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Santander Faces Major Cyber Attack Compromising Millions of Customers’ Data

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In May, Santander Bank faced a significant cybersecurity breach that affected millions of its customers and employees worldwide. The hacking group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the attack, which also targeted...more

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The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, Issue 1, May 2024

Welcome to our inaugural issue of The Health Record - our healthcare law insights e-newsletter! As such, we wanted to pull together our insights and pass them along to you. Our goal is to create a publication that is...more

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Decoded Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 4, May 2024

MIT Report Details New Cybersecurity Risks - “Cloud misconfigurations, more sophisticated ransomware, and vendor exploitation attacks are contributing to rising cyberattacks.” Why this is important: Worldwide spending...more

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Privacy Briefs: February 2024

The American Hospital Association (AHA) has warned that information technology (IT) help desks are being targeted in a social engineering scheme that uses the stolen identity of revenue cycle employees or employees in other...more

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FTC’s Proposed Settlement with Blackbaud Requires Data Deletion and Data Governance

On February 1, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had reached a proposed settlement with that would require Blackbaud Inc. (“Blackbaud”) to delete personal data it does not need to retain and upgrade...more

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More Privacy, Please – November/December 2023

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In recent regulatory and enforcement developments, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) proposed a regulatory framework for automated decision-making technology (ADMT) and revisions to the California Consumer...more

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Decoded: Technology Law Insights - V 4, Issue 10, December 2023

Revisiting…Are Automakers Making Sufficient Efforts to Protect Customer Data? As a follow-up to our previous article and webinar, “Are Automakers Making Sufficient Efforts to Protect Customer Data?", we are addressing the...more

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Inside the Healthcare Industry: Understanding Emerging Data Privacy & Security Risks and Regulations

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According to the Theft Resource Center and its 2022 data breach reports, data privacy and security threats are impacting all aspects of the healthcare industry – from providers to payers to medical device companies to...more

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Decoded: Technology Law Insights - V 4, Issue 9, September 2023

Are Automakers Making Sufficient Efforts to Protect Customer Data? With the ever-expanding Internet of Things, data privacy is a growing concern in today’s digital age. The automotive industry is no exception. The National...more

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Q2 - 2023: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Quarterly Briefing

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Efforts to Address the Lack of Federal Data Privacy Legislation in the U.S. Have Continued - The need for federal data privacy legislation was reiterated in the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on...more

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Data breach class actions: Eleventh Circuit rules that an employer has a common law duty under Georgia law to safeguard employees’...

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Takeaway:  We have written several articles about the development of Georgia common law in data breach litigation.  In one article, we discussed the Georgia Supreme Court’s decision in Department of Labor v. McConnell, 305...more

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White House Releases National Cybersecurity Strategy: Key Takeaways for the Private Sector

On March 2, 2023, the White House released its National Cybersecurity Strategy (the Strategy). The Strategy sets out ambitious goals for the federal government to hold countries accountable for irresponsible behavior in...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2022 - #3

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CYBERSECURITY - CISA Lists Top CVEs Exploited by Chinese State-Sponsored Cyber Actors - The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently issued an Alert outlining the top Common Vulnerabilities and...more

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What’s Trending Across Asia in the Data, Privacy and Security Space?

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As we live and work in an increasingly globalized and computerized world, data, privacy and security (DPS) issues will converge across regions. Asia, however, has some of its own unique challenges trending as we discuss...more

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ACTS Retirement Services Faces Class Action over Data Breach

ACTS Retirement Services, Inc. (ACTS), a non-profit corporation that manages retirement communities, suffered a data breach in April 2022, which led to unauthorized access to thousands of current and former employees’...more

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Neopets Breach Affects 69M Users

What is Neopets you ask? It is a virtual pet website that gives members the ability to “own, raise, and play games with their virtual pets.” According to BleepingComputer, Neopets has experienced a data breach that has...more

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Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - May 2022

In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we review Connecticut’s passage of a comprehensive privacy law (making it the fifth state to do so), the newly enacted federal Better Cybercrime Metrics Act, New York’s new law...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - April 2022 #4

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CYBERSECURITY - Intelligence Points to Likely Russian Attacks on Critical Infrastructure - The cybersecurity authorities of the United States (including CISA, FBI, NSA and DOE), Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the...more

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Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 11

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WARNING: U.S. Federal Government Continues to Warn the Private Sector to Prepare Itself for Russian Cyberattacks - The White House, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”), and other federal agencies...more

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Okta Notifies Customers of LAPSUS$ Attack

Okta, which markets itself as a “leading provider of identity” in the healthcare, public sector, energy, financial services, technology, travel and hospitality, and nonprofit industries, has notified some of its customers...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2022 #3

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CYBERSECURITY - Cyber-Attackers Politically Aligned - The most recent Accenture Global Incident Report (the Report) shows that cyber-attackers have political views and are divided between support for Russia or Ukraine....more

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New York Law Incorporates Identity Theft into the Definition of Elder Abuse

New York recently passed legislation to amend the definition of elder abuse to include identity theft. This is important as an acknowledgement of the seriousness of the problem of identity theft involving the elderly, and the...more

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Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 9

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The U.S. and many other nations recently imposed unprecedented sanctions on Russia in response to Russia’s military action in Ukraine. More details about some of these sanctions can be found in Dechert’s related OnPoint...more

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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2022

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CYBERSECURITY - CISA/FBI Advisory Warns of Destructive Malware Used Against Ukraine - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI issued a joint advisory this week alerting organizations of...more

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German Court grants non-material GDPR damages following data breach

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In a recent judgment, the District Court Munich I granted a data subject compensation under Article 82 GDPR for non-material damages suffered as a result of an unauthorized third-party access to the subject's personal data....more

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