Back to School: 3 Essential Employee Trainings
A Sneak Peek into Data Mapping: What Implementation Really Looks Like
Safeguard your Business: Dinsmore's Craig Horbus on Combatting the Rising Threat of ACH Fraud
The Privacy Insider Podcast Episode 4: Don't Be Evil: In the Hot Seat of Data Privacy, Part 1
It's Time to Think About Data Mapping Differently
The American Privacy Right Act (APRA) explained
Navigating the Regulation Jungle: How to Be Compliant, Work Efficiently, and Stay Sane
Legal Alert | Wiretap Laws in the United States
Business Better Podcast Episode: Cyber Adviser – A Comparison of AI Regulatory Frameworks
Preventative Medicine: Health Care AI Privacy and Cybersecurity — The Good Bot Podcast
Cost of Noncompliance: More Than Just Fines
Will the U.S. Have a GDPR? With Rachael Ormiston of Osano
No Password Required: MITRE Engage Lead, Innovator in Cyber Deception, and Dance Community Builder
Navigating State Privacy Laws: A Conversation with Oregon & Texas Regulators about Privacy Enforcement
The Team Continues to Grow: A Conversation With Our Newest Colleague, Kaitlin Clemens — Unauthorized Access Podcast
Episode 326 -- Dottie Schindlinger on Diligent's Report on Board Oversight of Cybersecurity Risks and Performance
[Webinar] Midyear Data Privacy Check-in: Trends & Key Updates
Decoding Privacy Laws: Insights for Small to Mid-Sized Businesses — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
No Password Required: Education Lead at Semgrep and Former Czar for Canada’s Election Security
Navigating State Privacy Laws
The following is a review of notable cases and regulatory developments for nonprofit organizations at the federal and state levels during the last two years....more
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Report: Improved Oversight Needed to Evaluate Network Adequacy and Contractor Performance - On April 9, VA’s OIG issued a report detailing an audit to...more
In a follow-up to our recently published article, “The Dream of Free, Secure Online Tax Filing Could Be Finally Here with IRS Direct File”, I wanted to share a high-level, direct comparison of data privacy and security risk...more
Private companies and their owners face ever-evolving challenges as the market sees new regulations, new deal trends, and new risks in 2024. Below are 10 issues that the owners and leaders of privately held companies should...more
This week, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) began to roll out a pilot for the agency’s free online tax-return filing program, known as “Direct File”. What should be a straightforward and beneficial program has already...more
AI in 2024: Monitoring New Regulation and Staying in Compliance With Existing Laws Companies that develop or employ AI tools have to consider proposed AI-specific regulation as well as an array of existing IP, privacy,...more
Do you want a simple way to keep current on important privacy changes? Avoid sleepless nights wondering whether you missed a privacy speed bump or pothole between annual updates? Worry no longer. Troutman Pepper is pleased to...more
Retirement plans are increasingly subject to cybersecurity issues, and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is taking notice. On April 14, 2021, the DOL published cybersecurity guidance “for plan sponsors, plan fiduciaries,...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching effects to date, including economic uncertainty and widespread business interruptions. This environment may raise unique considerations for parties contemplating an M&A transaction....more
A constantly evolving framework of laws governing how multinational businesses can contact customers to how nonprofits report business income to how overtime is calculated and paid will influence how companies do business...more
In 2019, we published analysis to help tech and life sciences companies navigate U.S. tax law changes, an evolving IP landscape and new privacy regulations such as the California Consumer Privacy Act. We also tracked venture...more
With data breaches becoming a common event throughout the world, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has been undertaking a number of initiatives aimed at enhancing its security of taxpayer information and preventing the...more
The Security Summit, consisting of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), state tax agencies, and private-sector tax industry officials, is encouraging tax professionals during the 2019 summer season to take some time to...more
In March 2015, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) convened an unprecedented coalition of state tax agencies and private-sector tax industry officials to fight back against emerging criminal syndicates exploiting sensitive...more
For several years now, we’ve been alerting employers about the dangers of phishing scams that attempt to obtain private and personal information from employers... Many of these scams rear their ugly head around tax season,...more
Some analysts have predicted that by 2020, there will be 20 billion Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices worldwide, which could grow to over 80 billion by 2025. Global sales of IoT devices were $80 billion in 2017, and...more
The Internal Revenue Service and the Security Summit partners recently issued a news release outlining the “Security Six,” a list of essential steps to protect stored employee information on networks and computers. Employee...more
As extension season awaits us in less than three months, there are many taxpayers who will discover that they have fallen victim to identity theft. The IRS has recently clarified measures to take if you happen to fall into...more
Last year we saw an unprecedented number of companies of all sizes fall victim to a W-2 spear phishing scam. The scam usually began with a “spoofing” email that appeared to have been sent by a company’s CEO or CFO to one or...more
Following several high-profile breaches of business and government databases affecting the personal information of millions of Americans (including the IRS’s "Get Transcript" app) many businesses, governmental agencies and...more
I have spent some time over the past few weeks concentrating on steps individuals can take to protect their privacy and identity. But how do you protect your child’s identity?...more
On September 11, 2015, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced a bill aimed at combating identity theft and tax rebate fraud. The legislation comes as the Internal...more
The IRS announced last week that the value of identity theft protection services are not taxable and do not have to be included in gross income calculations for tax purposes. Identity theft continues to be the number one...more