On October 27, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a Final Rule amending the Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information (also known as the “Safeguards Rule”), 16 C.F.R. Part 314. The Safeguards Rule sets...more
In a recent decision, a Virginia federal magistrate judge held that the attorney work product doctrine did not protect from discovery a forensic investigation report created for Capital One in the wake of a 2019 data breach....more
As the unofficial start of summer begins, Washington and New Jersey have recently enacted two new pieces of cybersecurity legislation. ...more
In a unanimous ruling that is sure to become a landmark in state litigation over data breaches, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on November 21 held that “an employer has a legal duty to exercise reasonable care to safeguard...more
In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal and the recent rollout of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California legislators took action to give California consumers more control...more
As states develop new laws directed at the security of biometric identifiers, such as fingerprints and retina scans, institutions of higher education are likely to face a host of new compliance requirements and increased...more