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Data Breach Notification
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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Companies Using IoT Being Hit with Security Breaches
A new survey released by Altman Vilandrie & Company, which surveyed 400 IT personnel who have purchased Internet of Things (IoT) security products, shows that 46 percent of companies that…
Technology Law Dispatch
Launching New Multistate Assessment Tool for Data Breach Notification Obligations
By Mark S. Melodia, Paul Bond, Therese Craparo, Anthony Diana, Bart Huffman, Gerard Stegmaier, Kimberly Chow, Mark H. Francis, Anthony J. Ford
Nearly every state in the United States requires notification when certain personal information is lost, stolen, or misused. However, the many state laws vary in subtle but crucial respects, making…
Data Counsel
Deeper Dive: Security Incident Notification Under the New EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
By Melinda L. McLellan, James A. Sherer, Emily R. Fedeles
As noted in the 2017 BakerHostetler Data Security Incident Response Report, the enactment of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) represents the most significant change in European data protection…
Global Privacy & Security Compliance Blog
Ransomware Attacks: When Is Notification Required?
By Jennifer C. Archie, Serrin Turner and Marissa Boynton Ransomware is one of the most prevalent cybersecurity threats afflicting businesses today. When an attack hits, a victim company must confront the…
Global IP & Technology Law Blog
New Australian Mandatory Data Breach Notification Legislation
Australian businesses have been warned they can no longer keep quiet about cyber security breaches, after the Senate passed laws mandating their disclosure 15 years after they were introduced in…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
New Mexico Enacts Data Breach Notification Law
By Conor Duffy
Governor Susana Martinez recently signed into law the New Mexico “Data Breach Notification Act” (the Act), making New Mexico the 48th state (plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia)…
Password Protected
New Mexico Enacts Data Breach Notification Law
On April 6, 2017, New Mexico enacted a data breach notification law. The “Data Breach Notification Act” (H.B. 15) will take effect on June 16, 2017. The recent passage of…
Information Bytes
America’s great – New Mexico makes 48
By Peter Sloan
Effective June 16, New Mexico will be the 48th state with a PII data breach notification statute. New Mexico joins the vast majority of states, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam,…
Consumer Protection Connection
New Mexico Enacts Data Breach Notification Law; Tennessee Reinstates Encryption Safe Harbor
By Sheila Millar, Tracy Marshall
New Mexico is the 48th state to enact a data breach law. That law, the Data Breach Notification Act (HB15), is scheduled to take effect on June 16, 2017. Alabama…
Dewey B Strategic
Bloomberg Law Releases Data Compliance Risk Benchmark Tool and Report Identifying High Risk Countries
By Jean O'Grady
Yesterday Bloomberg Law released an important new feature in the Bloomberg Law: Privacy & Data Security product called the Complaince Risk Benchmarks tool. The tool ranks the “burden” and compliance risks…