California adopted the first breach notification statute in the nation, and prides itself at being in the forefront of consumer privacy and security issues. On October 6, 2015, for the third time in the past three years, California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation updating California’s data breach notice statute. The amendments, which cover both state […]
On August 24, 2015, the Third Circuit United States Court of Appeals issued its ruling in Federal Trade Commission v. Wyndham Worldwide Corporation. The case was highly anticipated by the data security community generally for its expected ruling on the authority of the FTC to regulate data security standards. Although the decision dealt most directly […]
The Safe Harbor For 15 years, the Safe Harbor Framework has provided a way for U.S. companies to comply with the EU Data Protection Directive. Under the directive, transfers of personal data from the EU to a non-EU country are prohibited unless the receiving country can assure an adequate level of protection for the data. […]
Effective January 1, 2014, amendments to the California Online Privacy Protection Act (“CalOPPA”) require all commercial websites and online services that collect personally identifiable information (“PII”) to include additional disclosures in their privacy statements: how the operator responds to browser “Do Not Track” signals or other similar mechanisms; and whether other parties may collect PII […]
Bob Braun, Michael Gold and Dan Sedor authored an article in Aspatore’s Inside the Minds series, “Privacy and Data Security Issues in the U.S., E.U. and Beyond,” published in 2013.
This article was published by the Bloomberg BNA Corporate Governance Report. Download the PDF: Cyber Risk and the Board of Directors – Closing the Gap The responsibility of corporate directors to address cyber security is commanding more attention and is obviously a significant issue. Yet here is how one writer entitled her Forbes article about […]
On September 26, 2013, the California Secretary of State allowed proponents of a new ballot proposition to collect signatures for the “Personal Privacy Protection Act.” The Act, if approved, would radically change the privacy landscape in California by adding new provisions to the California Constitution. Most importantly, the Act (1) requires all “legal persons” that […]
Sprinklr: Privacy and Security: A Primer for Ensuring Your Customers, and Your Company, Are Protected
Multinational companies often face challenges in enforcing claims against their employees and agents located in foreign jurisdictions. In December 2012, a federal appeals court decision — MacDermid, Inc. v. Deiter, No. 11-5388-cv (2nd Cir. Dec. 26, 2012) — made enforcement a bit easier when a company goes after employees who commit cyber theft beyond U.S. […]
There is no shortage of advice on how to secure electronic information. Companies can look to pronouncements by state and federal agencies (for example, the recent statements by the California Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission on mobile application security), private industry (like the Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standards) and foreign standards (like […]
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