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Global Privacy & Security Compliance Blog
ICO Issues Further Guidance on its Monetary Penalties Powers
By Amy Taylor
The UK’s data privacy regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has recently issued further statutory guidance on its powers to impose monetary penalties. This guidance builds on an earlier statutory…
Media Law Prof Blog
Some Analysis of the Phone Hacking Fallout
From today's New York Times, an article dissecting Scotland Yard's failure to investigate the phone hacking scandal at News of the World. On CNN's Reliable Sources, an excellent discussion led…
Beyond Telecom Law Blog
You’ve Been Hacked. What Do You Do?
Online hacking, lost or stolen laptops, and improper disposal are just some of the ways that personal information that a company collects from customers and employees can get into the…
Proskauer on Privacy
You, NOT the Newspapers, Should Report a Breach: WellPoint to Pay $100,000 to Indiana AG for Delayed Breach Notification
On July 5, 2011, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced a settlement with health insurer WellPoint, Inc. The settlement resolves allegations that the company failed to promptly notify the Attorney…
Health Law Prof Blog
Poor Man’s Privacy Law May Have Teeth
I am not a big fan of data breach statutes whether legislated by the states (usefully collected here) or the federal government, for example Sec. 13402 HITECH and regulations made…
The Ethical Investigator
Security Breaches in U.S. Companies “Almost a Statistical Certainty”
If 90% of U.S. companies are falling victim to computer hackers, according to a new Ponemon Institute study, is it that the companies are woefully unprepared or are the hackers…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Breach Notification Proposal
A House subcommittee held a hearing yesterday on the SAFE Data Act, a draft data security and breach notification bill that, among other things, would require businesses to minimize the…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Rep. Mary Bono Circulates Draft Data Breach and Data Security Law
Reuters and other news outlets are reporting that Representative Mary Bono Mack has circulated draft legislation in response to the steady stream of data breaches that have occurred this year.…
Media Law Prof Blog
Yet Another Security Breach
...This time last Friday at the International Monetary Fund (coverage from the NYT), which can ill afford more notoriety, after the arrest last month of former head Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The breach…
Technology Law Dispatch
Case for National Breach Notification Standard – Federal Action to Follow?
By Paul Bond
On June 9, 2011, Citigroup confirmed that its online banking platform Citi Account Online had suffered a data breach involving the names, credit card numbers, addresses, and email details of…