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Data Breach Notification
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The Data Advisor
California Extends Security Breach Notification Requirements to Online Account Credentials
California, which enacted the pioneering security breach notification law in 2002, again has taken the lead in security breach notification legislation. In an effort to protect consumers against unauthorized access…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
California Expands Breach Notification Law to Cover Online Accounts
California recently passed a law updating its breach notification requirements and making it the first state to expand the definition of personal information to expressly include login credentials for online…
Covering Your Ads® Blog
California Enacts New Data Privacy Laws
By James Chadwick, Rachel Tarko Hudson
As part of a flurry of new privacy legislation, California Governor Jerry Brown signed two new data privacy bills into law on September 27, 2013: S.B. 46 amending California’s data…
Technology Law Dispatch
French Data Protection Authority CNIL Announces New Online Notification Procedure for Reporting Data Breaches
By Cynthia O’Donoghue, Daniel Kadar
France’s data protection authority, the Commission Nationale De L’informatique et Des Libertés (CNIL), released a new mandatory online notification procedure for French electronic communications service providers (Providers) to rapidly report…
Technology Law Dispatch
UK Information Commissioner’s Office issues guidance on notification procedure for data security breaches
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published new guidance following the issuance of EC Regulation (No.611/2013) (The Notification Regulation) (see our blog), which aims to harmonise EU data breach notification…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
California Expands Breach Notification Law
California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 46 (S.B. 46) (PDF) into law on Friday, September 27, 2013. The new law expands the current breach notification requirement to include a known…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
California Bill Would Require Notification for Breaches Involving Online Account Credentials
On September 4, 2013, the California State Senate passed a bill to amend the state's breach notification law, expanding it to require notification of security incidents involving "a user name…
Technology Law Dispatch
New EU Data Breach Notification Rules for Telecoms
New EU rules on personal data breach notification for telecoms and ISPs came into force recently (on 25 August 2013). European Commission Regulation (EU) 611/2013 of 24 June 2013 on…
Technology Law Dispatch
UK ICO criticises elements of the proposed EU cybersecurity Directive
Last month, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published a response to the government’s call for views and evidence on the draft EU Directive on Network and Information Security (NIS Directive).…
Inside Privacy
Data Breach Notification within 24 hours in the Electronic Communication Sector – An Example to Follow in the Reform of the EU Data Protection Directive?
Under the so-called e-Privacy Directive, providers of publicly available electronic communications services (primarily telecom providers and ISPs) are obliged to notify the competent national authorities and, in certain cases also…