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Lenovo Wins Second Motion to Dismiss in Adware Class Action

February 2, 2018 By Gavin Reinke

By Jay Repko A California district court recently dismissed—for the second time—consumer claims that technology giant Lenovo Inc. violated New York’s Deceptive Acts and Practices Statute by selling laptops with preinstalled VisualDiscovery software that allegedly invades users’ privacy and exposes users to security breaches.  In reaching this decision, Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. concluded that […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Online Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Litigation Tagged With: Class Action, Cybersecurity, Litigation, US State Law

NIST Releases Updated Cyber Framework V1.1

December 6, 2017 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On December 5, 2017, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a revised draft of its proposed updates to its Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity. The revised draft includes a new section on communicating with stakeholders about cybersescurity requirements, addresses stakeholder concerns regarding cybersecurity supply chain risk management and measuring cybersecurity risks […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity Tagged With: Cybersecurity, National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)

Bill Proposes Jail Time for Executives Who Conceal Data Breaches

December 4, 2017 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On November 30, 2017, a group of U.S. senators re-introduced a bill, known as the Data Security and Breach Notification Act, which seeks to impose criminal liability of up to five years of jail time on any corporate executive convicted of “intentionally and willfully” concealing a data breach. The bill also proposes that the Federal […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Legislation, Regulation Tagged With: Data Breach Notification, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Senate

Virginia Amends Data Breach Notification Law

October 19, 2017 By Adria Moshe and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Virginia amended the state’s data breach notification law, effective July 1, 2017, to expand notification requirements for employers and payroll service providers to data breaches that involve “unauthorized access and acquisition of unencrypted and unredacted computerized data containing a [Virginia] taxpayer’s identification number in combination with the income tax withheld for that taxpayer. . . […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Enforcement, Financial Privacy, Legislation, Security Breach, Workplace Privacy Tagged With: Data Breach Notification, US State Law

SEC Chairman Jay Clayton Announces Data Breach of SEC Systems Which May Have Led to Insider Trading

September 25, 2017 By Cara Peterman and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

SEC Chairman Jay Clayton issued a public statement on Cybersecurity (the “Clayton Statement”) last week, disclosing a 2016 attack on the SEC’s database of corporate filings. The intrusion exploited a vulnerability in the test filing component of the EDGAR system, a document repository for disclosures from public companies and issuers, through which the intruder was […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Digital Crimes Tagged With: Securities and Exchange Commission

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