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Regulation S-P Broker-Dealer Incident Response Plans

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Going Up: SEC Cyber Incident Reporting - Regulation S-P Amendments Take It to Next Level

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On May 16, 2024, the SEC breathed new life into its decades-old Regulation S-P, which requires firms to adopt policies and procedures for the protection of customer information and records. The amended rule balloons the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

SEC Imposes New Cybersecurity Requirements on Broker-Dealers, Investment Companies, Registered Investment Advisers, and Transfer...

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Covered institutions will need to review their cybersecurity and incident response policies and procedures ahead of the applicable compliance deadline. ...more

Stark & Stark

Understanding the Enhanced Regulation S-P Requirements

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On May 16, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to Regulation S-P, the regulation that governs the treatment of nonpublic personal information about consumers by certain financial institutions....more

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SEC Finalizes Amendments to Regulation S-P

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On 16 May 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments (amendments) to Regulation S-P representing the first major changes to Regulation S-P since its initial adoption in 2000....more

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SEC Modernizes Data Protection Rules for Safeguarding Customer Information

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Last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or the Commission) unanimously voted to adopt amendments to Regulation S-P (Reg S-P), which is the SEC’s regulation governing the treatment and safeguarding of...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC Adopts Amendments to Expand the Requirements of Regulation S-P for Registered Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers

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On May 16, 2024, the SEC adopted amendments (the “Amendments”) to Regulation S-P to require SEC-registered investment advisers and broker-dealers (collectively, “Covered Institutions”) to develop, implement, and maintain...more

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SEC Adopts Data Privacy Rule Amendments to Regulation S-P

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Who may be interested: Investment Companies; Investment Advisers; Broker-Dealers; Transfer Agents - The SEC adopted amendments to Regulation S-P imposing new data privacy and security requirements on broker-dealers,...more

McCarter & English, LLP

SEC Adopts Rule Amendments to Regulation S-P to Safeguard Customer Information and Enhance Cybersecurity Procedures at Financial...

On May 16, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Regulation S-P to “modernize and enhance the rules that govern the treatment of consumers’ nonpublic personal information by certain...more

Paul Hastings LLP

SEC Adopts Amendments To Regulation S-P

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On May 15, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments to Regulation S-P. Originally passed in 2000, Regulation S-P regulates the treatment of non-public personal information of consumers by...more

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SEC Revamps and Enhances Data Protections with Amendments to Regulation S-P

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has announced the adoption of amendments to Regulation S-P (“Amendments”) to modernize and enhance the rules that govern the treatment of consumers’ nonpublic personal...more

A&O Shearman

SEC adopts amendments to Regulation S-P to address risks associated with the expanded use of technology

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On May 16, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted amendments to Regulation S-P (“Reg S-P”) that are intended to help protect investors’ privacy from the “expanded use of technology and corresponding...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

SEC Adopts Rule Amendments to Regulation S-P to Enhance Protection of Customer Information

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On May 16, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced the adoption of amendments to Regulation S-P that were proposed last year (“Final Amendments”).[1] The Final Amendments impose enhanced...more

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SEC Amends Regulation S-P to Require Data Breach Notifications and Additional Written Policies

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On May 16, 2024, the SEC amended Regulation S-P to impose new data privacy and security requirements on broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, investment companies (whether or not they are registered with the SEC),...more

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SEC to Impose Significant New Privacy and Cybersecurity Rules for BDs, RIAs, TAs, and Mutual Funds

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The SEC continues its overhaul of cybersecurity, cyber incident reporting, and privacy controls and requirements for industry registrants, their services providers, and corporate America generally. On March 15, 2023, the SEC...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Investment Advisers, Broker-Dealers, and Other Financial Industry Participants Take Note: SEC Demonstrates Commitment to...

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On March 15, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued three releases proposing (i) amendments to Regulation S-P (“Regulation S-P Proposal”)1, (ii) amendments to Regulation SCI (“Regulation SCI Proposal”)2,...more

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SEC Proposes Changes to Reg S-P to Impose New Cybersecurity-Related Requirements on Covered Institutions

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On March 15, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced proposed changes to Regulation S-P (“Reg S-P”) that would impose new cybersecurity incident response requirements on broker-dealers, investment...more

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SEC Proposes Changes to Reg S-P to Enhance Protection of Customer Information

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In this Weekly Roundup Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed changes to Reg S-P to enhance protection of customer information, and reopened the comment period on proposed cybersecurity rules and...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Changing of the Guard? SEC Proposes Significant Amendments to the Safeguards Rule

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The SEC continued its recent onslaught of proposed cybersecurity rules in mid-March with three new proposals covering a litany of entities, including investment advisers, broker-dealers, investment companies, clearing...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

SEC Proposes Data Breach Notification and Incident Response Requirements

On March 15, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed three rule changes that demonstrate its continued focus on cybersecurity. One of these proposals, and the only one to be unanimously approved (the...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

SEC Proposes Amendments to Regulation S-P

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...Quick Take: The SEC proposed amendments to Regulation S-P which would establish minimum standards under Federal law requiring registered investment advisers, investment companies, broker-dealers and transfer agents...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

Private Equity and Cybersecurity: A Guide to Preparing for and Responding to a Breach

A cyber breach can have serious legal, financial, and reputational consequences for a fund sponsor, as described in our previous post. As such, cybersecurity threats must be treated as business risks, not just a potential IT...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Warns Registered Firms about Client Privacy and Data Security

• The SEC released a Risk Alert summarizing key areas in which it continues to see compliance deficiencies related to Regulation S-P, the primary SEC rule regarding privacy notices and safeguard policies of investment...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

The SEC Released A Risk Alert On Reg S-P, a/k/a How To Avoid A $1 Million Penalty

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I am hardly saying that SEC Regulation S-P is the sexiest of regulations. I mean, has any customer is history actually read one of those exciting statement stuffers that discloses in some dense font a BD’s privacy policy?...more

Dechert LLP

The Good and the Bad from OCIE’s Cyber Examinations and What Firms Should Do Next

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The Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a National Examination Program Risk Alert (Risk Alert) on August 7, 2017 regarding observations from...more

Perkins Coie

SEC’s Increased Cybersecurity Enforcement and How to Reduce Your Risks

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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

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