President Joe Biden on Monday, October 30, 2023, issued a comprehensive and ambitious Executive Order on the Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence in an attempt to regulate AI to protect...more
Come December 2023, public companies will have a very narrow window to report cybersecurity incidents that materially affect their companies. Companies will also have to report annually how they assess and manage...more
7/27/2023
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Required Forms ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 262, known as the “Florida Digital Bill of Rights” (“FDBR”), on June 6, 2023.
The FDBR will go into effect on July 1, 2024, which means businesses subject to it...more
Did Your Company Assess its Data Collection Practices and Update Its Privacy Policy on January 1, 2023 to Comply with Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Law?
The Commonwealth of Virginia passed its comprehensive Virginia...more
In December 2022, several New York and New Jersey lawyers were removed in separate incidents from Radio City Music Hall and Madison Square Garden after being identified as part of routine use of facial recognition technology...more
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals is considering an appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida , in which the District Court ruled that a cyber insurance policy did not cover diversion...more
President Joe Biden signed the Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act into law on March 15. Among other requirements, companies that are “covered entities” must report data breaches promptly to federal regulators. For...more
3/28/2022
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Management ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
New Legislation ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Reporting Requirements
Today (January 28, 2022), is National Data Privacy Day. While not a day of celebration with cards or gifts, the day does provide an opportunity to check in on the developments in consumer data privacy across the United...more
1/28/2022
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Information Governance ,
Pending Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Regulatory Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) circulated internally a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) last week that would, among other things, enable telecommunications carriers to report breaches to their customers...more
Florida appears to be gearing up for another partisan battle on data privacy. On Friday, January 7, 2022, Florida Senator Jennifer Bradley (R-Dist. 5), introduced Florida Senate Bill 1864, titled the “Florida Privacy...more
1/11/2022
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Florida ,
Information Governance ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform
On September 21, 2021, The Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued an Updated Advisory “to highlight the sanctions risks associated with ransomware payments in connection with malicious...more
9/24/2021
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Financial Institutions ,
Hackers ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Risk-Based Approaches ,
SDN List
In the last several weeks, the Executive and Legislative branches of the United States federal government have taken bipartisan measures to defend the country’s infrastructure from the critical national security threat posed...more
8/11/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Hackers ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
National Security ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
Presidential Memorandum ,
Ransomware
After months of litigation, Zoom Video Communications has agreed to pay $85 million to settle a proposed class action pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California....more
8/4/2021
/ Class Action ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Data-Sharing ,
Facebook ,
Google ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
LinkedIn ,
Negligence ,
Popular ,
Section 230 ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Statutory Violations ,
Videoconference ,
Virtual Meetings ,
Zoom®
In the immediate aftermath of the May 7, 2021 Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, the focus, naturally, is on the rush to get the pipeline back on line after identifying and patching any vulnerabilities that caused the...more
5/17/2021
/ Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Management ,
Hackers ,
National Security ,
Oil & Gas ,
Outsourcing ,
Pipelines ,
Ransomware ,
Supply Chain ,
Third-Party Risk ,
Threat Management
Well, it’s over, with a whimper. After months of will-they-or-won’t-they, the Florida legislature went with “won’t” on enacting Florida House Bill 969, the “Florida Privacy Protection Act.” ...more
5/4/2021
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Florida ,
Information Governance ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State and Local Government
With just over two full days left in the current Florida legislative session, the Florida House and Senate continue to play tug-of-war over their respective bills for comprehensive data privacy reform in Florida. The Florida...more
4/29/2021
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Florida ,
Information Governance ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State and Local Government
As the dueling Florida House and Senate consumer data privacy protection bills make their way through various committees in the Florida legislature, April 14, 2021, was the Florida House’s turn for a vote. House Bill 969...more
4/16/2021
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Florida ,
Information Governance ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State and Local Government
On Tuesday, April 6, the Florida Senate Rules Committee substantively amended Senate Bill 1734, which would create the “Florida Privacy Protection Act.” This is the Senate version of the dueling Florida House and Senate...more
4/9/2021
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Florida ,
Information Governance ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State and Local Government
As if the recent uptick in national COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations were not enough to tax an already beleaguered health system, on October 28, 2020, three federal agencies issued a cybersecurity Joint Advisory warning of...more
10/30/2020
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
FBI ,
Hackers ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Ransomware ,
Vulnerability Assessments
On October 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an “Advisory on Potential Sanctions Risks for Facilitating Ransomware Payments.” The Advisory, which does not carry the...more
10/6/2020
/ Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Transactions ,
Foreign Policy ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
SDN List ,
TWEA
Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, the construction industry was "going global" using available technology and cloud-based data storage and file sharing on all phases of projects. For example, a project owner might hire a...more