware in Tax Software - The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have issued a joint...more

Financial Brokers Warned by FINRA of Imposter Websites

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/28/2020

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently warned financial professionals that imposters are attempting to collect personal information of investors by spoofing financial professionals’ websites, reaching...more

Alleged Privacy Law Violations Create Potential $5 Billion Issue For Google

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 6/22/2020

In a proposed class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Google is facing a potential $5 billion class action for alleged privacy law violations. The complaint alleges that...more

SIDN and its fight against cybercrime

Hogan Lovells on 2/27/2020

Stichting Internet Domeinregistratie Nederland or SIDN, the Registry operator of the country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) .NL (the Netherlands) appears to be increasing its efforts in its fight against cybercrime....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

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