Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

New COPPA Rule Expands Data Transparency and Security Obligations

CA’s Child Protection Website Law Will Have A Long Reach

A recently passed California law will dramatically expand a company’s obligations with regard to any of its online presence that […]

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Drawn To “Fintech,” Banks Are Warned About Risk

Banks are aggressively entering into partnerships with so called “fintech” firms, and regulators are taking note, says an article in […]

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Million Dollar Fine In First Ever CCPA Settlement

The first settlement ever under the California Consumer Privacy Act requires cosmetics retailer Sephora to pay $1.2 million in penalties. […]

MBAs Hire Moving Company To Provide Cybersecurity

In 2015, some of the finest minds on Wall Street went to work on a knotty problem: How to dispose […]

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Lloyd’s Bulletin Y5381 Has The Market In A Tizzy

Issued on August 16, with the title “State backed cyber-attack exclusions,” Lloyd’s Market Bulletin Ref: Y5381 says in part that […]

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Dangerous Hybrid: “Psychological” Cyber Crime

Sophisticated cyber-engineering skills are not required. At work here is a new iteration of an old archetype, the con artist […]

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Big Hotel Company Hacked

InterContinental Hotels’ (IHG) online booking systems and other services were interrupted by a cyberattack on Sept. 5. IHG operates 17 […]

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Are Biometric Privacy Liability Risks Covered by Insurance?

When taking surveys, general counsel rank privacy liability at the top of their list of concerns, and rightly so. Privacy […]

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$600K Phishing Attack Not Covered By Computer Fraud Policy

The operative term for what happened to a company called SJ Computers is a BEC  (“business email compromise”) attack, sometimes […]

New Ransomware Gang Hits Sony

Ransom Paid, Data Leaked Anyway

Stealing sensitive data is now routine for ransomware attackers, who threaten to release it if the ransom isn’t paid. Victims […]

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