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Data Breach
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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
The Data Breach Notification That Cried Wolf: How Connecticut’s Overbroad Data Breach Notification Statute Undermines the Effectiveness of Consumer Protection
Contributed by Jackson Raymond Schipke, Connecticut, 3L Roger Williams University Law School Connecticut’s data breach statute is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. That statute’s definition of “breach of security” is…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Limited Legal Remedies for Injured Consumers: A Critical View of How Privacy Laws Have Failed Those They Claim To Protect
Contributed by William C. Burnham, Monmouth County, New Jersey, 2L Roger Williams University Law School A common motif in privacy law is the overarching concern for “consumer protection.” Curiously, these…
Technology Law Dispatch
Cybersecurity Oversight: What is a Board of Directors to Do?
Cybersecurity and the risks of data breaches figured prominently at the 35th Annual Ray Garrett Corporate and Securities Law Institute held April 30, 2015, at Northwestern Law School in Chicago.…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: Driverless Cars and Surveying, Fracking “Study,” Trends in Retail
How much do you know about data brokers? Do you even know what they are? Over on LXBN, Zosha has a piece on these interesting—to put it kindly—companies. Also, Craig…
Covington Digital Health
Cyber Attacks on Health Data Increasing, Primary Cause of Data Breaches, Group Finds
By Covington Digital Health Team
A new study out by the Ponemon Institute finds that criminal attacks, rather than accidents or technological failures, are the leading cause of data breaches. The report finds that cyber-criminals…
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A 30-Minute Data Breach Drill for GCs
At times, the two most frightening words in the English vocabulary are “data” and “breach.” Much to the chagrin of companies across the country, data breaches are quite the rage…
Technology Law Dispatch
9 Steps to Prepare a Data Breach Debrief for the CEO in 30 Minutes
By William Cook
Following a data breach, it is the responsibility of the general counsel and in-house legal department to quickly assess the situation and immediately provide a coherent and thoughtful initial report…
Media & Privacy Risk Report
NLRB Steps into the Data Breach
By Blaine C. Kimrey, Bruce R. Alper
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) may be yet another new sheriff in town (in addition to all the other sheriffs such as the FTC, FCC, SEC, OCR, OIG, state…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
JAMA Releases Study Analyzing Scope and Characteristics of Recent Data Breaches
By Conor Duffy
Reports of security breaches involving health care information have become increasingly prevalent in recent years, and such breaches seem to be continually growing in scope and magnitude. In the April…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Verizon 2015 Data Breach Investigations Report Out
If you have never taken a close look at Verizon’s yearly Data Breach Investigations Report, we highly recommend that you do. It just came out, and is once again, a…