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No rest for the weary: cybersecurity and privacy enforcement actions heat up

A recent wave of cybersecurity and privacy enforcement actions cautions businesses dealing in personal data to strengthen their security and compliance plans. The New York Department of Financial Services recently announced its first enforcement action under its cybersecurity regulation. The California Attorney General began enforcement-related inquiries under the newly enacted...

Microsoft – Eversheds Sutherland Whitepapers: Responding to the evolving cyberthreat landscape in the financial services sector

Eversheds Sutherland, in collaboration with Microsoft, is delighted to announce the launch of our latest thought leadership paper on cyber threats to the financial services sector. The biggest changes to the threat environment are the growing scale, frequency and sophistication of the attacks—as well as the identity of the actors and their objectives. It is no longer just about theft...

In the spotlight—Cyber resilience and risks around outsourcing

The operational resilience of financial institutions has come under increased scrutiny following a number of recent high-profile IT failures and cyberattacks. Operational resilience itself is much broader than merely IT and cyber events: it covers events ranging from natural disasters to civil unrest, and those impacting critical national and market infrastructure. Learn...

Your quarterly privacy and cybersecurity update

Welcome to the latest edition of Updata – the international quarterly update from Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team. Updata provides you with a compilation of privacy and cybersecurity regulatory  and legal updates from our contributors around the globe over the past quarter. This quarter’s report features commentary on a number of important developments,...

Biometrics beware – Compliance and the Biometric Information Privacy Act

In light of the rising tide of costly class action lawsuits brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), companies that use biometrics—even, in some cases, companies outside of Illinois that do not themselves collect biometric information—should be become familiar with this statute’s strict requirements. • Even photographs, when used for security purposes like...

Cybersecurity and Data Privacy review and update: Looking back on 2018 and planning ahead for 2019

From the implementation of the GDPR to the passage of the CCPA, the year 2018 proved to be a monumental one for cybersecurity and data privacy. Regulators from around the world responded to devastating, large-scale cyber-attacks, and a desire for their citizens to have more control over their data, by passing a wide range of regulations aimed at protecting consumer information. These...

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