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Data Breach
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Israel Global Gateway
Surviving the service provider data breach
By Israel Group
Service provider cyber incidents have exploded in volume, type, frequency, response time and cost. That makes sense because the surface attack area for most organizations now expands beyond their networks…
The Law for Lawyers Today
Do we need a new “data-breach privilege”? Thoughts on the Sedona Conference proposal
By Karen Rubin, Thomas F. Zych
The outlines of the attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine are well-established. But how should they apply when an organizational client suffers a cybersecurity event or other intrusion that results in…
Israel Global Gateway
Lessons learned from the SEC’s Facebook settlement
By Israel Group
Much has been written about preventing breaches. But what should companies think about doing when they become aware of a breach? Sanjay M. Shirodkar discusses the lessons learned from the SEC's…
School Law
Pearson Student Data Breach: More than 13,000 Schools Impacted
Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that Pearson, maker of educational programs such as aimswebPlus, suffered a data breach revealing information concerning students from more than 13,000 schools and…
Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch
July 2019 Privacy and Cybersecurity Enforcement: Lessons for Management and Directors
By Jonathan S. Kolodner, Pamela L. Marcogliese, Alexis Collins, Rahul Mukhi, Anne Titus Hilby
In late July 2019, U.S. federal and state regulators announced three headline‑grabbing data privacy and cybersecurity enforcement actions against Equifax and Facebook. Although coverage of these cases has focused largely…
InsureReinsure
Connecticut Adopts Insurance Data Security Law
To date, six states from Michigan to Alabama have adopted versions of the National Association of Insurance Commissioner’s model insurance data security law (the “NAIC model”). The NAIC model generally…
ComplexDiscovery
The SHIELD is Now Up: New Legislation To Protect New Yorkers Against Data Security Breaches
By Rob Robinson
Press Announcement Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation Protecting New Yorkers Against Data Security Breaches Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today [July 25, 2019] signed legislation to protect New Yorkers against security breaches.…
Technology Law Dispatch
New York enacts new security and identity theft protection laws in response to recent data breaches
By Kimberly Gold, Robert Kantrowitz
On July 25, 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act (S.5575B/A.5635), which significantly increases obligations for businesses handling…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Pay Attention to Your Firewalls
After the Capital One data breach, which was reportedly caused by an improperly configured firewall, every company should be paying attention to its firewalls. This is not the first data…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #201 – Capital One Suffers Massive Data Breach
Many readers have reached out to learn about the Capital One data breach and how it affects us. If you haven’t been watching the story unfold as closely as I…