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Data Breach Notification
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The Global Privacy Watch
Privacy & Security Are Back on the Agenda in DC
The plethora of security incidents in the news have once again put security front and center of the international agenda. Predictably, this has triggered a number of responses from governments…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
President Obama Announces a National Data Breach Notification Standard and Other Cybersecurity Legislative Proposals and Efforts
On January 13, 2015, President Obama announced legislative proposals and administration efforts with respect to cybersecurity, including a specific proposal for a national data breach notification standard.
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
The White House Announces a Cybersecurity Summit and Information Sharing Proposals
President Obama today addressed cybersecurity for the second time in as many days in a speech at the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC). Early…
Data Protection Report
Cybersecurity to be named a top priority for the US in the state of the union address
Media outlets previewing the President’s upcoming State of the Union Address (to be delivered on Tuesday, January 20 at 9 pm ET) have reported that the President will name cybersecurity as one…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
President Obama to Call For National Data Breach Notification Law and Other Cybersecurity Measures
About two years ago, President Obama signed an executive order on the date that he delivered his State of the Union address which directed certain federal agencies to develop voluntary…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Hogan Lovells’ IAPP Tracker Post Highlights State Data Security Laws
By HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Is data security legislation coming to a state near you? With data breaches continuing to make the headlines, 60 Minutes reporting that breaches are inevitable and federal legislation seeming unlikely,…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Massachusetts Data Breach Settlement Highlights Expectation of Timely Notification
On December 8, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced a settlement with TD Bank, under which TD Bank must pay $625,000 and take several steps to strengthen its data security…
Data Protection Report
National Retail Federation urges Congress to pass a law on consumer data protection
Just two days after the 2014 midterm elections, a coalition of 44 retail and merchant organizations delivered a letter to U.S. Senate and House leaders, urging the passage of “a…
The Global Privacy Watch
Union Files NLRB Complaint Regarding the USPS’ Handling of Security Breach Involving Employee Personal Information
By Bart Lazar
A company faced with a security breach has a lengthy “to do” list, things to accomplish with respect to its incident response plan. It must, among other things, determine the…
Eye On Privacy
California To Expand Its Data Breach Notification Rules
California has broadened its data breach notification statutes in response to the increasing number of large data breaches of customer information. AB 1710, which Governor Jerry Brown signed into law,…