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New SEC Cybersecurity Compliance Deadlines are Coming: What 5 Things Should Covered Institutions Do to Prepare?

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The SEC’s amended Regulation S-P, adopted last year, will soon enhance data privacy protections for broker-dealers, investment companies, registered investment advisors, and transfer agents. The updated rule requires these...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Unwrapping 2024’s Key Trends in Data Privacy Litigation

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Data breaches made headlines throughout 2024, affecting governments, health care groups, and telecoms. Follow-on litigation has kept pace. Nearly 4,000 class actions involving data privacy issues are estimated to be filed in...more

Alston & Bird

Top 10 Issues General Counsel Need to Know About Ransomware in 2024

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Threat actors are evolving. Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team explains how ransomware gangs have changed their tactics and how companies can respond to the threat while navigating new scrutiny from investors and...more

Perkins Coie

2023 Breach Notification Law Update: Changes to Notification and Security Requirements Continue at State and Federal Levels

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A flurry of legislative activity over the past year has brought meaningful changes to a variety of privacy and security provisions in state and federal law. At the state level, as in 2022, we have seen a handful of changes to...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection 2022 Year in Review

The year 2022 saw a groundswell of interest in privacy rights and related legislation. Five states enacted new laws or regulations aimed at protecting a general right to privacy, while the U.S. government came closer than...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

“Ding Dong” -- FTC-Drizly Data Breach Settlement Will follow CEO Personally for a Decade

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced on Monday that it is settling a case against Drizly and its CEO stemming from a 2020 data breach that impacted roughly 2.5 million consumers. The proposed order not only...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Regulatory Obligations Concerning the Disposal of Outdated Hard Drives and Servers

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The disposal of hardware in the wrong manner can leave an organization offside its regulatory obligations under privacy legislation. Depending on the residence of the individuals or entities whose personal data is stored by...more

Williams Mullen

Four Key Developments in Data, Data Protection and Cybersecurity Law

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The month of March has seen significant developments in the cybersecurity and data protection space. Here are four key legal developments that could be critical to your business. . . ...more

White and Williams LLP

The Big Change in Cybersecurity Regulation That No One Is Talking About

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The close of 2019 witnessed a significant development in data security law that impacts companies regulated with respect to or engaged in the trading of public securities, as well as those companies that provide services to...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Fool Me Twice…SEC’s latest Cyber-Fraud ROI Indicates Future Enforcement Against Hacker Victims

In the aftermath of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) latest Report of Investigation (“Report”) regarding cyberattacks via “spoofed or manipulated electronic communications,” companies should prepare to adjust...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

SEC Issues Updated Guidance on Cybersecurity Risk Disclosures and Trading on Nonpublic Cybersecurity Information

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On February 21, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued updates to its interpretive guidance on how public companies should disclose cybersecurity breaches and risks. There are two core messages at...more

Perkins Coie

SEC’s Increased Cybersecurity Enforcement and How to Reduce Your Risks

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The SEC announced last week that an investment adviser had agreed to settle charges that it failed to take required steps to protect against and respond effectively to a cybersecurity breach. The action comes on the heels of...more

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