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Financial services industry trade groups pen letter to Treasury Secretary Bessent on cybersecurity risks

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 6/16/2025

On June 9, multiple financial services trade associations sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expressing concerns about cybersecurity risk management practices at federal regulatory agencies following the OCC’s...more

OIG makes seven recommendations for CFPB following major incident

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/19/2025

On May 5, the OIG for the Fed authored a report with several recommendations for the CFPB following a major security incident regarding confidential supervisory information (CSI). The OIG issued four findings with seven...more

2024 Year in Review: Data Privacy and Cybersecurity

Goodwin on 3/17/2025

Welcome to the “Data Privacy and Cybersecurity” chapter of our annual report, Consumer Financial Services: 2024 Year in Review. Consumer financial services regulators are taking a keen interest in artificial intelligence...more

From Encryption to Employment, U.S. Federal Agencies Brace for the Effects of Quantum Computing, AI and More

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog on 6/3/2024

In this week’s edition of Consumer Protection Dispatch, we look at the latest regulatory developments from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Securities and Exchange Commission...more

A Measured Approach - US Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Review and Update: Looking back on our 2023 articles and planning ahead...

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 3/1/2024

Technological advances, especially in Artificial Intelligence and quantum computing, will continue to amaze in the coming years. They will open up vast new opportunities while presenting profound regulatory, litigation, and...more

The BR Privacy & Security Download: November 2023

Blank Rome LLP on 11/10/2023

Welcome to this month's issue of The BR Privacy & Security Download, the digital newsletter of Blank Rome’s Privacy, Security & Data Protection practice....more

CFPB Turns Its Attention to Data Security

Troutman Pepper Locke on 8/18/2022

On August 11, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a circular, answering the question “Can entities violate the prohibition on unfair acts or practices in the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) when...more

Government Investigations Team Insights - December 2021

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 12/30/2021

AGG’s Government Investigations Team Insights provides periodic updates covering legal and regulatory topics. In this edition, we discuss recent criticism of the Justice Department’s use of “taint teams” to review...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - October 2021

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/2/2021

In this month’s edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the FTC’s changes to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act’s Safeguards Rule and the CFPB’s order requiring six tech companies to disclose information regarding...more

Chambers Global Practice Guide: Fintech 2021 Trends and Developments

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 3/23/2021

Crisis has set the stage for fintech companies in 2021, creating both new opportunities and potentially unprecedented challenges to innovation. While the coronavirus pandemic continues to accelerate the digital transformation...more

Financial Services Report - Spring 2021

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/2/2021

Can you say 0 to 60? Not cars, but pretty much everything to do with financial services. A new year, a new administration, and new challenges for providers. Prior CFPB Director Kraninger is long gone. Acting Director Uejio...more

Nutter Bank Report: January 2020

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 1/30/2020

The FDIC and OCC have issued new guidance for banks on heightened cybersecurity risks facing the financial services industry because of increased geopolitical tensions and threats of aggression. The guidance published on...more

The Scariest Data Privacy Breaches of 2019

Mitratech Holdings, Inc on 10/31/2019

With it being Halloween, October being National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and 2019 drawing to an end, let’s take a look at the data privacy breaches giving compliance professionals a fright this year! ...more

But Wait, There’s Less – Equifax Settlement Update

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 8/2/2019

We know we told you yesterday about the Equifax settlement and how you could make a claim in connection with the breach. Well, consumers whose personal information was compromised in Equifax’s massive 2017 data breach are in...more

FTC and Equifax Reach Historic Settlement

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 7/31/2019

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and 50 U.S. states and territories, have reached a global settlement agreement with Equifax Inc. (“Equifax”), according to which, Equifax agreed...more

The Digital Download – Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Newsletter – October 2018

Alston & Bird on 10/30/2018

Features - International Updates (Excluding the EU) - India’s Draft Data Protection Bill: Another GDPR Around the Corner? India recently introduced the Personal Data Protection Bill 2018. ...more

Cybersecurity Enforcement and Regulation - 2017 In Review

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 3/29/2018

Cyber attacks continue to be a pervasive and destructive threat to all institutions and the legal and regulatory landscape currently in place to address those threats continues be reshaped in an effort to address those...more

Trump Administration: 2017 Recap and 2018 Outlook

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/17/2018

On January 20, 2017, businessman Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States following a contentious and unconventional 2016 presidential election. Republicans also successfully maintained control...more

Financial Stability Oversight Council identifies cybersecurity as primary area of risk for the banking industry

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/20/2017

On December 14, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), which was established by the Dodd-Frank Act to analyze and mitigate potential threats to the financial sector, released its first report under the Trump...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - November 2017 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 11/10/2017

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has signed into law the Cyber Civilian Corps Act, which established the Michigan Cyber Civilian Corps, dubbed MiC3. The corps has been in existence for three years but not statutorily deployed. ...more

New HMDA Disclosure Guidance Creates Concern in Wake of Recent Data Breaches

Baker Donelson on 10/26/2017

The CFPB recently announced a new policy guidance concerning the data required to be collected, reported, and disclosed by financial institutions to the public under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The guidance is...more

The New CFPB Consumer Protection Principles

McGuireWoods LLP on 10/23/2017

On October 18, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a set of Consumer Protection Principles regarding the sharing and aggregation of consumers’ financial data. The timing of the announcement in light...more

Financial Services Weekly News - September 2017 #3

Goodwin on 9/28/2017

Editor's Note - Cybersecurity Returns to Center Stage. The Equifax breach and recent news that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) EDGAR test filing system was hacked in 2016 have brought cybersecurity back to...more

When Ripples Become Waves: The Equifax Cybersecurity Incident

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog on 9/22/2017

Since September 7, 2017, Equifax, one of three credit rating agencies in the United States, has been dealing with the fallout from one of the largest (known) data breaches of personal information, putting 143 million...more

Protecting Your Identity After a Data Breach

Jones Day on 9/21/2017

In light of recent high-profile breaches of highly sensitive data, this is a good time to remind individuals of how to protect their identity and credit information....more

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