The European Commission adopted new versions of the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) on June 4, 2021. The new SCCs finally replace the original SCCs adopted under the 1998 European Data Protection Directive (DPD) and did...more
7/6/2021
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
UK Data Protection Act
While the world anxiously awaited the results of the November 2020 U.S. federal elections, California silently passed California Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). Labeled on the ballot simply as...more
11/13/2020
/ California ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Data Mapping ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personal Data ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Safe Harbors ,
Sensitive Personal Information
On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its anxiously-awaited judgment in the Schrems II case. The CJEU’s decision upheld the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) but, somewhat surprisingly,...more
7/21/2020
/ Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FISA ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personal Data ,
Safe Harbors ,
Standard Contractual Clauses
As industry continues to adapt to the evolving realities of shelter-in-place orders, companies face challenges in supporting an unprecedented remote workforce while balancing compliance with a variety of regulatory agencies....more
4/9/2020
/ Business Interruption ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
OCR ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Remote Working ,
Small Business ,
State of Emergency
As recent noteworthy attacks have shown, no health care organization or provider is safe from ransomware threats, and the results of an attack can be devastating. Ransomware is a virus which limits or eliminates access to...more
5/26/2016
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Email ,
Employee Training ,
Hackers ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Social Media ,
Websites
This past Friday the 13th was not a lucky day for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) dismissed the FTC’s data security enforcement proceeding against LabMD on the grounds that the FTC failed...more
Highlights Areas of High Risk and Examination Priorities for Financial Industry Firms -
On September 15, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Office of Compliance, Inspections and Examinations (OCIE),...more
10/8/2015
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Cease and Desist Orders ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Breach Plans ,
Data Loss Prevention ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Encryption ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Hackers ,
Identity Theft ,
Neither Admit Nor Deny Settlements ,
OCIE ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Registered Investment Advisors ,
Risk Alert ,
Sanctions ,
SEC Examination Priorities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Security Risk Assessments ,
Training ,
Unauthorized Access ,
Vendors