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Energy and Commerce Committee to Hold First U.S. House of Representatives Hearing in 2014 on Protecting Consumer Information and Preventing Data Security Breaches

January 30, 2014 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Following the recent announcement of two U.S. Senate committee hearings on data security breaches, the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced the first U.S. House of Representatives hearing to examine the issue. During the same week as the Senate hearings, the committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade (CMT), chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), will […]

Filed Under: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Financial Privacy, Legislation Tagged With: Hearing, House of Representatives, Identity Theft, Senate, US Congress

Retail Breaches: Investigating Payment Card Breaches

January 29, 2014 By Kim Peretti

“Challenges in Conducting Breach Investigations: Part 2,” was published in April 2013 by Law360, however, given the recent spate of retail breaches involving payment cards, it is highly relevant to entities experiencing these types of incidents. The article describes some of the challenges to conducting breach investigations in response to increasingly sophisticated attacks. In particular, […]

Filed Under: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Security Breach Tagged With: US State Law

Alston & Bird to Host the Financial Marketplaces and Cyber Risk Seminar – February 11

January 28, 2014 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Please join Jim Harvey and Kimberly Peretti, co-chairs of the firm’s Security Incident Management & Response Team, for a first-of-its-kind seminar: “Financial Marketplaces and Cyber Risk.” The panel discussion will both define cyber risk and its implications for financial marketplaces and address the existing regulatory framework and strategies purporting to improve risk mitigation for the industry […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Security, Events, Privacy, Regulation

U.S. Senate Banking and Judiciary Committees to Hold Hearings Examining Data Security Breaches, Identity Theft, and the Safeguarding of Consumers’ Financial Data

January 28, 2014 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

The U.S. Senate Committees on Banking and the Judiciary will each host hearings during the week of February 3, 2014, to examine the impact on consumers from recently reported data security breaches and what measures may be taken to protect sensitive information of consumers, including customer financial information, from criminal acquisition and misuse. Consistent with […]

Filed Under: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Financial Privacy, Legislation, Online Privacy Tagged With: Hearing, Identity Theft, Senate, US Congress

Senator Leahy Reintroduces “Personal Data Privacy and Security Act”: Federal Data Breach Notification Law Includes Criminal Penalties for Failure to Notify

January 17, 2014 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On January 8, 2014, Senator Leahy (D-VT) reintroduced the “Personal Data Privacy and Security Act” (S. 1897) in an effort to both enhance criminal penalties for computer hacking, and create a tough Federal data breach notification statute. The bill was originally cosponsored (at the time of its introduction) by Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Al Franken […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Legislation, Privacy Tagged With: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Senate, US Congress

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