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Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Lisa Sotto Profiled in Crain’s New York Business on Breaches and Cyber Attacks
On June 29, 2015, Lisa J. Sotto, partner and head of the Global Privacy and Cybersecurity practice at Hunton & Williams LLP, was profiled in a Crain’s New York Business…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Pennsylvania Continues to Rely on Third Circuit Holding that the Risk of Harm is Not Enough in Data Breach Actions
As noted in Dittman et al. v. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Case No. GD-14-003285, previously reported on here, Pennsylvania has firmly adopted the approach that the Risk of…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
State Attorneys General Tell Congress – Don’t Preempt Our Breach Notification Laws!
In the wake of recent, large-scale data breaches, one being the breach at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) affecting millions of federal employees, a number of bills have been…
Of Digital Interest
Canadian Government Amends and Strengthens PIPEDA, Adding Breach Notification Requirement and Filling Other Gaps
By David B. Elder, Counsel, Stikeman Elliot
Just prior to recessing for the summer, the Canadian government enacted the Digital Privacy Act. It includes a number of targeted amendments to strengthen existing provisions of the Personal Information…
Health Law Rx
Illinois Appellate Court Holds No Standing to Sue for Medical Information Data Breach Where Injury is Speculative
On June 2, 2015, the Second District Illinois Appellate Court affirmed the decisions of two lower courts, which had dismissed breach of privacy cases for lack of standing. The cases…
Data Counsel
New Hampshire Enacts Breach Notification Requirement for the Department of Education
The state of New Hampshire recently enacted House Bill 322 (“HB 322”), which requires the Department of Education (“DOE”) to implement additional procedures to protect student and teacher data from…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
FTC Launches New Website for Identity Theft Victims
IdentityTheft.gov Helps People Report and Recover from Identity Theft The Federal Trade Commission has launched IdentityTheft.gov, a new resource that makes it easier for identity theft victims to report and recover…
#alalimón
La Oficina del Comisionado Australiano de la Información y las autoridades de Irlanda y Canadá inestigan #alalimón la brecha de seguridad de Adobe
By Gonzalo F. Gállego, Laur Badin
La Oficina del Comisionado Australiano de la Información coopera #alalimón con oficinas homólogas a nivel internacional para finalizar la investigación abierta a la multinacional Adobe, por la brecha de seguridad…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Stricter Data Privacy Requirements in Connecticut
By Fox Rothschild LLP, Fox Rothschild LLP
On June 30, 2015, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy signed into law Senate Bill 949, “An Act Improving Data Security and Agency Effectiveness”, a data privacy and security bill that creates…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Effective information security governance: executive support a must
According to a very recent report by the Identity Theft Resource Center, the first half of 2015 alone saw 400 publicized security breaches with over 117 million records exposed. While…