Perkins Coie's Privacy & Security practice maintains a comprehensive chart that summarizes state laws regarding security breach notification. The chart is for informational purposes only and is intended as an aid in...more
This spring has brought a particularly active round of revisions to state data breach notification laws. Most notably, as of July 1, 2018, every state will have a breach notification law. Alabama and South Dakota both passed...more
The SEC announced last week that an investment adviser had agreed to settle charges that it failed to take required steps to protect against and respond effectively to a cybersecurity breach. The action comes on the heels of...more
9/29/2015
/ Best Practices ,
Board of Directors ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Capital Markets ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Loss Prevention ,
Data Security ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Due Diligence ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Hackers ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Investment Adviser ,
OCR ,
Popular ,
Regulation S-P ,
Risk Alert ,
Risk Assessment ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Third-Party Service Provider
Since at least 2005, the Federal Trade Commission has asserted that it may regulate lax data security practices as an “unfair” business practice under Section 5 of the FTC Act. The Wyndham hotel chain was the first to...more
8/27/2015
/ COPPA ,
Credit Cards ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Debit Cards ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fraudulent Charges ,
FTC Act ,
FTC v Wyndham ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 5 ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
Wyndham