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,...
Twisting in the Wind—California Attorney General issues revised CCPA regulations
Posted on Feb 14, 2020 in Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Regulation | Comments Off on Twisting in the Wind—California Attorney General issues revised CCPA regulations
On February 10, 2020, the California Attorney General published revisions to the proposed regulations to implement the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). The changes largely clarify and soften some of the more onerous or prescriptive requirements of the proposed regulations—although many challenging aspects of the regulations remain, and new concepts make an appearance as...
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...
FTC effectively shuts down Utah company’s operations pending compliance with mandated data security plan
Posted on Nov 19, 2019 in Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Regulation | Comments Off on FTC effectively shuts down Utah company’s operations pending compliance with mandated data security plan
On November 12, 2019, the FTC announced that InfoTrax, a Utah technology company, agreed to implement an overhauled data security program as part of a 20-year consent agreement in the wake of a hack to the company’s network. InfoTrax is prohibited from collecting, selling, sharing, or storing personal information pending the overhaul of security operations—temporarily shutting down the...
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