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California Mandates COVID Exposure and Outbreak Reporting to Employees, Government Agencies

September 23, 2020 By Aaron Wasser and Daniel Felz

On Thursday, September 17, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 685 (“AB685”) into law.  AB685 amends a number of portions of California’s Labor Code to address the COVID-19 pandemic.  In addition to provisions that regulate reopening activities at California worksites, AB685 introduces two new COVID-related notification obligations for California employers: (1) a requirement […]

Filed Under: Advisories, California, Cybersecurity, Health Privacy, Online Privacy, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: Behavioral Tracking, Big Data, cybersecurity, Health Information Security, Regulatory Enforcement

EU Announces First Sanctions under EU Cyber Sanctions Regime

July 31, 2020 By Emily Poole

On July 30, 2020, the European Council announced sanctions against six individuals and three organizations for their involvement in a series of cyber-attacks that have caused significant damage in the EU and around the world over the last several years. The announcement follows the EU’s adoption last year of Decision (CFSP) 2019/797, which established the […]

Filed Under: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Security, Enforcement, International, National Security Tagged With: APT10, China, cybersecurity, European Union (EU), North Korea, Russia, Sanctions, Sandworm

Critical Audit Matters Disclosure Implicates Information Technology and Security

November 6, 2019 By Kate Hanniford

As independent auditors to public companies and business development companies begin to make required disclosure of Critical Audit Matters (CAMs) to the audit committee, such reports are beginning to include discussion of information security programs and information technology controls.  Independent auditors have treated material weaknesses in certain information technology controls as material weaknesses in internal […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Data Security, Regulation Tagged With: cybersecurity, disclosure, PCAOB, Securities and Exchange Commission

Georgia Supreme Court Clarifies There Is No Duty to Safeguard Personal Information from a Data Breach

May 21, 2019 By Gavin Reinke

The Georgia Supreme Court recently issued a decision holding that there is no duty to safeguard personal information from a data breach under Georgia law.  Georgia Department of Labor v. McConnell involved the accidental disclosure of a spreadsheet that contained the name, social security number, home telephone number, email address, and age of thousands of […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Privacy Litigation, Security Breach Tagged With: Class Action, cybersecurity, Identity Theft, Litigation, US State Law

DOJ Releases “Best Practices for Victim Response and Reporting of Cyber Incidents,” Version 2.0

October 2, 2018 By Emily Poole

On September 27, 2018, the Department of Justice Computer Crime and Intellectual Property (CCIPS) Cybersecurity Unit released Version 2.0 of its “Best Practices for Victim Response and Reporting of Cyber Incidents.” Originally issued in 2015, the updated guidance seeks to help organizations better equip themselves to be able to respond effectively and lawfully to cyber […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security Tagged With: cybersecurity

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