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Data Breach Notification
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Proskauer on Privacy
Washington State Amends Breach Notification Law to Expand Notification Requirements
On April 23, 2015, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed into law a bill strengthening the state’s data breach notification law (amending Wash. Rev. Code §§ 19.255.010 and 42.56.590 and…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
New Legislation Aims To Replace State Data Security Breach Notification Laws With Federal Standard
By Fox Rothschild LLP, Joseph D. McClendon
In an effort to standardize data breach laws nationwide, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn) introduced H.R. 1770 to the House and Energy Commerce Committee this past week. Called the Data Security…
Technology Law Dispatch
Washington Amends its State Data Breach Notification Law
By Divonne Smoyer, Christine Nielsen Czuprynski
On April 13, the Washington State Senate unanimously passed an amendment to the state’s data breach notification law. The amendment, which was requested by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, and…
Of Digital Interest
Update on State Breach Notification Laws
In the first few months of 2015, a number of states have introduced data breach notification bills and proposed legislative amendments designed to enhance consumer protection in response to increasingly…
The Northwest Policyholder
Likely Changes to Oregon Data Breach Law Should Prompt Review of Cyber Coverage
By Seth Row
This excellent post by my colleague Brian Sniffen in our firm's IP Law Trends blog reports on the efforts by Oregon's attorney to strengthen the state's data breach notification laws.…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Alabama Seeks To Become 48th State To Enact Breach Legislation
Alabama recently introduced a bill (S.B. 106) which would require notification in the event of a breach affecting the personal information of an Alabama resident. While 47 states currently have laws…
Data Counsel
Wyoming Broadens Data Breach Notification Law
By Charles Shih, Will R. Daugherty
Wyoming recently joined the list of states passing laws that broaden the scope of their data breach notification laws. On March 2, 2015, Wyoming signed into law two bills (S.F.…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Hogan Lovells’ IAPP Tracker Post Highlights Data Security and Breach Notification Legislation in Congress
By HL Chronicle of Data Protection
For more than a year now, we have been hearing that the spate of highly-publicized data breaches could lead to federal data security and data breach legislation. On March 25,…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
The Netherlands: New Rules for Cookies, Data Breaches and Fines
Recently, new rules on cookies came into force in the Netherlands. In addition, the Dutch Second Chamber approved a draft bill to introduce a mandatory data breach notification requirement and…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
The Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015
On March 25, 2015, the United States House of Representative, Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade approved draft legislation which would replace state data breach notification laws with…