On April 17, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a press release, announcing that the FTC is seeking public comments to explore mobile security issues. The press release refers to the mobile security forum held last year to examine the state of mobile security (the “Forum”). In the press release, the FTC invites comments from […]
Cybersecurity
Jim Harvey to Speak at National Association of Corporate Directors Program on Mitigating Cybersecurity Risks
Jim Harvey, co-chair of the firm’s Privacy & Data Security practice and the Security Incident Management and Response Team, will be a featured speaker during an April 16 program sponsored by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) titled, “Mitigating Cyber Security Threats: How the Attackers, Their Objectives, Their Methods Keep Changing.” Cyber security threats and […]
Kentucky Becomes 47th State To Require Data Breach Notification; Adds Restrictions on use of “Student Data”
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear signed a data breach notification bill on April 10, adding Kentucky to the ranks of U.S. states requiring notice to individuals in the event of a data breach and leaving Alabama, New Mexico and South Dakota as the only states that do not require such notice. Kentucky’s data breach notification bill (HB […]
DOJ and FTC Issue Antitrust Policy Statement on Cybersecurity Information Sharing
On April 10, 2014, The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) (collectively, the “Agencies”) issued a policy statement on the sharing of cybersecurity information. The policy statement indicates that the Agencies share the President’s view that “cyber threat is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face […]
Kim Peretti to Speak at Georgetown Law’s Cybersecurity Law Institute
Kim Peretti, co-chair of the firm’s Security Incident Management & Response Team, will be a featured speaker during the second annual Cybersecurity Law Institute sponsored by the Georgetown University Law Center. Cybersecurity continues to stay in the news in 2014 as the White House calls for a “Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights” for the digital age. What […]