No Password Required: SVP at SpyCloud Labs, Former Army Investigator, and Current Breakfast Champion
No Password Required Podcast: Chief Product Officer at ThreatLocker and Advocate of Buc-ee’s, Mascots, and Buc-ee Mascots
No Password Required: Director and Cybersecurity Adviser at KPMG and Rain Culture Authority
AI Talk With Juliana Neelbauer - Episode Two - Cybersecurity Insurance: The New Frontier of Risk Management
On-Demand Webinar: Bring Predictability to the Spiraling Cost of Cyber Incident Response Data Mining
On-Demand Webinar: Bring Predictability and Reduce the Spiraling Cost of Cyber Incident Response
Unlock Privacy ROI: Why Making Cross-Functional Allies is Key
No Password Required: USF Cybercrime Professor, Former Federal Agent, and Vintage Computer Archivist
Episode 334 -- District Court Dismisses Bulk of SEC Claims Against Solarwinds
Monumental Win in Data Breach Class Action: A Case Study — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Cost of Noncompliance: More Than Just Fines
Will the U.S. Have a GDPR? With Rachael Ormiston of Osano
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 14: How Employers Can Navigate Cybersecurity Issues with Brandon Robinson, Maynard Nexsen Attorney
FBI Lockbit Takedown: What Does It Mean for Your Company?
Privacy Officer's Roadmap: Data Breach and Ransomware Defense – Speaking of Litigation Video Podcast
Decoding Cyber Threats: Protecting Critical Infrastructure in a Digital World — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Life With GDPR: Episode 104 – Solar Winds and Your Mother – Tell The Truth
No Password Required: American University’s Vice Provost for Research and Innovation and a Tracker of (Cyber) Unicorns
Snooping Sadia Talks to Former Official Gene Fishel — Unauthorized Access Podcast
Life With GDPR: Critical Perspectives on Big Law Firm Cybersecurity
There is nothing more inherently unique and personal to an individual than his or her DNA. Unlike many other types of personal information, a person’s DNA is immutable. It can be the key to unlocking extremely sensitive...more
On April 23, 2025, in Insurance Corporation of British Columbia v. Ari, the British Columbia Court of Appeal affirmed a class action judgment awarding aggregate damages of C$15,000 per class member without proof of...more
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
Welcome to our fourth issue of 2025 of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. We hope you enjoy this issue and thank you for reading. Sector by Sector: How Data Breaches are Wrecking Bottom Lines - “Data...more
Courts across the country are becoming skeptical of data breach and web tracking claims that assert theoretical privacy violations without alleging any actual injury to the plaintiffs. Recent decisions underscore that courts...more
Consumers have been trading their DNA for a personal genetic history lesson with 23andMe since 2007. The company has since become extremely popular and has collected a trove of genetic information relating to more than 14...more
In two recent rulings, judges in the U.S. Northern District of California have allowed proposed class actions under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to proceed without an allegation of a data breach, departing from...more
On March 23, 2025, 23andMe, along with its affiliates, filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company’s decision to file for bankruptcy follows in the wake of a 2023 data breach affecting close to 7 million customer...more
23andMe’s recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing has sparked significant concerns over the privacy and security of genetic data belonging to its 15 million customers. Founded in 2006, 23andMe built its business around...more
Several state attorneys general (AGs) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have begun scrutinizing ancestry tracking company 23andMe following its recent announcement that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. As part of...more
In 2024, state attorneys general (State AGs) focused on a broad variety of areas and industries including, in particular, emerging industries such as artificial intelligence (AI) and privacy and social media protections....more
Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more
On March 1, New York State Attorney General Letitia James filed a complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against a group of insurance companies and a parent corporation. The complaint alleged these companies...more
Privacy litigation has taken California (and the country) by storm. In the past twenty-four months, the focus of privacy litigation has shifted from data breaches to data use, and the number of class actions filed grows by...more
Key Points - - State AGs nationwide are focusing on initiatives in data privacy, cybersecurity, consumer protection and securities fraud. - Special areas of concern also include AI and online privacy and protections for...more
In data breach litigation, courts generally find plaintiffs have standing such that their complaints may proceed past the pleading stage when it is alleged that sensitive information was impacted and there is an allegation of...more
What’s going on with Michigan’s consumer protection statute? How does the Michigan Attorney General’s Office operate? And what are its enforcement priorities?...more
The California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) has moved forward with an enforcement action and settlement with two data brokers resulting from its investigative sweep of data broker registration compliance under the...more
Last week, two separate class actions were filed in the federal district court for the Southern District of Texas against DISA Global Solutions (DISA), a third-party employment screening services provider, related to an April...more
Faced with emerging challenges in privacy and cybersecurity, state attorneys general (AGs) are at the forefront of enforcement. Companies face increasing expectations to implement robust cybersecurity programs, promptly...more
The growing prevalence of data breaches has led to an uptick in class action litigation based on consumers' personal information allegedly being accessed. A common theme emerging in these lawsuits is plaintiffs claiming that...more
Ahead of its next board meeting, scheduled for March 6 and 7, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released even more proposed regulations, adding to an already full slate of proposed regulations, to amend...more
The Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) staggering unfettered access to all Americans’ personal information is highly concerning. DOGE employees’ access includes databases at the Office of Personnel Management, the...more
Publications & Advisories - January 31, 2025 – Kathleen Benway, Maki DePalo, Jennifer Everett, and Hyun Jai Oh published “Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Advisory | FTC Finalizes Amendments to COPPA Rule.”...more
In a significant move to regulate the growing impact of artificial intelligence, Oregon lawmakers recently passed Senate Bill 1571, requiring campaigns to disclose when they use AI to manipulate audio or video images,...more