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LabMD Wins Discovery Disputes Against FTC; FTC Compelled to Disclose Data Security Standards

May 7, 2014 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

In the latest chapter of the ongoing battle between the FTC and LabMD, Inc. (“LabMD”) about the FTC’s claim that LabMD violated the FTC Act’s Section 5 bar on “unfair” acts or practices because of its allegedly inadequate data security practices, an administrative law judge overseeing the FTC’s administrative action against LabMD recently issued two […]

Filed Under: Data Security, Enforcement, Legislation Tagged With: Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Iowa Updates Data Breach Notification Law to Add Paper Records, AG Notice Requirement

April 9, 2014 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Iowa Governor Terry Brandstad has signed Senate File 2259, an act modifying provisions applicable to personal information security breach notification requirements. Iowa’s law will now require notice of breaches of unauthorized acquisition of information that is on paper (in addition to computerized data) and to require notice to the consumer protection division of the state […]

Filed Under: Data Breach, Legislation, Security Breach Tagged With: Identity Theft, US State Law

District Court Denies Wyndham Motion to Dismiss and Supports FTC’s Authority in Data Breach Cases

April 8, 2014 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

In Federal Trade Commission v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp., et al., No. 13-cv-01887-ES-JAD (D.N.J. Apr. 7, 2014), Judge Esther Salas of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey denied Wyndham’s request for dismissal of the FTC’s lawsuit against the hotel resort chain as a result of getting hacked.* Wyndham had challenged the FTC’s […]

Filed Under: Data Breach, Legislation Tagged With: Identity Theft, US State Law

Kim Peretti to Speak at Georgetown Law’s Cybersecurity Law Institute

April 7, 2014 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Kim Peretti, co-chair of the firm’s Security Incident Management & Response Team, will be a featured speaker during the second annual Cybersecurity Law Institute sponsored by the Georgetown University Law Center. Cybersecurity continues to stay in the news in 2014 as the White House calls for a “Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights” for the digital age. What […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Security, Events, International, Legislation, Regulation, Security Breach

Northern District of California to Decide in the In re Hulu Privacy Litigation Whether Disclosing Anonymized Data to a Web Analytics Company and Use of the Facebook “Like” Button Violate the Video Privacy Protection Act

February 28, 2014 By Kimberly Chemerinsky

Any company that has a website that (a) contains videos, (b) uses a third-party analytics company to maintain metrics on page views and/or (c) allows users to “like” videos on the site should pay very close attention to the In re Hulu Privacy Litigation pending in the United States District Court of Northern California. In […]

Filed Under: Advisories, Legislation, Online Privacy Tagged With: Behavioral Tracking, Tracking, Video Privacy Protection Act

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