Cybersecurity and coronavirus—Guarding against hackers in this heightened risk environment
Posted on Mar 11, 2020 in Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Litigation | Comments Off on Cybersecurity and coronavirus—Guarding against hackers in this heightened risk environment
Hackers thrive amidst confusion and distraction, so it is important that with all the focus on coronavirus, companies—including their lawyers—remain on guard against cyber attacks. This Alert provides a series of quick, simple and crucial steps companies can take to improve cyber preparedness and response, including: Ensure employees are reminded of the critical need for cyber hygiene,...
Microsoft – Eversheds Sutherland Whitepapers: Responding to the evolving cyberthreat landscape in the financial services sector
Posted on Feb 18, 2020 in Cybersecurity, Financial Services | Comments Off on 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...
US Cybersecurity and Data Privacy review and update: Looking back on 2019 and planning ahead for 2020
Posted on Feb 4, 2020 in Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Litigation, Regulation | Comments Off on US Cybersecurity and Data Privacy review and update: Looking back on 2019 and planning ahead for 2020
The reality of cybersecurity and data privacy threats and regulations proved a sobering one for many companies in 2019. The cost of data privacy began to hit home in January, with French regulators imposing a record fine for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) violations, and with subsequent global data privacy fines increasing in amount and frequency throughout the year. As the...
Your quarterly privacy & cybersecurity update
Posted on Jan 23, 2020 in Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, GDPR, Regulation | Comments Off on Your quarterly privacy & cybersecurity update
Welcome to the sixth edition of Updata! Updata is an international update produced by Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team – it provides you with a compilation of key privacy and cybersecurity regulatory and legal developments from the past quarter. This edition covers October to December 2019 and is full of newsworthy items from our team members around the...
Dangerous seas ahead – the California Consumer Privacy Act and litigation risk
Posted on Sep 5, 2019 in Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Litigation, Regulation | Comments Off on Dangerous seas ahead – the California Consumer Privacy Act and litigation risk
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) exposes companies doing business in California to certain litigation risks. The CCPA creates a private right of action that increases class action litigation risk for data breaches. Plaintiffs might try to use California’s Unfair Competition Law (UCL) to expand the scope of the CCPA’s private right of action. Businesses can proactively engage...
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