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About Alysa Austin

Alysa Austin is an associate with Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Team and advises clients on cybersecurity compliance, breach investigations and response, online procedures and policies, and vendor contracts.

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New NAIC Consumer Privacy Model Law Proposed for Insurers

February 20, 2023 By Kim Peretti, Kate Hanniford and Alysa Austin

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Privacy Protections Working Group (the “Working Group”) released Insurance Consumer Privacy Protection Model Law #674 (“Model 674”) for comment on February 1, 2023. Model 674 is intended to modernize and replace the Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Model Act #670 (“Model 670”) and the Privacy of Consumer Financial […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Privacy Tagged With: Insurance, NAIC Model Law

FTC Takes Action Against Ed Tech Provider for Failure to Secure Student’s Personal Information

November 3, 2022 By Kim Peretti, Kate Hanniford, Alysa Austin and Lance Taubin

On October 31, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it has taken action against education technology provider Chegg Inc. (“Chegg”) for its “careless” cybersecurity practices that exposed sensitive personal information of millions of its customers and employees.  This action highlights the FTC’s continued efforts to aggressively protect consumer personal data. The FTC’s complaint alleges […]

Filed Under: Data Breach, FTC

Recent FTC Order Has Implications for Executive Liability and Corporate Data Minimization Practices

October 28, 2022 By Kim Peretti, Alysa Austin and Kristen Bartolotta

On October 24, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a proposed consent order against both Drizly LLC, an online marketplace for alcohol delivery, and its CEO over the company’s alleged security failures that led to a data breach in 2020, which exposed the personal information of approximately 2.5 million Drizly customers. Drizly and its […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Enforcement, FTC Tagged With: cybersecurity, Data Protection, Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

SEC Settles Enforcement Actions with Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisors for Identity Protection Deficiencies

August 1, 2022 By Alysa Austin and Kate Hanniford

On July 27, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) separately settled three enforcement actions with broker-dealers and investment advisers for alleged deficiencies relating to the prevention of customer identity theft, in violation of the SEC’s Identity Theft Red Flags Rule, or Regulation S-ID. Regulation S-ID requires registered financial institutions, broker dealers, and investment advisers […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Financial Privacy Tagged With: cybersecurity, Data Protection, Identity Theft, Regulatory Enforcement, Securities and Exchange Commission

SEC Proposed Rule Will Require Private Funds to Report Certain Cyber Events

January 31, 2022 By Kate Hanniford and Alysa Austin

On January 26, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules to enhance hedge fund and private fund disclosure requirements and increase regulators’ visibility into the private funds industry. The proposed rules would amend the SEC’s Form PF, the confidential reporting form by which private funds disclose regulatory assets to the SEC, […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity, Enforcement Tagged With: cybersecurity, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, SEC

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