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New York and Illinois Regulators Recommend Third Party Cybersecurity Review For Specific Vulnerabilities

May 21, 2021 By James Harvey and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

This month, the Illinois Department of Insurance issued guidance to insurers recommending assessments in response to a Microsoft Exchange vulnerability, detailed in the guidance.  In the Bulletin dated May 5, the Department encourages regulated entities to “assess the risk to their systems and consumers and take steps necessary to address vulnerabilities and customer impact.” The […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Digital Crimes, Enforcement, Financial Privacy, Insurance Data Security, NYDFS, Regulation, Security Breach, Supply Chain

NYDFS Announces Cybersecurity Settlement, Addresses Multi-Factor Authentication Rules

April 16, 2021 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On April 14, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) announced a settlement with National Securities Corporation (“National Securities”), a licensed insurer, in connection with claims under the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR Part 500). The consent order requires payment of a $3M penalty and mandatory remediation in response to alleged failures to […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Digital Crimes, Enforcement, Financial Privacy, Insurance Data Security, NYDFS, Regulation

Alston & Bird Analyzes New California Privacy Rights Act in Client Alert

November 4, 2020 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Yesterday, California voters approved a ballot initiative containing the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020. The ballot initiative significantly revises the existing California Consumer Privacy Act to create arguably the most comprehensive state privacy law in the United States. Alston & Bird has now issued a client alert explaining key impacts of this law. The […]

Filed Under: Advisories, Ballot Initiatives, Behavioral Advertising, California, CCPA, Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Enforcement, Financial Privacy, Insurance Data Security, Legislation, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California Privacy Rights Act, California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act, CPRA, Proposition 24

The NYDFS Brings First Enforcement Action under the Cybersecurity Regulation

July 27, 2020 By Kim Peretti, Amy Mushahwar and Dorian Simmons

On Tuesday, July 21, 2020, the New York Department of Financial Services (the “NYDFS”) brought its first enforcement action under its Cybersecurity Regulation (the “Regulation”) against a large title insurer (the “Company”) for failing to protect sensitive personal information.  The NYDFS is seeking civil monetary penalties, an order requiring the Company to remedy the alleged […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Data Security, Enforcement, Financial Privacy, Insurance Data Security, NYDFS, Regulation

New Hampshire Passes Insurance Data Security Law

August 23, 2019 By Dorian Simmons

New Hampshire recently passed its Insurance Data Security Law based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law.  The law will go into effect January 1, 2020.  New Hampshire is one of several states, including Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, and South Carolina, that has passed an insurance data […]

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

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