The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is becoming one of the federal agencies at the forefront of driving transparency, cybersecurity awareness and cyber incident reporting. As we reported in last year’s...more
2/27/2025
/ Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Form 8-K ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
It is hard to believe that we are starting the 25th year of the 21st century. The rapid evolution that technology, privacy and data security have undergone these last 25 years is mindbending. Yet, as we enter 2025, it still...more
2/6/2025
/ Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy-By-Design ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Technology ,
Technology Sector ,
Tracking Systems ,
VPPA ,
Web Tracking ,
Websites ,
Wiretapping
In 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued its now-fully implemented Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure Rule. The Rule reflects the reality that cybersecurity...more
1/25/2024
/ Corporate Governance ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Final Rules ,
Form 8-K ,
Information Technology ,
Popular ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
Introduction -
Recent years have brought a dramatic increase in the number of countries that have comprehensive privacy and data security laws. As the world has become increasingly digital, privacy and data protection have...more
2/24/2023
/ Brazil ,
Canada ,
China ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Principles ,
Data Security ,
India ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) ,
PIPEDA ,
Popular
On December 9th, 2021, a critical zero-day vulnerability, which has the potential of providing threat actors access to millions of computers worldwide, was discovered. Due to the critical nature of this vulnerability, and the...more
12/17/2021
/ Cloud Computing ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Hackers ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Information Technology ,
Risk Management ,
Software ,
Vulnerability Assessments
As we bid farewell to 2020 and look toward the uncharted territory of 2021, it is hard not to take inventory of all that has changed in such a short period. No one at the beginning of 2020 would have predicted what transpired...more
1/26/2021
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Communications Decency Act ,
Contact Tracing ,
COPPA ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
DMCA ,
Employee Monitoring ,
FERPA ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Ransomware ,
Van Buren v United States