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Safeguarding Client Data: An Attorney's Duty to Provide 'Reasonable' Security
Effective cybersecurity requires an ongoing, risk-based, comprehensive process that addresses people, policies and procedures, and technology, including training. Effective security also requires an understanding that security is everyone's responsibility and constant security awareness by all users of technology.
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Getting Ready for Wide-Ranging Reach of California's Data Privacy Law
The CCPA is the first of its kind, generally applicable data protection law in the United States. What makes the CCPA unique is not only its applicability to companies like those in the entertainment and media industries, but also the rights it provides to consumers regarding their personal information (PI).
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The Principles of Good Cyber Risk Management
Apart from headline grabbing attacks, we are now seeing an epidemic of cyber attacks. Concern has shifted from dealing with data being stolen and sold on the dark Web to handling serious ransomware and destructive attacks, where attackers are looking for immediate monetary output.
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Second Circuit Blocks Video Privacy Suit Brought Against Barnes & Noble
A would-be class action against Barnes & Noble could have cost the bookseller hundreds of millions of dollars — not to mention a reputational hit for allegedly sharing private information about its customers' online video purchases with Facebook.
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Privacy Notices, Opt-In Clauses Debated as U.S. Regulators Shape Federal Privacy Law
Tech giants' privacy counsel and U.S. senators discussed opt-in policies, lengthy, legalese-filled privacy notices and location tracking. The discussion aimed to further shape a potential U.S. federal data privacy law.
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Second Circuit Blocks Video Privacy Suit Brought Against Barnes & Noble
A would-be class action against Barnes & Noble could have cost the bookseller hundreds of millions of dollars — not to mention a reputational hit for allegedly sharing private information about its customers' online video purchases with Facebook.
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A Survey of Proposed Federal Privacy Legislation and the Year Ahead
The social, economic, and political forces pushing for a comprehensive overhaul of the nation's privacy regime are numerous, and many see 2019 as presenting the best opportunity yet for passage of federal data privacy legislation.
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2019 Trends Overview: Compliance, Privacy and Security Family Tree
In 2019, regulations and laws will continue to define how businesses collect and use consumer data, and their obligations to protect this data from misuse, theft or exposure to unauthorized parties.
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Causation and Harm In Data Breach Litigation
Demonstrating that a data breach has resulted in an injury-in-fact can be difficult, because it is not always clear what has happened or will happen with the stolen data.
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Implications of GDPR & CCPA on Public Records
This article discusses the importance of securing a safe harbor for court records through reviewing an illustrative example of how a European Union (EU) citizen was able to force U.S. legal technology companies to remove and alter court records using GDPR.
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