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SHIELD Act
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Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Citing NY’s SHIELD Act, NYSBA Approves Cybersecurity CLE Requirement for All Attorneys
Citing a rise in data breaches among New York law firms coupled with the recent enactment of the SHIELD Act that "creates, for the first time, substantive security requirements for…
Byte Back
Zoom’s Popularity Leads to New York Investigating Its Security Flaws
Resulting in Zoom Promising to Implement an Information Security Program, Resembling the SHIELD Act Key point: The Letter of Agreement between the New York Attorney General and Zoom Video Communications,…
Privacy World
New York’s SHIELD Act Provisions Now In Effect
The final provision of New York’s Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (“SHIELD Act”), 2019 N.Y. Ch. 117, took effect on March 21, 2020. For more information on…
Ad Law Access
In Non-COVID-19 News, New York SHIELD Act Takes Effect
Effective March 21, 2020, the New York SHIELD Act imposes data security requirements on most businesses that own or license computerized data that includes the “private information” (defined below) of…
Taft Technology and Artificial Intelligence Insights
The SHIELD Act: What You Need to Know About New York’s New Data Breach Notification Law
Last summer, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act. The SHIELD Act’s data breach notification requirements are already effective…
Workforce Bulletin
The New York State “Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act” (SHIELD Act) Becomes Effective March 21, 2020: Is Your Organization Ready to Achieve Compliance?
Time is running out. The effective date of New York’s cybersecurity law mandating that organizations implement an information security program to protect “private information” of New York State residents, including…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
10 Steps for Tackling Data Privacy and Security Laws in 2020 for In-House Counsel and HR Pros
After years of data breaches, mass data collection, identity theft crimes, and failed attempts at broad-based federal legislation, 2020 may be the year that state privacy and data security legislation…
Franchise Law Update
Another Day, Another Data Security Law: the NY SHIELD Act
New York passed a cybersecurity and data breach law, effective October 23, and it expands many cybersecurity requirements to not only businesses operating in New York, but also those operating…
Tax-Exempt Organizations Bulletin
NY’s Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (SHIELD Act) Takes Effect
New York’s “Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (SHIELD Act)” (the “Act”) officially took effect on October 23, 2019. In pertinent part, the Act amends New York General…
Employment Law Watch
New data security law has broad implications for New York employers
By Kimberly Gold, Mark S. Goldstein, Alexandra Manfredi, Jim Barbuto
On October 23, 2019, New York state’s Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act went into effect. The law broadens the state’s existing breach notification laws and imposes…