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Pay the Price, Now ‘Fess Up’: Reporting Obligations for Ransomware Payments Are Live

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As of 29 May 2025, the requirement on businesses to report ransomware payments they make has come into effect. What is the Requirement? If a reporting business entity becomes impacted by a cyber security incident and ends up...more

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Oklahoma Expands its Security Breach Notification Law

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The Oklahoma State Legislature recently enacted Senate Bill 626, amending its Security Breach Notification Act, effective January 1, 2026, to address gaps in the state’s current cybersecurity framework (the “Amendment”). The...more

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Update: Changes to Oklahoma’s Security Breach Notification Act may soon become law

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On January 14, 2025, Sen. Brent Howard and Rep. John Pfeiffer introduced Senate Bill 626, which amends and updates Oklahoma’s Security Breach Notification Act, 24 Okla. Stat. § 161 et seq.  That Act currently requires that...more

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Gavel to Gavel: New additions to Oklahoma’s Security Breach Notification Act may soon become law

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As cybersecurity attacks continue to rise, the Oklahoma Legislature is taking efforts to update old laws regarding notification of security breaches. On January 14, 2025, Sen. Brent Howard and Rep. John Pfeiffer...more

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The Impact of DPDPA on Corporate Disputes

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The Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) is a landmark piece of legislation that has reshaped the regulatory environment for data privacy in India. With its stringent requirements, the DPDPA presents new challenges...more

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Privacy Briefs: May 2023

Five former Memphis-based hospital employees and another man have pled guilty to unlawfully disclosing patient information in violation of HIPAA, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Kevin Ritz announced....more

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California Issues New Health Facility Breach Reporting Requirements

On July 1, 2021, the California Department of Public Health (“CDPH”) issued new regulations (the “Regulations”) effective immediately that more narrowly limit the circumstances under which instances of unauthorized access to...more

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California Passes Landmark Consumer Privacy CCPA—What it Means for Businesses

• California recently passed the landmark California Consumer Privacy Act that goes into effect in 2020, which grants California residents new privacy rights. • The CCPA creates a private right of action for California...more

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Alabama’s Data Breach Law

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All U.S states now have laws about data security and what to do when there’s a data breach. Alabama recently was the 50th state to add such a law, and it takes effect on May 1, 2018. Here are its highlights....more

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South Dakota’s New Breach Notification Law

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On March 21, 2018, South Dakota became the 49th state to enact a breach notification law, leaving Alabama as the sole U.S. state without one. The South Dakota law will take effect on July 1, 2018. Here is a summary of several...more

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In Principle: 10 Things Authorised Firms Need to Know for 2018 – The World of Financial Regulation as the UK Prepares to Exit the...

There is much for authorised firms to consider in the year ahead. Firms have been through the intensive period of the enactment of the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), but must now step up their...more

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New York Introduces New Data Protection Legislation

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Citing a sixty percent increase in data breach notifications from 2015 to 2016, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman recently introduced the Stop Hacks and Improve Data Electronic Security Act (SHIELD) bill. The...more

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The Trend of Stricter State Data Breach Laws Continues with Florida

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Florida’s new Florida Information Protection Act, Fl. Stat. § 501.171, became effective July 1, 2014. The new law repeals and replaces Florida’s existing data breach notification requirements (Fl. Stat. § 817.5681) with more...more

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