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President Obama Proposes New Privacy Protections for Student Data

January 13, 2015 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On January 12, 2015, President Barack Obama unveiled a series of comprehensive proposals aimed at protecting Americans’ personal and financial information, combating online fraud, and safeguarding digital privacy. As part of his speech at the Federal Trade Commission, President Obama highlighted certain initiatives related to student privacy that he will discuss in greater detail at […]

Filed Under: Children's Privacy, Data Protection, Data Security, Legislation

New Jersey Enacts Health Information Encryption Requirement

January 13, 2015 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has signed a new law requiring health insurance companies to protect client health information by encrypting the data. The law applies to any insurance company, health service corporation, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, or health maintenance organization authorized to issue health benefits plans in New Jersey. These entities must take […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Security, Health Privacy, Legislation, Regulation Tagged With: New Jersey

NIST releases “Assessing Security and Privacy Controls in Federal Information Systems and Organizations: Building Effective Assessment Plans.”

December 16, 2014 By Maki DePalo

On December 12, 2014, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (“NIST”) announced the release of Special Publication 800-53A, Revision 4, Assessing Security and Privacy Controls in Federal Information Systems and Organizations: Building Effective Assessment Plans (“SP 800-53A”). SP 800-53A is a companion guideline to Special Publication 800-53, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Data Security, Privacy Tagged With: National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)

TD Bank NA Settles Data Breach Lawsuit with Mass. AG

December 12, 2014 By Andrew Liebler

TD Bank North America (“TD Bank”) and the Massachusetts Attorney General announced an agreement on December 8 to end a data breach lawsuit brought against TD Bank by the Massachusetts Attorney General. The lawsuit alleged that TD Bank failed to properly protect and encrypt personal customer information contained on two server backup tapes that it […]

Filed Under: Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Privacy Litigation, Security Breach Tagged With: Litigation

New California Law Expands Data Security Requirements, SSN Protections and Breach Notification Obligations

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

On September 30, 2014, the Governor of California signed Assembly Bill 1710, which made three small but important changes to the state’s privacy laws.  The bill:  (1) amended California’s breach notification law to require that the notifying entities offer identity theft protection services to affected individuals in certain cases; (2) required California businesses that “maintain” […]

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

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