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Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Washington State Legislators Approve Amendments to Data Breach Law
On April 22, 2019, Washington state legislators passed HB 1071, a bill that seeks to strengthen the state’s data breach law. The bill is now before Governor Jay Inslee. This…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Washington Poised to Significantly Expand Its Data Breach Notification Law
It was looking like Washington state would be the first state to follow the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), with a GDPR-like law of its own. That effort has stalled,…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
UK Supreme Court Gives Morrisons Permission to Appeal Data Breach Class Action
The UK Supreme Court has granted VM Morrison Supermarkets PLC permission to appeal an October 2018 UK Court of Appeal ruling that Morrisons was vicariously liable for a data breach…
Password Protected
ICYMI: A quick look at recent Privacy and Cybersecurity headlines
By 1531349482-httpswww.passwordprotectedlaw.com
Proposed Bill Makes Dramatic Changes To North Carolina Security Breach Notification Law Some of the proposed changes include: Businesses would have to “[i]implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices,…
Health Care Reform Dashboard
HIPAA Enforcement Outlook for 2019 and Beyond
After announcing that its HIPAA enforcement collections had reached a new high-water mark of $28.7 million in 2018, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
WIPRO Hacked
I have been alerting clients that I know use Wipro, but may have missed some of you. It is being reported that IT outsourcing company Wipro Ltd. has been hacked…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #186 – Some Hotmail Users’ Emails Compromised
On April 14, 2019, Microsoft alerted some account owners that Microsoft Outlook and Hotmail email addresses had been compromised over a three-month period. According to Microsoft, “We have identified that…
Data Protection Report
Parenting support club Bounty fined in ‘unprecedented’ data breach
On 12 April, the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) fined Bounty, a pregnancy and parent support club, £400,000 for illegally sharing personal data belonging to more than 14 million people. As…
Information Bytes
12 reasons to govern our information
By Peter Sloan
They say that the right time to plant a tree is yesterday. In a world of data dangers and opportunities, the time to elevate how your business governs its information…
Cybersecurity Legal Trends & Topics
Responding to, and managing the risk of, the inevitable data breach
Cybersecurity and data privacy remain at the top of the corporate agenda, and it is critical that executives stay ahead of the curve with the latest best practices in order…