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Sixth Circuit Upholds FCC’s 2024 Breach Notification Rules

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Telecommunications carriers must continue to adhere to a 2024 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Order that substantially broadened carriers’ breach notification obligations, requiring that they disclose breaches of any...more

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Court upholds FCC’s expanded data breach reporting rule for telecom and broadband providers

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On August 13, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit denied several consolidated petitions for review and upheld the FCC’s 2024 rule expanding data breach reporting requirements for telecommunications carriers and...more

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[Webinar] Keeping Up With and Staying Ahead of FCC Actions on Data Privacy and Security - October 22nd, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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Carriers have an obligation to protect customer proprietary network information (CPNI) and personally identifiable information (PI). Several recent FCC consent decrees resolving breaches of CPNI and PI show the FCC will hold...more

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AT&T Consent Decree Underscores Telecommunications Carriers’, Vendors’ Obligations to Protect Customer Data

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On Sept. 17, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it has reached a Consent Decree with AT&T Services Inc. to resolve an investigation into a data breach that occurred in January 2023. AT&T's vendor...more

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Right To Know - July 2024, Vol. 19

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Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

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More Privacy, Please – February 2024

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Editor’s Note: In recent regulatory and enforcement developments, the White House announced a new executive order aimed at strengthening cybersecurity at U.S. ports, and another executive order was issued to protect sensitive...more

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FCC Updates Security Breach Rules for Telecommunications Service Breaches : Privacy Day Awareness

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In the privacy world, confidential information relating to the nature, amount, or use of telecommunications services has always been subject to separate rules from other types of customer data. Prior to the advent of...more

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FCC Expands Data Breach Notification Requirements

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The FCC has significantly expanded telecommunications carriers’ data breach notification and reporting obligations. Telecommunications carriers, including Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, and telecommunications...more

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FCC Adopts Data Breach Notification Rules for Telecommunications Providers

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At the end of 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “the Commission”) adopted updates to its existing 16-year-old data breach notification rules (“prior rules”) designed to ensure that sensitive customer...more

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FCC Expands Data Breach Notification Rules

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The amended rules follow the Biden Administration’s “whole of government” approach to maximizing notifications to executive agencies of cybersecurity events. On December 21, 2023, a divided Federal Communications...more

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FCC Updates Data Breach Notification Rules

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At its December meeting, the Federal Communications Commission approved a Report and Order modifying its data protection rules. The order expands the scope of protected data to include personally identifiable information....more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - November 2023 #3

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CYBERSECURITY - New York Governor Proposes Cybersecurity Regulations for NY Hospitals - On November 13, 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul released proposed cybersecurity regulations applicable to all hospitals located within...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (February 13, 2023)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2021 #4

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CYBERSECURITY - Emerging Ransomware Groups Getting into the Action - According to a report issued on August 24, 2021, by Unit 42 of Palo Alto Networks Ransomware Groups to Watch: Emerging Threats, four emerging ransomware...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2021

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CYBERSECURITY - Ransomware Incident Compromises Unemployment Claim Information of 1.6M in WA - It is being reported that the Office of the Washington State Auditor (SAO) is investigating a security incident, allegedly...more

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Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 3, August 2020

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The Editors' Note - Welcome to the third issue of Decoded, Spilman's e-newsletter focusing on technology law, including data security, privacy standards, financing technologies, and digital-based means of conducting...more

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Privacy and Data Security Alert | September 2019

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California Adds Biometric Restrictions to Data-Breach Law, Potentially Creating a De Facto Biometric Privacy Law Subject to the governor’s signature, California’s breach-notification law will gain additional requirements...more

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Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 14

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New York Attorney General Announces Record Number of Data Breach Notices in 2016 - On March 21, 2017, the New York Attorney General's Office announced that it received 1,300 reported data breaches in 2016—a 60 percent...more

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Mobile Marketing - The Legal Guardrails

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Dangerous Regulatory Landscape - ..Federal Law .TCPA .CAN-SPAM .FTC Regulations .FCC Regulations ..State Laws .Consumer Protection Statutes .Commercial Electronic Mail Acts .Privacy Torts... ...more

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Top Ten Education Developments, Breaches, and Settlements of 2016

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This year has been a busy year for education law in the area of data privacy. Educational institutions continue to be a rich target for hackers. Additionally, there were some important developments in the interpretation of...more

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BIAS Rules: New FCC Regulations on Broadband Customer Privacy

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On October 27, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) adopted sweeping new privacy rules applicable to all telecommunications providers including broadband internet access service (“BIAS”) and...more

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Hotly Anticipated Broadband Privacy Order Released by FCC

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On Nov. 2, 2016, the FCC released its long-awaited broadband privacy Order and rules by a 3-2 vote. The Order comes nearly 18 months after the Commission moved to reclassify broadband internet access service (“BIAS”) as a...more

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Alert: FCC Releases Sweeping Privacy Order

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The Federal Communications Commission has released a 177-page order detailing new privacy and data security rules. It is important to note that these new rules not only apply to providers of broadband internet access service...more

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"Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - July 2016"

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In this edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we discuss the revised Privacy Shield and what companies should be doing to prepare for the new program, the FTC's reinstatement of its LabMD case, the European...more

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FCC Proposes Indiscriminate PII Definition in Privacy NPRM

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In addition to a bothersome “breach” definition, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), in its April 1, 2016 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) concerning ISP privacy regulation, proposes a sweeping definition of...more

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