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AI Call-Monitoring Lawsuits Are Heating Up: 5 Steps Your Business Can Take to Minimize Risk

Fisher Phillips on 6/19/2025

A new lawsuit just filed against an AI software provider offers a clear warning for any business using artificial intelligence to monitor or record customer service calls. On June 13, a California plaintiff filed a federal...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

Checklist for Addressing Data Privacy and Cybersecurity with Your Vendors

Burr & Forman on 5/16/2023

In our last newsletter, we discussed due diligence as it relates to selection of vendors. The second part of that exercise is to negotiate your agreement with the vendor to properly manage any risks you identified. In this...more

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - V 4, Issue 4, April 2023

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/25/2023

Tech Vendors and Cybersecurity – Are They Responsible? It has long been recommended that when you contract with a technology vendor that you include an indemnity clause in the contract wherein the vendor will indemnify you...more

U.S. State Privacy Law Update

Polsinelli on 3/2/2023

In 2023, new comprehensive data privacy laws come into effect in five states — California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia. The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA) and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection...more

Cybersecurity Checklist for Vendor Management – Vendor Security

Burr & Forman on 2/15/2023

By now, you have heard many news stories about debilitating cyberattacks that started with the compromise of a vendor's systems and ultimately wreaked havoc on that vendor's customers. As a result, many businesses are seeking...more

[Webcast Transcript] You’ve Got to Move It: Data Protection and Privacy with Cross-Border Transfers

HaystackID on 6/29/2022

...This session, led by industry-acknowledged experts in areas ranging from data protection and privacy to data transfer and legal discovery, provided a professional forum for the explanation of the best approaches,...more

[Webinar] Privacy and Cybersecurity Contracting: What’s the “Deal”? - June 29th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

McDermott Will & Schulte on 6/10/2022

Security Schedules, Privacy Addenda, TOMs, DPAs—whatever you call them, privacy and cybersecurity contract terms have exploded in prevalence in recent years, bringing with them new importance that can lead to difficult and...more

[Webinar] Cybersecurity Basics for Legal Practitioners - April 19th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

Association of Certified E-Discovery... on 4/5/2022

Join us for a webinar on basic cyber information regarding data protection, data privacy, cybersecurity requirements PII and Sensitive PII, cybersecurity requirements for Third Party vendors, Cyber insurance in the age of...more

[Webinar] Vendor Risk Management in the Modern Economy - July 28th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

Ankura on 7/12/2021

Organizations are becoming increasingly reliant on external parties to manage parts of their business, including their critical and sensitive data. While the specialized expertise and economies of scale that third parties and...more

4 Things to Know About Updated NIST 800-53 Standards

NAVEX on 3/31/2021

[author: Matt Kelly] In September 2020 the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) unveiled the fifth version of its cybersecurity standard formally known as SP 800-53, “Security and Privacy Controls for...more

SEC Releases Cybersecurity and Resiliency Observations: A Potentially Useful Guide for Businesses

Hogan Lovells on 2/7/2020

In today’s connected world, businesses face constant pressure to improve their cybersecurity practices and to confirm that they are meeting industry standards. To continue helping businesses achieve those goals, the SEC...more

SEC Examiners Release Cyber Observations: What You Need To Know

Bracewell LLP on 2/6/2020

On January 27, 2020, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) announced its most recent Cybersecurity and Resiliency Observations. This report highlights specific practices that have been, and can be...more

Compliance Perspectives: Supply Chain Compliance Challenges

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 2/6/2020

Supply chains are emerging as an increasingly complex risk area for compliance. The risk includes trade compliance, vendor management issues associated with cyber/privacy, product compliance, REACH, ROHS and California...more

Recent IoT Class Actions Highlight Need for Manufacturers & Vendors of Connected Products to Be Aware of Liability Risks

Nilan Johnson Lewis PA on 1/15/2020

The Internet of Things (IoT) products have become a way of life. There are huge benefits of “smart” products, which interact through the internet to gather and exchange data to provide additional functions, security, and easy...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - May 2019 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 5/13/2019

Hotel chain Fillmore Hospitality, LLC is the latest target of a proposed class action complaint filed this week, alleging violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). We don’t usually discuss the...more

“Internet of Things” Guidance to be Added to Cybersecurity Requirements for Agencies and Federal Contractors

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/30/2019

In 2019, cybersecurity has become top-of-mind for most federal government contractors and agencies that share sensitive information. In addition to updated Department of Defense guidance and procedures for evaluating...more

SEC Warns Registered Firms about Client Privacy and Data Security

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 4/29/2019

• The SEC released a Risk Alert summarizing key areas in which it continues to see compliance deficiencies related to Regulation S-P, the primary SEC rule regarding privacy notices and safeguard policies of investment...more

SEC To Focus on Cybersecurity in 2019

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/28/2019

For the fourth year running, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office continues to list cybersecurity as one of the top enforcement priorities for 2019. As it relates to cybersecurity, the SEC will be focusing on...more

Should Companies Terminate Third Party Vendors That Cause A Data Breach?

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/5/2019

According to reports, bank customers in Australia (yes, data breach notification requirements exist down under) have been affected by “an industry-wide” data breach experienced by a third-party service provider to the banks –...more

Privacy and Data Security Strategies for Start-Up Companies

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 1/23/2019

Start-up companies know that, when potential investors kick the tires, they will look carefully at the company’s business model and IP portfolio. These days, investors are also likely to look at whether the company is in...more

Grid Electrification: Addressing Cybersecurity Threats and Mitigating Risk in the Renewable Energy Era - ABA Forum

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/16/2019

Technology and the critical infrastructure that support our personal pursuits and business operations are ripe targets for cyberattacks. In particular, the electrical grid that transmits electricity from its point of...more

A Few Lessons We’ve Learned About Fighting Fraud

K2 Integrity on 10/2/2018

Fraud presents a constant threat to companies around the globe—and that risk is growing as perpetrators become ever more digitally savvy and creative in their criminal activities. K2 Intelligence has conducted a multitude of...more

Vulnerable Vendors: Automakers’ Data Breach Highlights Importance of Vendor Cybersecurity

Fisher Phillips on 9/10/2018

This summer, several automakers, including Tesla, Toyota, General Motors, Ford, and Volkswagen learned that their closely held trade secrets were readily available on the internet. The source? An unprotected back-up server....more

Third Party Vendor Management Programs

BCLP on 7/24/2018

Third-party service providers present difficult and unique privacy and cybersecurity challenges. Vendor management is important throughout the life of a relationship with your service provider. ...more

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