Connecticut’s new cybersecurity standards law, which goes into effect on October 1, 2021, protects companies from punitive damages in certain data breach actions where an organization has a cybersecurity program that conforms...more
10/1/2021
/ Affirmative Defenses ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
Safe Harbors ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
Prepare for global data class actions has been moved. In the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic, there is an unfortunate increase in the cyber-security risks businesses may face. Our global team will help you best prepare for the...more
4/8/2020
/ Class Action ,
Collective Actions ,
Collective Redress ,
Compliance ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cross-Border ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Member State ,
Mexico ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Risk Management ,
Russia ,
United States ,
Webinars
Class actions have become an increasingly common means to seek redress in data privacy cases. With data breaches and data privacy claims on the rise, we asked our lawyers in France and the U.S. what you should bear in mind....more
12/17/2018
/ Article III ,
Class Action ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hackers ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Standing
The FTC has approved the first-ever petition to reopen and modify a privacy-related consent order. The petition, filed by Sears Holdings Management Corporation, sought to amend the terms of Sears’ 2009 consent order (the...more
3/14/2018
/ Brick-and-Mortar Stores ,
Consent Order ,
Customer Information ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Mobile Apps ,
Retail Market ,
Retail Tracking ,
Retailers ,
Sears ,
Software