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Data Breach Notification
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Privacy World
Post GDPR Rise in Data-Related Complaints and Data Breach Notifications
Regulators across Europe, have recorded a sharp increase in the number of data-related complaints and data breach notifications since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25…
Data Protection Report
US states pass data protection laws on the heels of the GDPR
By Jeewon Kim Serrato (US), Chris Cwalina (US), Anna Rudawski (US), Katey Fardelmann (US)
Several U.S. states have recently introduced and passed legislation to expand data breach notification rules and to mirror some of the protections provided by Europe’s newly enacted General Data Protection…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Virginia Data Breach Law Amended to Include Income Tax Preparers
We have frequently reported about how devastating and widespread tax fraud is in the U.S.—in the past affecting hundreds of thousands of U.S. taxpayers [view related privacy tip]. Income tax…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Virginia Updates its Data Breach Notification Law to Include Tax Preparers
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Jason C. Gavejian, Maya Atrakchi
For the second consecutive year Virginia has amended its data breach notification law. In March 2017, in light of a warning issued by the IRS to all employers regarding the…
Eye On Privacy
Louisiana Joins the Breach Notice Update Law Fray
By Liisa Thomas
Louisiana has joined the growing list of states updating their data breach notification law in 2018. Others include, as we have reported, Arizona and Oregon. The law has now been…
Eye On Privacy
Louisiana Adds Data Security Requirements to Breach Notice Law
By Liisa Thomas
Louisiana’s breach notice law has been amended to require companies to protect personal information. The definition of personal information matches that which -if breached- would give rise to a duty…
Consumer Protection Review
What You Need to Know Regarding The New Data Breach Notification Laws
By Todd M. Hinnen, Amelia M. Gerlicher, Perkins Coie
In the first half of 2018, on the heels of the Equifax breach last fall, a number of state legislatures addressed privacy and data security issues, and in particular, data…
Data Security & Privacy
SEC’s Yahoo Enforcement Action and Settlement Provides Further Direction for Companies Following the SEC’s 2018 Cybersecurity Guidance
By Asaf Hahami
The SEC’s recent enforcement action and settlement with Altaba (formerly known as Yahoo) over the company’s major data breach provides a suggested roadmap for how companies may want to proactively…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Privacy and Cybersecurity June 2018 Events
By HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Join us in June as our Cybersecurity and Privacy team discusses what breach notification looks like under the GDPR and how it will be different from breach notification in the…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Louisiana Amends Data Breach Notification Law, Eliminates Fees for Security Freezes
Recently, Louisiana amended its data breach notification law. The amended law goes into effect on August 1, 2018.