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Uber’s Former Chief Security Officer Found Guilty of Obstruction for Coverup of Data Breaches
On October 5, 2022, after a monthlong jury trial, former Uber Chief Information Security Officer Joseph Sullivan was found guilty of obstructing proceedings of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and…
Consumer Privacy World
CPW Week in Review
In case you missed it, below are recent posts from Consumer Privacy World covering the latest developments on data privacy, security and innovation. Please reach out to the authors if…
eDiscovery Today Blog
Q3 Data Compromises Up from Q2, But Far From a Record High: Cybersecurity Trends
By Doug Austin
Cybersecurity Awareness Month continues with some possible good news? According to a report by the Identity Theft Resource Center® (ITRC), Q3 data compromises are up from Q2, but far off…
Privacy World
Protecting Electronic Communications Networks and Services from Cyber-Attack and Data Breach: Enhanced Obligations and Board-level Accountability
The UK’s Electronic Communications (Security Measures) Regulations 2022 (the Regulations) came into force on 1 October 2022, together with the Telecommunications Security Code of Practice (the Code of Practice). The Regulations reflect…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
State Bar of Georgia Reveals Security Incident to Employees and Members
By Linn Foster Freedman, Kelly Sweeney
The State Bar of Georgia recently disclosed that it was the victim of a cybersecurity incident in April 2022, when an unauthorized individual accessed its systems and compromised the data…
The D&O Diary
Payments Company Hit With Data Breach-Related Securities Suit
The payment technology firm Block, Inc. (formerly known as Square) has been hit with a securities class action lawsuit related to the company’s announcement earlier this year that a former…
Allens Insights
A step into the breach – will the Optus incident
By Allens
Increased scrutiny following Optus incident 8 min read Within days of Optus revealing it had suffered a major cyber incident, two major plaintiff class actions firms announced investigations into potential…
Bright Law Blog
Optus data breach and monitoring by APRA-regulated entities
The Treasurer has announced that the Government proposes to amend the Telecommunications Regulations 2021 to enable Optus and other telecommunications companies to temporarily share approved government identifier information (such as…
Privacy World
SEC Reopens Comment Period on Proposed Data Breach Disclosure and Cybersecurity Governance Rules
By Kristin Bryan, James Brennan
Last Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission reopened the comment period on eleven of its pending rulemakings because of a technological error that caused the SEC not to receive all…
Perkins on Privacy
2022 Breach Notification Law Update: State and Federal Requirements Continue To Evolve
By Amelia M. Gerlicher, Peter Hegel, Akua Asare-Konadu
Overview 2022 has been relatively quiet as it relates to state updates to breach notification laws, but Maryland made significant alterations to its general data breach notification law. Additionally, several…