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Data Breach Notification
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Proskauer on Privacy
Will Congress Enact Data Security Breach Provisions This Year – ? Guess What, It Already Has
By Jeffrey D. Neuburger and Sara Krauss Congress has been dithering over the adoption of a federal data security breach notice law for the last several years without coming to…
Proskauer on Privacy
Prying Eyes Make Headlines
Proskauer on Privacy will never be confused with TMZ, but we would be remiss if we failed to report on the high profile privacy scandal unfolding in the backyard of…
Proskauer on Privacy
Northern Disclosure: Alaska Enacts 44th State Breach Notification Law
Alaska passed a breach notification law in June, making it state number 44 to do so. As most are aware by now, Alaska's new law, Alaska Stat. § 45.48.010 et…
Proskauer on Privacy
EU Data Protection Watchdog Supports Data Breach Notification Law
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has come out in favor of the EU enacting data security breach notification laws. The EDPS is an independent supervisory authority devoted to protecting…
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Iowa Enacts 43rd State Breach Notification Law
On May 9, 2008, Iowa Governor Chester Culver signed legislation (SF 2308) requiring any person who owns or licenses computerized data that includes a consumer's personal information to give notice…
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More Breach Notification Laws — 42 States and Counting
Virginia, West Virginia, and South Carolina are the latest states to pass data breach notification laws, bringing to 42 the total number of states with such laws on the books…
Proskauer on Privacy
New York Attorney General Tags Worker’s Compensation Claims Service Provider for Seven Week Delay in Security Breach Notification
On April 26, 2007, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced that his office entered into a settlement with CS STARS LLC for violating the state’s Information Security Breach and…
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Proposed California Legislation Would Require Retailers to Dispose of Personal Information Within 90 Days
Under legislation recently proposed in California, retailers doing business in the state would be subject to enhanced data destruction requirements, and all businesses would be affected by new data breach…
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And now a laugh at Choicepoint’s expense
Main Tuesday, July 12, 2005And now a laugh at Choicepoint's expense After the recent ChoicePoint security breach in which Choicepoint handed over personal data on 145,000 Americans to thieves posing…