In this episode, Natasha Kohne and Michelle Reed, who head Akin Gump’s cybersecurity, privacy and data protection practice, and counsel Lauren York discuss the firm’s new CCPA Litigation Annual Report – 2021 Trends and...more
With the recent signing of the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA) by Gov. Spencer J. Cox on March 24, 2022, Utah has become the fourth state to enact a comprehensive law addressing consumer data privacy, joining California,...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a surprisingly strong warning to companies that they may face potential regulatory action if they fail to address known vulnerabilities, focusing in particular on the Log4j...more
Public comments to recently published regulations governing compliance with the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) show that stakeholders sharply disagree on multiple areas of the CPRA. Seventy submissions totaling nearly...more
On September 21, 2021, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published an updated sanctions advisory, providing guidance to companies on sanctions compliance obligations related to ransomware...more
12/14/2021
/ Compliance ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
New Guidance ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Ransomware ,
Sanctions ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Virtual Currency
On October 1, 2021, two Acts overhauling data privacy and cybersecurity in Connecticut took effect—the latest instance of stronger state breach reporting requirements with a safe harbor protection from litigation for...more
10/7/2021
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HITECH Act ,
Notification Requirements ,
Personal Information ,
Popular ,
Safe Harbors ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
Maine’s legislature unanimously passed a new law—“An Act to Protect the Privacy of Online Customer Information” (the “Act”)—that will impose strict data protection restrictions on broadband internet service providers (ISPs)...more
10/29/2019
/ Broadband ,
Consent ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Internet ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
New Legislation ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Public Utility ,
Utilities Sector