Today, on June 1, 2017, China’s new cybersecurity law, entitled the “Network Security Law”, goes into effect. The law was passed in November 2016. It now becomes legally mandatory for “network operators” and “providers of network products and services” to:
Target Corporation has reached an $18.5 million settlement with 47 states and the District of Columbia to resolve the investigation into the retailer’s 2013 data breach, officials announced on May 23, 2017. The 2013 data breach incident triggered various state
On April 4, 2017, President Trump signed legislation repealing the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) privacy protections adopted in October 2016. The regulations, set to go into effect later this year, would have required internet service providers (ISPs) to adopt stricter
Today, acting FTC Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen and FCC Chairman Ajit Pai issued a joint statement on the FCC’s issuance of a temporary stay of a data security regulation for broadband providers scheduled to take effect on March 2. In
In a recent announcement today, Verizon and Yahoo have announced that they are amending the existing terms of their agreement for the purchase of Yahoo’s operating business. Under the amended terms, Verizon and Yahoo have agreed to reduce the price
Today, Vizio, Inc., agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle charges by the FTC and the New Jersey Attorney General that it installed software on its Smart TGVS to collect viewing data on 11 million consumer televisions without the consumers’
In a recent opinion, the Second Circuit ruled against the United States government and in favor of protecting data stored overseas. In Microsoft v. United States, the Second Circuit held that the Stored Communications Act (SCA) does not authorize courts
Today, the Treasury Department issued a General License authorizing transactions and activities concerning information technology products in the Russian Federation despite recent executive order prohibiting such transactions.
In April 1, 2015, President Obama issued Executive Order 13694 (“Blocking the Property
On January 10, 2017, NIST issued an update to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (v.1.1). After reviewing public comment and convening a workshop, NIST intends to publish a final version of this Version 1.1 in the fall of 2017.
Key updates
On December 28, 2016, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) updated its proposed cybersecurity regulation to protect New York State. The proposed regulation is effective March 1, 2017, and requires banks, insurance companies and other financial services
