Written by Jake Romero In a move signaling increased enforcement of the state’s data privacy and security regulations, California’s Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has announced the creation of the Privacy Enforcement and Protection Unit. The Privacy Unit will be staffed by California Department of Justice Employees, including six dedicated prosecutors, and will have… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: July 2012
From the Data Protection and Privacy Conference: Words of Advice from the Federal Trade Commission
Posted in Data Breach Notification, Data Compliance & Security, Federal Trade Commission, Identity Theft, Privacy RegulationWritten by Amy Malone Amy Malone is attending the Data Protection & Privacy Law Conference in Arlington, Virginia this week and will be providing updates. Kevin Moriarty from the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection of the Federal Trade Commission addressed the privacy conference on Wednesday. His discussion focused on the current FTC policy work, including workshops… Continue Reading
Court Rules on What is “Commercially Reasonable” Bank Security
Posted in UncategorizedWritten by Amy Malone Small business owners have new hope that they may be on the same footing as individuals when it comes to cybertheft from their bank accounts. The First Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court case over what is “commercially reasonable” under UCC Article 4A. Under Article 4A, banks bear… Continue Reading
Know thy vendor’s vendor…..
Posted in Data Compliance & Security, SecurityWritten by Amy Malone Amy Malone is attending the Data Protection & Privacy Law Conference in Arlington, Virginia this week and will be providing updates. The pre-conference workshops at the Data Protection & Privacy Law Compliance Conference have begun! The first workshop covered managing the risk of third party vendors. An important element of ensuring… Continue Reading
Keeping an eye on Canada’s tough anti-spam law
Posted in Online Advertising, Privacy RegulationNorth American marketers take note: Canada is set to finalize one of the toughest anti-spam laws in the world. Canada had fallen behind when it came to introducing anti-spam legislation, but it is now making up for lost time. Ottawa’s new Bill C-28– known as “CASL” and expected to be finalized early in 2013 —… Continue Reading
Seen this morning……
Posted in UncategorizedOn my commute this morning, a “shrink wrapped” van was next to me in traffic, advertising its service. While the scanning of paper containing PII or other sensitive information is a great idea to eliminate one typical means of loss potential resulting in a reportable breach incident, the message on the van was …. well,… Continue Reading
