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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

Corporate Use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 2/22/2024

At the 2024 SCCE European Compliance & Ethics Institute, Segev Shani, Chief Compliance & Regulatory Officer at Neopharm Group will be leading the session “Corporate Use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools.” In...more

Trade Secrets and Generative AI: Protective Measures In an Evolving Technological Landscape

Jones Day on 6/12/2023

In Short - The Background: In recent months, artificial intelligence ("AI") platforms have taken the world by storm, introducing new, powerful tools for generating original and useful content based on training data and user...more

[Webcast Transcript] Now You See It, Now You Don’t: eDiscovery Challenges and Apple’s iOS 16 Release

HaystackID on 11/4/2022

Editor’s Note: On October 19, 2022, HaystackID shared an educational webcast on the potential impact of Apple’s iOS 16 release on the area of eDiscovery. With iOS 16, new chat manipulation and security features have gone...more

DMS Providers Fare No Better Than Automakers in Constitutional Challenge to Arizona Dealer Statute

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/6/2020

An Arizona federal court recently rebuffed efforts by the two leading US providers of dealership management systems (“DMS”), CDK Global and Reynolds & Reynolds, to enjoin the enforcement of amendments to the Arizona dealer...more

FTC announces new and improved data security guidance

Bricker Graydon LLP on 2/18/2020

On January 6, 2020, Andrew Smith, Director of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection, announced three significant improvements to the FTC’s approach to data security enforcement cases....more

Steps to Develop a Mature Third-Party Risk Management Program With High-Risk Third Parties (Part 3)

BakerHostetler on 2/7/2020

This blog is the third in a series exploring how organizations can prevent or mitigate the severity of a third-party data breach or cyber exploit by implementing a variety of cybersecurity risk management controls, such as...more

Steps to Develop a Mature Third-Party Risk Management Program with High-Risk Third Parties (Part 2)

BakerHostetler on 1/27/2020

This blog is the second in a series exploring how organizations can prevent or mitigate the severity of a third-party data breach or cyber exploit by implementing a variety of cybersecurity risk management controls, such as...more

China Issues New Cybersecurity Law to Protect Children

Latham & Watkins LLP on 9/9/2019

China’s PCPPIC protects children’s personal information in much the same way as COPPA and the GDPR, but with a few differences. On August 22, 2019, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) released a new data privacy...more

New FTC Data Security Order Shows Trend in Increased Accountability for Data Security Post-Order

WilmerHale on 6/17/2019

On June 12, 2019 Lightyear Dealer Technologies LLC, a company that provides data storage for many of the nation’s largest auto dealers, stipulated to an Order with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) resulting from a 2016 data...more

Should Companies Terminate Third Party Vendors That Cause A Data Breach?

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/5/2019

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

Vendor Risk & Data Security: Why Is This So Hard?

NAVEX on 1/3/2019

Studies about vendor risk related to data security always fascinate me, because conceptually those risks are so similar to the vendor risk challenges corporate compliance officers face with anti-corruption — and yet, the...more

First Look - Summer 2018: Insurance Newsletter

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on 8/15/2018

Your company’s computer system has been compromised by a hacker. From your initial investigation, you discover that the hacker has accessed proprietary company information and customer information including Social Security...more

SEC Prioritizes Data Security and Expects More Mature Cybersecurity Programs

Alston & Bird on 7/12/2018

Investment advisers and broker-dealers can expect more scrutiny of their data security from the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our Cybersecurity Preparedness & Response and Investment Management, Trading & Markets teams...more

GDPR Top 5 Actions You Should Take NOW

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 5/24/2018

The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect on May 25th. As most organizations are aware, the GDPR applies not only to EU businesses but also many companies in the U.S. While the deadline is quickly...more

SEC Cybersecurity Risk Alert Emphasizes Proactive Compliance and Ongoing Vigilance

BakerHostetler on 8/17/2017

On August 7, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its latest cybersecurity risk alert, detailing findings from the examination of 75 broker-dealers, investment advisers and investment companies carried...more

Video Privacy Protection Act Narrowed – App’s Transmission of Roku ID Not Disclosure of Personal Information

Proskauer - New Media & Technology on 10/28/2015

A New York district court opinion is the latest addition to our watch of ongoing VPPA-related disputes, a notable decision on the issue of what exactly is a disclosure of “personally identifiable information” (PII) under the...more

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update Volume 6, Issue 4

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media on 10/15/2015

Five social media law issues to discuss with your clients - The explosive growth of social media has clients facing legal questions that didn’t even exist a few short years ago. Helping your clients navigate this...more

California Amends Definition of Personal Identifiable Information and Breach Notification Content Requirements

Foley & Lardner LLP on 10/12/2015

On October 6, 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law several changes to California’s Data Breach Notification Statute. The law, as amended, adds additional categories of information into the definition of...more

New Delaware Act Requires Online Privacy Policy for Websites

Womble Bond Dickinson on 10/8/2015

A new privacy law requires companies to make specific statements about what information is collected on its website. Like California, it also requires that companies state in writing whether they respect “Do Not Track”...more

China Promulgates Tougher Criminal Provisions Governing Data Privacy

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 9/16/2015

One of the more dramatic privacy law developments in China in 2014 was the August criminal conviction of foreign nationals Peter Humphrey and Yu Yingzeng for their violation of Article 253 of the Criminal Law (??) associated...more

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