• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to secondary sidebar

Alston & Bird Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Blog

  • Home
  • Services
  • Events
  • Contacts

Alysa Austin

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

FTC Releases Warning to Companies that Fail to Mitigate Log4j Vulnerability

January 5, 2022 By Alysa Austin and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Less than a month ago, a critical vulnerability was identified in the ubiquitous, open source Log4j tool prompting swift guidance from Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and other security practitioners.  Now, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned companies that it “intends to use its full legal authority” against any company that fails to […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Enforcement, FTC Tagged With: Cybersecurity, Log4j, Vulnerability

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Go to page 4
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

This blog is a service of Alston & Bird’s Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy team and focuses on key data privacy and data security issues.


Receive email notifications when new posts are added.

Receive email notifications when new posts are added.


THE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD
Click here to see the editions

PRIVACY & CYBER EVENTS
Click here to see upcoming and past events

PRIVACY & CYBER MAILINGS
Click here to sign up

@ALSTONPRIVACY
Click here to follow us on Twitter

Secondary Sidebar

Categories

Recent Posts

  • CPPA Publishes Revised Cybersecurity Audit Regulations in Advance of Board Meeting
  • Colorado AG Publishes Shortlist of Universal Opt-Out Mechanisms
  • Ransomware Group, in Midst of Extortion Attempt, Files Regulatory Notice with SEC
  • FTC Approves New Data Breach Notification Requirement for Non-Banking Financial Institutions
  • China Releases Major Changes in its Draft Regulations on Cross-border Data Flows
Copyright © 2023 · Alston & Bird · All Rights Reserved. Privacy.