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Over the past five to ten years, the advancement of technology has produced a flurry of corporate cyber-attacks. Data breaches make the news virtually every day. Too often, however, companies seek compensation for their data breach losses by making claims on commercial general liability (CGL) or property policies – policies that simply were not written to cover these types of perils. Instead, companies should be looking to cyber insurance, which offers more reliable coverage for…
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There was a recent headline-making story involving a Wisconsin employer that announced it was offering its employees the option to be microchipped to replace security badges they use regularly at work. Of the 85 employees, 41 decided to have the small chip implanted in their hand. Husch Blackwell attorneys Laura Ferrari and Erik Eisenmann break-down the seemingly futuristic concept of “chipped” employees and the privacy concerns it brings in a post that originated on Husch…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), an organization created by Congress to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and woman, declared on Friday, August 25, 2017 that what was believed to be a data breach by the Department of Homeland Security, was incorrect. The false alarm breach was related to data included in Injury Tracking Applications (ITA), which organizations must submit electronically to report injury or illness. Husch Blackwell…
These days a data security plan should be treated as a top priority for all businesses. In the United States, the law dictates that businesses must secure any non-public third-party data it possesses which makes data security no longer a choice, but rather a legal obligation. Andrew Schlidt, a member of Husch Blackwell’s Data Privacy, Security & Breach Response team, give tips on how to comply with data security laws by implementing a “Written…
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Yesterday’s post by Sean Tassi on Husch Blackwell’s Higher Education Legal Insights provides colleges and universities with low-tech strategies to guard their data against criminal activity. The information in his post serves as a good reminder to remove unnecessary personal information (“PI”) on forms and documents. If you have further questions, members of our Data Privacy, Security & Breach Response team can address them.…
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Data security breaches are impacting long-standing and start-up corporations, as well as public and private entities. No one is immune from these threats and understanding the prevalence is the first step in best preventing this from impacting your organization. Aleks Ostojic Rushing provides the background on phishing expeditions, ways to identify phishing attacks and what you can do to protect yourself in a post on Husch Blackwell’s Technology, Manufacturing and Transportation Industry blog. If…
The IoT, or Internet of Things, connects physical devices containing software, sensors, and/or network connectivity and includes anything and everything from wearable technologies, to drones, to driverless cars. Madison Partner Mindi Giftos explains the business and legal ramifications of this technology in a piece published in In Business Madison magazine online this month. Read more.…