Announcements

Executives Personally Sued for Data Privacy IncidentsThe Only Bi-Partisan Show in D.C.: The U.S. Supreme Court Issues a Decisive Opinion Concerning TCPA Liability in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, et al.Seattle & Portland Virtual Cybersecurity Summit Begins Tomorrow

COVID-19

Securing Online Shopping has Never Been More ImportantWorking from Home? Here are 12 Steps to Reduce Data Privacy and Security Risk

Cyber Attack

Digital Transformation – Cybersecurity Lessons from Recent LawsuitsDigital Transformation – Regulator Issues $80 Million Penalty for Not Doing It RightIs Your Incident Response Plan Ready for Novel Computer Viruses?

Cyber Crime

Don’t let Cyber Insurance be Your Cybersecurity PlanDigital Transformation – Regulator Issues $80 Million Penalty for Not Doing It RightWorking from Home? Here are 12 Steps to Reduce Data Privacy and Security Risk

Data Breach

Executives Personally Sued for Data Privacy IncidentsDon’t let Cyber Insurance be Your Cybersecurity PlanDigital Transformation – Regulator Issues $80 Million Penalty for Not Doing It Right

Data Protection

A New Consumer Data Protection Bill in Oregon: A Summary of SB 619Class Action Suits Targeting Biometric Information Continue to Seek Large PayoutsExecutives Personally Sued for Data Privacy Incidents

Disaster Recovery

Don’t let Cyber Insurance be Your Cybersecurity Plan

ePrivacy

Class Action Suits Targeting Biometric Information Continue to Seek Large PayoutsThe Current State of General State Privacy LawsUtah Considers a Cybersecurity Safe Harbor as Ransomware Runs Riot

EU

France - CNILGermany - BfDIUK ICO

Events

Seattle & Portland Virtual Cybersecurity Summit Begins TomorrowThe Senate Commerce Committee held a second hearing on consumer data privacy, this time with privacy advocatesDrop By and Visit Us at the Privacy + Security Forum in DC!

FERPA

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act in the Age of COVID-19

Fraud

Cyber Risk Update for Construction CompaniesFunds transfer fraud in real estate transactions has seen an explosive increase this year

HIPAA

Trickbot and Emotet Financial Malware Now Attacking the Healthcare IndustryAnthem Pays OCR $16 Million in Record-Breaking HIPAA Data Breach SettlementNew threat targeting old medical imaging equipment

Industrial Control Systems

New threat targeting old medical imaging equipmentHow does your leadership remain aware of cyber security threats?You may be subscribing to US-CERT … but have you heard of ICS-CERT?

Insurance Coverage

Don’t let Cyber Insurance be Your Cybersecurity PlanHacking vs. Phishing – and Why the Difference is Important for Cyber Insurance Coverage

Internet

Securing Online Shopping has Never Been More Important

Laws / Regulations

A New Consumer Data Protection Bill in Oregon: A Summary of SB 619Class Action Suits Targeting Biometric Information Continue to Seek Large PayoutsExecutives Personally Sued for Data Privacy Incidents

Oregon

A New Consumer Data Protection Bill in Oregon: A Summary of SB 619

Phishing

Is Your Incident Response Plan Ready for Novel Computer Viruses?Working from Home? Here are 12 Steps to Reduce Data Privacy and Security RiskHHS Issues Practical New Cybersecurity Guidance for Healthcare Businesses of all Sizes

Privacy

A New Consumer Data Protection Bill in Oregon: A Summary of SB 619Class Action Suits Targeting Biometric Information Continue to Seek Large PayoutsExecutives Personally Sued for Data Privacy Incidents

Regulators

Digital Transformation – Regulator Issues $80 Million Penalty for Not Doing It RightAnthem Pays OCR $16 Million in Record-Breaking HIPAA Data Breach SettlementFrance - CNIL

Security

Executives Personally Sued for Data Privacy IncidentsDon’t let Cyber Insurance be Your Cybersecurity PlanPortland’s New Facial Recognition Ban Increases Litigation Risk, Creates Uncertainty

Software

Portland’s New Facial Recognition Ban Increases Litigation Risk, Creates UncertaintySecuring Online Shopping has Never Been More ImportantNew tool released that may allow bad actors with almost any skill set to bypass many implementations of Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)

Uncategorized

CCPA Is Here – Is Your Security "Reasonable"?Yahoo! Breach Class Action Poised to SettleEncryption vulnerability in WiFi Protected Access II (WPA2)

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Contracts, laws and regulations require privacy compliance, and good business practices demand it. This blog is designed to inform our clients and readers about developing privacy issues and regulatory updates, and provide alerts on cyber security stories and data breaches that impact various data privacy and security requirements.