In 2014, grocers and restaurants continued to be plagued by attacks leading to the theft of credit card information. Among others, Supervalu Inc. and Jimmy John’s both experienced intrusions in 2014, extending the string of...more
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Credit Cards ,
Cybersecurity ,
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Data Protection ,
Foreseeability ,
Grocery Stores ,
Limitation of Liability Clause ,
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Point of Sale Terminals ,
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The Obama administration, on February 10, announced its intention to create a new federal agency to combat cyber threats and coordinate digital intelligence among all federal agencies....more
In 2014, Lenovo began selling its laptops bundled with a piece of software known as SuperFish, which enabled Lenovo to display more targeted advertising content to its users to “enhance [the] user experience” of its...more
On Feb. 3, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a Risk Alert summarizing observations gleaned from a cybersecurity examination sweep of 57 registered broker-dealers (BDs) and 49 registered investment...more
On December 10, 2014, Valerie Abend, Senior Critical Infrastructure Officer for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the...more
In 2015, the United States Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) will begin enforcing the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health...more
The Des Moines Register reports that the Iowa Department of Transportation is developing a smart phone app that will act as an officially issued driver’s license. ...more
During the holidays, consumers are pulling out debit and credit cards again, again and again. It is with a degree of blind faith those same consumers trust their personal data is going where intended and not into the hands of...more