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Pressure-Testing Your Privacy Program for 2025

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With the onslaught of new privacy, AI and cyber legislation coupled with promises for enforcement and class action litigation, running a well-functioning and flexible privacy and cyber program is increasingly a critical...more

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After a Data Breach: Navigating Long-Tail Legal and Financial Risks

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In recent years, data breaches have escalated from isolated technical issues to significant legal battles. Businesses are witnessing a sharp rise in data breach lawsuits, underscoring the growing legal risks associated with...more

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Top Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Considerations in 2025 for RIAs

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Compliance and Regulations - Ensure adherence to SEC regulations with appropriate privacy and cybersecurity policies tailored to SEC requirements....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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Tune Up Processes Around Passwords and Access Controls

A new report from Beyond Identity focuses on old, but very important issues—ending  access rights to network systems by terminated employees and the rampant sharing of passwords....more

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Work From Home Cybersecurity Basics: Incident Response Planning in a WFH Environment (United States)

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As the Covid-19 Pandemic forces more employees than ever before to work from home (“WFH”), businesses face new and different data privacy and security risks. This change is not lost on U.S. regulators, but it does not mean...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Protect Your Business by Learning How to Handle Data

We are living in the age of data and big data, where everyone wants to collect as much information as possible. The ability to analyze and monetize such information is a key strategy and selling point for many businesses. ...more

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Avoiding Management Struggles When it Comes to Data Breaches: Part 1

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The best way for a company to handle a data breach is to be prepared. As we discuss in our data breach readiness handbook, preparation includes, among other things, drafting an incident response plan, reviewing...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Cybersecurity Lessons from the United States: A Guide for Directors and Officers

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The recent global ransomware attack (WannaCry) was yet another reminder of the increased threat posed by cyber breaches. While cybersecurity attacks are inevitable, organizations (and their directors and officers) may still...more

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Counsel To Counsel: A Law Firm GC's Data Protection Duties

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Many law firms now have a designated general counsel, or a group of counsel, tasked with managing myriad legal matters for the firm. What are some top-of-mind priorities for these GCs today as they strive to keep their firms...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

"Data Privacy Protection and Cybersecurity: A Business and Legal Primer"

The news regularly reports on data breaches and cybersecurity. While we read about the biggest breaches – Home Depot, Target, Anthem, JP Morgan, Wyndham – probably every business has been hacked and will be hacked again. ...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC OCIE Sharpens Focus on Cybersecurity

If you read one thing... - On September 15th, the SEC OCIE announced in a Risk Alert it will launch a second round of cybersecurity examinations of registered broker-dealers and investment advisers, which will be more...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Cybersecurity Update - July 2015

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Employees are the front line of your information security defense. While technological protections are essential (for example, anti- virus software, firewalls, spam filters, etc.), none are as effective as a vigilant end...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The WSGR Data Advisor

In this issue: - Navigating Public Company Cybersecurity Obligations: Advising Boards and Disclosing to Investors - FTC Updates School-Related COPPA Guidance - Status Update on the EU Data Protection...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

The Top 10 Priorities For Your Information Governance Program

The title, of course, begs the question: does your business even have an Information Governance Program? If not, you should get one—quick. An integrated Information Governance Program is considered a “best practice” to...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

On the 11th Day of Privacy, class counsel served on me……

. . . a data breach class action. Hackers and plaintiffs’ lawyers could combine to make 2014 the year when class actions concerning theft of sensitive information proliferate. On this 11th Day of Privacy, we look...more

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