The Payment Card Industry (“PCI”) Security Standards Council (“SSC”) recently published a supplement to the PCI Data Security Standard (“DSS”) that will require certain Designated Entities to comply with an additional set of compliance-based requirements. The additional requirements, called the “Designated Entities Supplemental Validation,” or DESV, are designed to “help organizations make payment security part […]
Data Protection
Peter Swire Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee on Encryption
Alston & Bird Senior Counsel Peter Swire testified today before the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of its hearing entitled, Going Dark: Encryption, Technology, and the Balance Between Public Safety and Privacy. The hearing, held on July 8, 2015, featured Sally Quillian Yates, Deputy Attorney General, and James B. Comey, Jr., Director of the Federal […]
Rhode Island Updates Identity Theft Protection Act; Requires Notice Within 45 Days of Data Breach
In the absence of action by the U.S. Congress to pass a national data breach notification law, many states stepped into the breach to update their laws this year to add more specific notice guidelines, a requirement to notify the state’s attorney general or another state official, and to require entities that maintain personal information […]
Alston & Bird Attorneys Honored with 2015 Burton Award
Partners Kimberly Peretti and Jessica Corley, Senior Associate Kelley Barnaby, and Associate Lauren Tapson were honored with a 2015 Burton Award for Legal Achievement for their analysis of the corporate governance risks associated with cyber-attacks and the critical role played by boards of directors in addressing those risks. William Burton, author of Burton’s Legal Thesaurus, […]
Oregon Updates and Expands Data Breach Statute
Oregon has updated its data breach notification statute to broaden the definition of personal information that will trigger notice to individuals and add the requirement to notify the state’s Attorney General of certain breaches. Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed into law SB601 on June 10, and it was enrolled on June 15. The bill updates […]