Kim Peretti, partner and co-chair of the firm’s Security Incident Management and Response Team, will moderate a panel discussion during this September 11 event. The featured speakers are Tom Finan, Senior Cybersecurity Strategist and Counsel with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Sean Hyatt, counsel in the firm’s Litigation & Trial Practice Group and […]
Privacy & Cyber Regulatory Enforcement
FTC seeks public comment on AgeCheq Inc.’s application for approval of proposed verifiable parental consent method
On August 25, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a Federal Register notice to be published, announcing the FTC’s request for public comment on a proposed verifiable parental consent method. The method has been submitted for approval by AgeCheq, Inc. under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and the rules promulgated thereunder (the “Rule”). The Rule requires […]
Kim Peretti Interviewed by BankInfoSecurity
Kim Peretti, co-chair of the firm’s Security Incident Management & Response Team, was interviewed by BankInfoSecurity about what boards must know about security issues and how to keep directors risk-aware. In the interview, titled “Cybersecurity: What Boards Must Know,” Peretti discusses what directors don’t know about security, the pre- and post-breach responsibilities of boards, and how […]
Delaware Passes Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets and Digital Accounts Act
On August 12, Delaware Governor Jack Markell enacted the nation’s first law that covers access to digital accounts of the deceased. The Delaware statute, which is modeled after the Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act, gives the deceased’s executors, or fiduciaries, “control over any and all rights in digital assets and digital accounts of […]
CDD Urges FTC to Investigate 30 Companies for Alleged Safe Harbor Violations
The Center for Digital Democracy (“CDD”), a private consumer privacy advocate, recently filed a complaint and “request for investigation” before the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) accusing 30 U.S. companies of violating provisions of the Safe Harbor framework. The 118-page complaint, filed August 14th, urges the FTC to take legal action against the companies, including Adobe […]