President Biden recently signed an executive order establishing the implementation of the new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which would provide for the possibility of the lawful transfer of personal data from the European...more
11/4/2022
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Data Protection ,
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EU-US Privacy Shield ,
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International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Schrems I & Schrems II
Cyber-attacks and Cybersecurity Failure Are Top Risks of the Next Decade Says World Economic Forum -
Although somewhat obvious, the World Economic Forum, in partnership with Marsh McLennan, SK Group and Zurich Insurance...more
2/16/2021
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Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybertheft ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Hackers ,
NYDFS ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Social Media
CYBERSECURITY -
Further Fall-Out from Russian Hacking of SolarWinds -
U.S. intelligence agencies, including the FBI, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the National Security Agency and the Cybersecurity...more
1/8/2021
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Drones ,
Federal Breach Notification Standard ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Ports ,
Russia ,
Software ,
SolarWinds
The Federal Bureau of Investigations Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) recently issued a public service announcement warning private companies about the increasing numbers of ransomware attacks affecting private industry....more
10/14/2019
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Dentists ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Drones ,
FBI ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Hackers ,
Health Care Providers ,
OCR ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
SCOTUS ,
Title III ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
UPS ,
Vulnerability Assessments ,
Websites ,
WhatsApp
Darkreading.com has issued a survey entitled Monetizing the Insider: The Growing Symbiosis of Insiders and the Dark Web, which states that malicious insiders are responsible for 27 percent of all cybercrime. This statistic...more
12/10/2018
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Cybersecurity ,
Dark Web ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Drones ,
GPS ,
Hackers ,
Law Enforcement ,
Marriott ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Recruitment Incentives ,
State and Local Government ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems ,
USPS ,
Vulnerability Assessments
On March 30, 2018 Solicitor General Noel J. Francisco filed a motion with the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Microsoft Corporation that seeks to vacate the judgment of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit...more
4/5/2018
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Criminal Investigations ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
International Litigation ,
Ireland ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Right to Privacy ,
SCOTUS ,
Search Warrant ,
Stored Communications Act ,
Subpoenas ,
US v Microsoft
Russians Continue to Attack U.S. Energy and Power Sectors -
Late last week, a joint statement by the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed that the Russian government has been...more
3/23/2018
/ Cambridge Analytica ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Driverless Cars ,
Drones ,
Energy Sector ,
Exports ,
Facebook ,
Hackers ,
Online Travel Vendors ,
Orbitz ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Russia ,
Trump Administration ,
Uber ,
UK Data Protection Act ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Health Care Organizations Saw an 89% Increase in Ransomware in 2017 -
Our experience last year is consistent with the conclusion of a new report issued by Cryptonite in its 2017 Health Care Cyber Research Report—that the...more
1/16/2018
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Drones ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Hackers ,
Health Care Providers ,
HIPAA Audits ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Malware ,
Mobile Devices ,
OCR ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Ransomware ,
Transportation Industry
We previously warned readers about the Locky ransomware, which is potent and designed to use phishing emails to lure users to click on links and attachments, including pdfs.
Now, researchers at Cylance have discovered...more
11/20/2017
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Big Data ,
Colleges ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Drones ,
Educational Institutions ,
Email ,
Hackers ,
Information Technology ,
Malware ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Ransomware ,
Universities ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Two Massachusetts accounting firms separately recently notified the Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General and the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation of data breach incidents at their firms, resulting in...more
Yahoo’s troubles for failing to timely disclose security breaches provides rare insight into quantifying the financial and other costs to a company’s shareholders and leadership when a security breach occurs and is...more
3/13/2017
/ Clawbacks ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Email ,
Hackers ,
Information Technology ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Telecommunications ,
Verizon ,
Yahoo!
Tobias Boelter, a University of California Berkeley cryptography researcher claims that last year he found a security flaw in WhatsApp’s encrypted smart phone messaging application. The flaw, which relates to the unique...more
2/6/2017
/ Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Facebook ,
Germany ,
Mobile Apps ,
Mobile Devices ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Social Networks ,
WhatsApp
The Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (OCABR) has published an online list of data breach notifications issued each year to Massachusetts residents since 2007, the inception of the...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently settled its first cybersecurity-related enforcement action against a Missouri based registered investment adviser, R.T. Jones Capital Equities Management, Inc. (the ...more
10/2/2015
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Compliance ,
Confidential Information ,
Credit Monitoring ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equity Plans ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Companies ,
Investment Firms ,
Investment Portfolios ,
OCIE ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Regulation S-P ,
Risk Alert ,
Safeguards Rule ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”) has been amended by The Digital Privacy Act (the “DPA”). DPA updates PIPEDA and modernizes Canadian data privacy and security law. DPA is now...more
8/21/2015
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Canada ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
DPA ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PIPEDA ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Privacy Laws
This month, the Ponemon Institute released its Fifth Annual Benchmark Study on Privacy & Security of Healthcare Data and its findings are generating a good deal of attention. In the past, the Study has found that most data...more
An auction of RadioShack assets which concluded this week included the names and physical addresses of 65 million customers and email addresses of 13 million customers. The auction result and transfer of assets is still...more