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Sixth Circuit Upholds FCC’s 2024 Breach Notification Rules

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 8/26/2025

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

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

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 10/10/2024

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

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

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 9/24/2024

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

Right To Know - July 2024, Vol. 19

Clark Hill PLC on 7/16/2024

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

More Privacy, Please – February 2024

Troutman Pepper Locke on 3/7/2024

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

FCC CPNI Certification and Privacy Rules Update

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 2/22/2024

Dear Clients and Friends, As a reminder, telecommunications carriers and interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers are obligated to file their annual certification documenting compliance with the Customer...more

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

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 1/31/2024

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

FCC Expands Data Breach Notification Requirements

Lerman Senter PLLC on 1/19/2024

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

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - November 2023 #3

Robinson & Cole LLP on 11/17/2023

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

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2021 #4

Robinson & Cole LLP on 8/27/2021

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

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2021

Robinson & Cole LLP on 2/5/2021

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

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 3, August 2020

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 8/7/2020

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

Privacy and Data Security Alert | September 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 9/25/2019

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

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - December 2017

Robinson & Cole LLP on 12/8/2017

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), one of the watchdogs of the financial services industry, has announced through Acting Director Mick Mulvaney that it will no longer collect personal information of consumers...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 14

Jones Day on 6/5/2017

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

Guidelines for De-Identification, Anonymization, and Pseudonymization

BCLP on 1/11/2017

De-identification of data refers to the process used to prevent personal identifiers from being connected with information. The FTC indicated in its 2012 report Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change:...more

FCC becomes another active regulator over data security through $3.5M settlement with two telecom companies

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/17/2015

The FCC has announced that it will receive a settlement payment of $3.5 million from two telecommunications companies—TerraCom Inc. and YourTel America for allegations around the companies’ failure to safeguard customers’...more

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