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Data Breach
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Privacy World
Data Breach: Is Your Forensic Report Privileged?
A financial institution has asked a Virginia federal court to overturn a magistrate judge’s order to disclose its forensic report, detailing its 2019 data breach. If your company experiences a…
Triage Health Law
How to Keep Your Data Breach Report Privileged
Capital One has been ordered to disclose its cybersecurity report about a data breach. We provide tips on how to keep such reports under protection of the attorney client privilege…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #241 – Who is db851dd?
As you know, I very rarely download mobile apps. Except for a multi-factor authentication app, and of course, the Jumbo privacy app. This week, the Jumbo privacy app advised me…
The Lawyer's Lawyer
Malware: The Other Virus
By Irwin Kramer
Q. Using ransomware, hackers recently locked our firm's data and demanded bitcoins to release it. It cost us around $10,000 to get our data back. But if our clients find…
Data Counsel
Key Changes to New York Breach Notification and Data Security Protection Requirements from the New York SHIELD Act
By David Kitchen, Damon C. Barhorst
The New York SHIELD Act,[1] officially titled the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act, amends New York’s existing data breach notification law in several significant ways and adds…
Ride the Lightning
Three More Law Firms Breached by REvil
Security Boulevard reported on June 5th that the cybercriminals who make up the REvil ransomware gang have launched an auction site where they plan to sell stolen data they were…
The Firewall
District of Columbia Amended Privacy Law Creates New Requirements
On March 26, 2020, the District of Colombia enacted Act 23-268, known as the “Security Breach Protection Amendment Act of 2020.” Acting as an amendment of Section 28 of Chapter…
The Firewall
Government Data Leaks May Have Broad Data Privacy Implications
On the list of concerns recently expressed about police conduct, data privacy ranks relatively low. However, a recent privacy leak by the New York Police Department’s union has shown how…
Taft Privacy & Data Security Insights
Adding Insult to Injury: Government Agency Security Incidents Expose Unemployed Personal Data
By Scot Ganow
Losing a job and struggling with finances have added significant stress to those trying to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is no secret that for weeks, state departments…
eDiscovery Today Blog
You Bet Your “Breaches” it’s Time for Another Verizon DBIR Report!: Cybersecurity Trends
By Doug Austin
See what I did there? ;-) If you’ve been following my blogging for several years, you know that I like to cover the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) every…