Answering the centuries’ old question, it appears it is the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) that watches the watchmen. The FTC sent warning letters to a pair of foreign app developers cautioning them that their practices of...more
5/9/2018
/ COPPA ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Guidance Update ,
Mobile Apps ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Parental Consent ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Smart Devices ,
Website Owner Liability ,
Websites
The “business compromise email” is what the FBI calls the “$5 billion scam,” but apparently an insurance company did not agree with an insured company that they had been the victim of a crime....more
7/25/2017
/ Business E-Mail Compromise (BEC) ,
Computer Fraud Insurance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Crime Insurance Policies ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Email ,
FBI ,
Fraud ,
Fund Transfers ,
Money Transfer ,
Scams ,
Spoofing
On Friday, the heads of the Federal Trade Commission overruled the decision of the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) in In the Matter of LabMd., Inc. The FTC concluded that the ALJ had erred in dismissing the Commission’s case...more
8/1/2016
/ Actual Injuries ,
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
LabMD ,
Risk Assessment ,
Section 5 ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
The general definition of “personal information” used in the majority of statutes is: An individual’s first name or first initial and last name plus one or more of the following data elements: (i) Social Security number, (ii)...more
Among the major headlines dominating not only the recent news cycle, but also this week’s RSA Conference in San Francisco, has been Apple’s challenge to the federal government’s request that Apple assist in unlocking the...more
3/3/2016
/ All Writs Act ,
Apple ,
CALEA ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Encryption ,
FBI ,
iPhone ,
Personal Data ,
Right to Privacy ,
Search Warrant ,
Young Lawyers
For your convenience, a short list of JD Supra writers covering the myriad issues raised surrounding Cybersecurity, date privacy and protection, and related matters. ...more
Another federal agency has weighed in with “guidance” on cybersecurity preparation and breach response. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is the latest to issue guidance on how companies should respond to data breaches. The...more
On Thursday, April 23, the FTC settled deception charges against start-up Nomi Technologies, Inc. related to Nomi’s in-store, sensor-based, tracking technology.1 This is the first FTC enforcement action against emerging...more
Imagine you are the IT systems administrator of a large corporation. Coffee in hand, you sit down one morning and log in. You receive a message that there has been an intrusion into the corporate database, a large amount of...more
By now (unless you have been under a snow drift), you have likely heard about the apparent intrusion into a database at the nation’s largest health insurer, Anthem, Inc. Rather than reiterate the facts as currently known...more
2/11/2015
/ Anthem Blue Cross ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Health Insurance ,
Insurance Industry ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Risk Mitigation
What's the one thing every company's data security program must include? That's the question we put recently to experts in the field, knowing that, especially after Heartbleed, the diversity of responses would create an...more
Outgoing U.S. Commerce Department General Counsel Cameron Kerry used the opportunity of his final public remarks to emphasize that a unified U.S. privacy framework is essential to the future of the digital economy....more