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Lathrop GPM

Is AI Putting Your Organization at Risk?

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AI tools often drive efficiency and save money, but they have drawbacks. Here’s what to know....more

Epiq

Cyber Incidents on the Rise: Tips for Effective Data Breach Notification

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Cyber incidents have been growing at an exponential rate in recent years. A recent report from the Identity Theft Resource Center found that there were over one billion data breach victims in Q2 of 2024, which is around five...more

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FTC’s Enforcement Action Against Avast Signals Increased Focus on Consumer Web Data

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been actively flexing its authority as a privacy regulator in recent months. The agency has been especially focused on identifying data practices it views to be “unfair”, thereby...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Data Dilemma: Navigating Data at the Crossroads of Innovation & Compliance

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Womble Bond Dickinson’s content series—Innovation Interchange: The Power of Cross-Industry Insight—explores emerging challenges from the viewpoint of trendsetting industries. ...more

BCLP

AI Surveillance and Data Privacy at the Games

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As the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games (the “Games”) turn onto the final straight, the Games have yet again captured widespread global attention, on and off the track. With over 15.3 million visitors in Paris...more

Alston & Bird

Justice Department Intervention in Cyber False Claims Act Case Signals Escalation of Risk for Government Contractors

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An unprecedented cyber qui tam action involving Georgia Tech’s alleged failure to comply with certain cybersecurity controls underscores the importance of having advanced cyber requirements for federal contractors. Our...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Scammers, SSNs, and Smelling Funny

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I was hanging out with my friend this weekend, both catching up on emails from a coffee shop. After a while, he turned to me. “Well sh*t. Looks like my social security number might be on the dark web.”...more

Holland & Knight LLP

DOJ Brings Suit Against University Under Its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative

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Late last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed its complaint-in-intervention in a qui tam lawsuit against the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), alleging that the university failed to meet certain...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Are You Using AI to Process Consumer Information? Revisit Your Privacy Policy First!

What is a Privacy Policy? A company’s privacy policy details its commitments regarding the handling and use of consumer data. The policy must explicitly define the company’s practices for collecting, storing, processing, and...more

BakerHostetler

Looking in the Mirror: HHS OIG Audit Demonstrates HHS Agency’s Own Need for Focus on Cloud Security

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The OIG, the nation’s leader in fighting fraud, waste and abuse of Medicare, Medicaid and other HHS programs, periodically publishes reports on how federal healthcare programs could improve....more

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The Most Effective Ways to Prepare your Organization for a Cyber Incident

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Cyber incidents have surged in recent years, with attacks more than doubling since 2020 and the number of victims totaling in the hundreds of millions in 2023 alone. These incidents can cost organizations millions or even...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Export Control Shake-Up: Navigating the Expanded Export Restrictions

On July 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) proposed a series of transformative new rules aimed at tightening controls related to military, intelligence, and security activities...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Cookie Cutter: NY AG Announces Cookie Scrutiny with Business Guide to Website Privacy Controls

Website privacy controls—in the form of banners and pop-ups asking visitors to agree to, or reject, a website’s use of cookies, pixels, and similar technologies used to track their behavior—are becoming ubiquitous. In the...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

Data Protection and Privacy Concerns for the Gaming Industry

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) eyes are on the gaming industry and the potential harm consumers may suffer from data security and privacy concerns....more

Holland & Knight LLP

SEC Cyber Enforcement Update: Which Way Are the SolarWinds Blowing?

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The SEC has been aggressively pursuing cybersecurity investigations and enforcement actions against public companies and foreign private issuers. In these actions, the SEC often alleges one of two theories: 1) that the...more

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Texas’ New Privacy Law Goes Into Effect - And Attorney General Builds Enforcement Team

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Since the passing of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in 2018, California has led the nation in privacy regulation and enforcement. But, beginning July 1, 2024, Texas will be the new sheriff in town....more

BakerHostetler

The SEC’s Regulation of Cybersecurity Continues

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The Securities and Exchange Commission entered into a resolution agreement with R.R. Donnelley & Sons (RRD) on June 18, 2024 with RRD agreeing to pay $2.125 million to resolve disclosure and control violations alleged by the...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Frontier Communications Faces Multiple Class Action Lawsuits After Data Breach

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Frontier Communications (Frontier) faces three class action lawsuits in relation to a cyber data breach in which the criminal ransomware group, RansomHub, stole personally identifiable information (PII) of over 750,000...more

Venable LLP

The Subcontractor Performed. The Prime Contractor Paid. But a Hacker Ended Up with the Money. Who Is Responsible?

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When hackers gain access to a subcontractor’s information systems and divert the prime contractor’s payment to themselves instead of to the subcontractor, does the prime contractor still have to pay the subcontractor?...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Actionable Advice When Sharing Client Data with Vendors

We’ve previously written on the need for law firms to scrutinize the data security protections in place at all third-party vendors who have access to client confidential information. Clearly, that’s still good advice....more

Fenwick & West LLP

Cyber Resilience After the Change Healthcare Breach

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More than two months after the February 2024 Change Healthcare cyber-ransom attack, the healthcare industry continues to grapple with the fallout, creating significant challenges, disruptions, and outages to the healthcare...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Hüskers Dü Privacy

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On April 17, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed into law the Nebraska Data Privacy Act (the Act), making Nebraska the seventeenth state to enact general consumer data privacy legislation. The Act largely, but not completely,...more

White & Case LLP

SEC Warns Individual Actors of Potential Liability for AI-Related Security Risk Disclosure Failures

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Over the past few months, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") has issued several warnings to companies to ensure accurate disclosure of the role and risks of artificial intelligence ("AI") in their businesses....more

Fisher Phillips

How Much Data is Too Much? 4 Steps Businesses Should Take as California Focuses On Data Minimization Requirements

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Businesses take heed: California state officials just warned that the law prohibits you from collecting unnecessary data and retaining data for longer than necessary. The California Privacy Protection Agency published its...more

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Annual Report to Congress on Breaches of Unsecured Protected Health Information

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently published an executive summary (Report) outlining key enforcement activities of the Health Insurance Portability and...more

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