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The country’s largest provider of cloud-based education software for K-12 schools announced on January 7 that it fell victim to a massive data breach – which may lead to questions about the implications for your school....more
Pennsylvania’s Governor recently approved amendments to the Commonwealth’s data breach notification law, which represent a significant overhaul to the law. As detailed below, the amended law makes a number of material...more
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
This year has seen some substantial new data breach settlements including a $500,000 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) fine against CafePress, a $1.25 million multi-state class action settlement and $5 million New York...more
Last week, I discussed eDiscovery in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region in terms of what each country has in place from a rules and discovery standpoint. eDiscovery isn’t the only discipline where US-based bloggers like me tend...more
This week, I received a breach notification letter from a large financial institution stating that my personal information, including my name, Social Security number, account name and number, contact information, date of...more
In delving deeply into the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the Amendments recently signed by the California Governor, and the proposed Regulations issued by the California Attorney General, there are some details that...more
Fox Rothschild’s Privacy and Data Security practice group maintains this searchable PDF document as well as the Data Breach 411 app to inform businesses of the breach notification statutes in each of the 50 states, Guam,...more
New York recently enacted important changes to its data breach notification requirements (Breach Requirements) and created a statutory obligation to maintain reasonable data security (Security Requirements). Under the new...more
On July 25, 2019, New York Governor Anthony Cuomo signed the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (SHIELD Act) into law. The Act creates additional protections for the residents of New York and their private...more
New York is gearing up to enact some of the toughest cybersecurity, privacy and data protection laws in the country. Modeled on the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer...more
On January 10, 2019, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed House Bill No. 4806 into law. The bill amends certain provisions of the state data breach notification law, increasing reporting requirements on a person or...more
Key Point: The Illinois data breach notification statute will now require entities to notify the Illinois Attorney General if a breach affects 500 or more Illinois residents. The Illinois General Assembly recently voted to...more
Texas is one of the many states that looked to be following in the footsteps of California’s enactment of a broad consumer privacy law (the California Consumer Privacy Act), which has far-ranging implications for businesses...more
On May 7, 2019, Washington amended its data breach notification law (HB 1071). The amendment shortens the period in which notice must be provided, expands the definition of personal information, adds further content...more
New Jersey businesses will soon be required to notify affected consumers following a data breach that involves online account information that would allow access to the consumer’s online account. The state’s data breach...more
Beginning on March 1, 2020, Washington State’s data breach notification law will change in a number of important ways. First, the definition of “Personal Information” will expand significantly. This means more data elements...more
On 1 February, 2019, the National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee issued an amended version of the GB/T 35372-2017 Information Technology – Personal Information Security Specification for public...more
Washington joins Massachusetts as the second state this year to amend its data breach notification law. The amendments will not take effect, however, until March 1, 2020. As amended, the definition of personal information has...more
The Situation: The Notifiable Data Breach scheme, introduced by amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), requires an assessment when an entity suspects that there may have been loss of, unauthorised access to, or...more
An amendment to New Jersey’s data breach notification requirements of the Consumer Fraud Act is currently awaiting signature by State Governor Phil Murphy. The bill, Assembly No. 3245, was recently passed by both the New...more
• The Office of the California Attorney General (AG) held the final public forum on the California Consumer Privacy Act on March 5, 2019. • Commentators were sophisticated in their understanding of the law and all...more
According to reports, bank customers in Australia (yes, data breach notification requirements exist down under) have been affected by “an industry-wide” data breach experienced by a third-party service provider to the banks –...more
The Governor of Massachusetts has just signed into law amendments to the state’s data breach notification law. The amendments will go into effect April 11, 2019. Under the amended law, companies whose breaches involve Social...more
On January 10, 2019, Massachusetts Governor Baker signed “An Act relative to consumer protection from security breaches” (House Bill No. 4806), which added new requirements and obligations for companies that experience a data...more