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FTC Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security

August 25, 2022 By Dorian Simmons

On August 22, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to request public comment on commercial surveillance and data security practices. The ANPR comes at the same time as Congress is considering the federal American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA). The FTC seeks public comment on a […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Data Security, Enforcement, ePrivacy, FTC, Online Privacy, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Germany’s Cyber Threat Landscape – Top 3 Lessons from the BKA Situation Report

August 1, 2022 By Daniel Felz

Germany boasts one of the world’s largest, most sophisticated, and international economies. Companies doing business in Germany are thus an increasingly relevant target for cyberattacks. Germany‘s Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt or BKA) is the federal law enforcement agency charged with investigating cybercrime, and for coordinating federal-state cooperation in cybercrime matters.  The BKA recently published […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Security, Germany, Ransomware, Supply Chain, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cross-border, cybersecurity, Germany, ransomware

UK Information Commissioner’s Office Issues Warning on Ransomware Payments

July 13, 2022 By Paul Greaves

On July 8, 2022, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (UK ICO) together with the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), published a joint letter asking the Law Society of England & Wales to remind its members that they should not advise clients to pay ransomware demands should they fall victim to a cyber-attack. The Law […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Enforcement, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: cybersecurity, Data Breach Notification, ransomware, Regulatory Enforcement, UK data protection, UK GDPR

Maryland Amends Data Breach and Reasonable Security Requirements

July 5, 2022 By Kim Peretti, Kate Hanniford and Lance Taubin

Maryland recently passed House Bill 962, amending Maryland’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) (Md. Code Ann. Comm. Law 14-3504). As summarized below, House Bill 962 amends certain aspects of PIPA relating to breach notification and maintaining reasonable security measures to protect personal information. The bill becomes effective October 1, 2022. Reasonable Security: Beginning October 1, […]

Filed Under: Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Security Breach

Colorado Issues Pre-Rulemaking Considerations for the Colorado Privacy Act

April 19, 2022 By Dorian Simmons

On April 12, 2022, the Colorado Department of Law (the “Department”) released its Pre-Rulemaking Considerations for the Colorado Privacy Act (the “CPA”), following state Attorney General Phil Weiser’s remarks at the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ (IAPP) Global Privacy Summit in Washington, D.C. The Department seeks informal input on several topics in addition to general […]

Filed Under: Behavioral Advertising, Children's Privacy, CPA, Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Data Security, ePrivacy, Legislation, Online Privacy, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), Regulations

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