The New York Department of Financial Services (“NY DFS”) published an updated proposed Second Amendment to its Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR Part 500) in the New York State Register on June 28, 2023, updating its previous proposed Second Amendment, which was published November 9, 2022. While the language proposed is largely similar to the previous […]
NYDFS Penalizes bitFlyer $1.2 Million for Violations to Cybersecurity Regulation
On May 1, 2023, bitFlyer USA, Inc. (“bitFlyer”) entered into a Consent Order with the New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) for multiple deficiencies in bitFlyer’s cybersecurity program, most notably for failure to conduct periodic risk assessments to sufficiently inform the design of bitFlyer’s cybersecurity program (as required by 23 NYCRR § 500.09(a)). BitFlyer […]
NYDFS Releases Significant Enhancements to its Cybersecurity Regulation in the Proposed Second Amendment
The New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) released their proposed second amendment to the Cybersecurity Regulation, 23 NYCRR Part 500 (“Proposed Second Amendment”) on October 9, 2022. DFS issued a minor amendment on April 2, 2020, revising the certification of compliance date (from February to April). The Proposed Second Amendment follows DFS’s “pre-proposed” draft […]
NYDFS Announces Significant Cybersecurity Settlement with EyeMed Vision Care
On October 18, 2022, EyeMed Vision Care LLC (“EyeMed”) entered into a Consent Order with the New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) relating to a cybersecurity event from 2020 that exposed consumer nonpublic information (“NPI”) to an unauthorized individual. EyeMed agreed to pay DFS a $4.5 million penalty, in addition to implementing mandatory remediation […]
Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Schnuck Markets Data Breach Lawsuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action brought by financial institutions against Schnuck Markets, Inc., following a data breach impacting Schnuck beginning late 2012. The plaintiffs attempted to assert claims of negligence, negligence per se, various contract claims, and violation of Illinois consumer […]