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Third Circuit Affirms FTC’s Authority to Regulate Data Security

August 28, 2015 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On August 24, 2015, the Third Circuit affirmed U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas’ April 2014 ruling in FTC v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp., et al. (“Wyndham”) that the FTC has the authority to regulate private companies’ cybersecurity practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act. (Prior blog posts on this case can be found here […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Enforcement, Legislation, Privacy Litigation, Security Breach Tagged With: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement

Illinois Governor Vetoes Data Protection Bill; Suggests Revisions

August 27, 2015 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner vetoed a bill amending the state’s data breach notification law on August 21, 2015, saying in a letter to the General Assembly that the bill “goes too far, imposing duplicative and burdensome requirements that are out-of-step with other states.”  The bill, S.B. 1833, would have amended Illinois’ Personal Information Protection Act […]

Filed Under: Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Legislation, Regulation Tagged With: State Attorneys General, US State Law

Alston & Bird Privacy Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2016 List

August 21, 2015 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Jim Harvey, David Keating, and Dominique Shelton, partners in Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Group, have been named to the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on a peer-review survey in which more than 50,000 leading attorneys cast more than 5.5 million votes […]

Filed Under: Data Security, Privacy

Dominique Shelton Named to “Most Influential Lawyers in White Collar & Cyber Crimes Law” by LA Business Journal

August 20, 2015 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Dominique Shelton, partner in Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Group, was named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s “Most Influential Lawyers in White Collar & Cyber Crimes Law” of 2015. Described by the publication as “one of the top practitioners dealing with privacy and cyber law, with particular focus on the media and […]

Filed Under: Cybercrime, Privacy

Swire on the Declining Half-Life of Secrets

July 28, 2015 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On Friday, Peter Swire released his new paper titled “The Declining Half-Life of Secrets.” In this paper, Swire examines the challenges faced by the national security and signals intelligence communities in maintaining secrets. Swire’s paper explains why intelligence operations will continue to face ‘leaks’ given the pervasiveness and power of modern computing and the internet, […]

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