The Supreme Court of New Jersey unanimously held that a wiretap order, rather than a search warrant, is required to seek “prospective electronically stored information” from Meta Platforms, Inc., the provider of the Facebook and Instagram services. Facebook, Inc. v.
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A Potential Look Into the Future: California Issues First Draft of Cybersecurity Audit and Risk Assessment Regulations
The Board of the California Privacy Protection Agency (the CPPA) held its first meeting since July on Friday, September 8, 2023, and discussed the first public draft of cybersecurity audit regulations and risk assessment regulations. While the CPPA Board…
UK Parliament Passes a Sweeping and Controversial Online Safety Bill
The UK Online Safety Bill was passed by Parliament earlier this week and is expected to soon become law through royal assent. The Online Safety Act (UK OSA) will impose a series of sweeping obligations, including risk assessment, content moderation,…
Updating Corporate and Cybersecurity Practices To Satisfy the SEC’s Final Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules: Assessing Materiality of Cybersecurity Incidents
By David Aaron
In the wake of the SEC’s new rule requiring prompt disclosure of cybersecurity incidents, incident response (IR) teams have asked how they should modify IR plans to promote compliance with the new rule. We have summarized the SEC’s new rules …
Global Online Safety Regulators Issue Statement on Human Rights and Online Safety Regulation
The Global Online Safety Regulators Network (Network) issued a position statement on human rights and online safety regulation on September 13, 2023.
The Network is intended to facilitate a coherent international approach to online safety regulation by enabling online safety…
A Deep Dive Into the SEC’s Materiality Trigger for Cybersecurity Incident Disclosures
By Andrew Pak & Rebecca Engrav
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules relating to cybersecurity disclosure on July 26, 2023, which will take effect on December 18, 2023. As we outlined in a prior post, the new rule requires public companies…
FTC’s COPPA Enforcement Action Provides Lessons for Edtech Providers
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced an enforcement order against edtech company Edmodo for allegedly violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. In its complaint, the FTC alleged that Edmodo violated COPPA by collecting, using, and disclosing personal information from…
It’s Official: Cybersecurity Disclosure Is Coming This Year
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules on July 26, 2023, requiring public companies to provide current disclosure, within what may be a short time window, about material cybersecurity incidents and to include disclosure relating to cybersecurity risk…
Full Steam Ahead: Updates in Enforcement of California Privacy Law
A court-ordered stay on enforcement of updates to certain parts of the California privacy regulation (the Ruling) has not slowed down enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). In fact,…
COPPA: Public Comment Period Open for Proposed Verifiable Parental Consent Method
For the first time since 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been asked to approve a new “verifiable parental consent” (VPC) method under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection (COPPA) Rule. Under COPPA, operators of online sites and services…