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Data Breach
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Health Law Update
Selby and Sessions Offer Advice for Building a Breach Response Team Before a Breach in an Article for CSO.com and CIO.com
Partners Judy Selby and Lynn Sessions co-authored an article entitled, “Building a Data Breach Response Team, Before You Have a Breach,” which was published by CSO.com and CIO.com on October…
Wisconsin Business Law Blog
Dropbox Passwords Hacked
We learned this morning about another data breach, this time relating to the widely used Cloud Service called Dropbox. Steve Kovach, of BusinessInsider.com reported yesterday that over 7 million Dropbox…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Cybersecurity Incident Highlights Questions about Cyber Insurance Coverage
On October 8, 2014, the Department of Homeland Security reported that over the course of several months, the network of a large critical manufacturing company was compromised.
Health IT Law Blog
Medical info now 10 times more valuable than financial data on the black market
Credit card numbers have dropped precipitously in value in recent years as PHI replaces it on the underground market. Why? Cyber criminals use the PHI to engage in medical fraud…
Inside Privacy
California Amends Data Breach Legislation
Continuing our coverage of the flurry of bills signed into law by California Governor Jerry Brown last week, we turn now to AB 1710, an amendment to California’s data breach…
Life Sciences Legal Update
New California Amendment Aims to Increase Breach Responsibility and Accountability
By Lisa Baird
A recently enacted law in California is designed to expand the scope of requirements for entities that own, license, and maintain data or information about a resident of the state.…
Technology Law Dispatch
Did California Just Impose a First-in-the-Nation Requirement for Breaching Companies To Offer Identity Theft Prevention and Mitigation Services?
By Paul Bond, Lisa B. Kim
This post was also written by Leslie Chen. Spurred by the security breaches at Target, Neiman Marcus, and The Home Depot, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
California Governor Approves New Privacy Legislation
On September 30, 2014, California Governor Jerry Brown announced the recent signings of several bills that provide increased privacy protections to California residents. These bills are aimed at protecting student…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Data Incident Response–Are You Prepared?
Two recent surveys provide some detailed analysis of cybersecurity and its impact in today’s world. The Global State of Information Security Survey 2015, conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PWC), found a…
Data Counsel
California’s Latest Amendments to Its Data Security Breach Notification Law – Much Ado about Nothing?
By Tanya Forsheit, M. Scott Koller
Editor's Note: The authors would like to thank Jaysen Borja for his contributions to this post. On September 30, 2014, California Governor, Jerry Brown, signed Assembly Bill 1710 into law,…