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Target and Card Issuers Dispute Use of MasterCard Settlement to Resolve Data Breach Claims

Posted in Class Action Litigation, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Privacy Litigation

In the wake of Target’s April 15 announcement of a private $19 million settlement of the data breach claims of MasterCard-issuing banks, counsel representing the putative card issuer class in the consolidated Target data breach litigation moved to enjoin the proposed settlement, arguing that it is an improper end-run around the Minnesota federal court’s adjudication… Continue Reading

Cybersecurity Executive Order: Not Much New

Posted in Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity, Data Compliance & Security, Uncategorized

President Obama’s February 13 Executive Order, “Promoting Private Sector Cybersecurity Information Sharing” (the “EO”), turns out to be light on new measures to improve cybersecurity, but focused heavily on adjustments to prior Executive Orders implementing the rules for handling classified information.  This focus introduces concerns about government agencies picking winners and losers in the cybersecurity… Continue Reading

White House Proposes National Data Breach Notification Standard

Posted in Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Breach Notification, Federal Trade Commission, Legislation, Privacy Regulation

Written by Cynthia Larose, CIPP and Ari Moskowitz, CIPP This has been a big week for cybersecurity announcements from Washington.   In what the White House has called a series of “SOTU Spoilers,” President Obama announced his intention to follow through on some of the recommendations in his administration’s Big Data report — the culmination of… Continue Reading

Privacy Monday: December 8, 2104 – The Twelve Days of Privacy 2014

Posted in 12 Days of Privacy, Cybersecurity, Data Compliance & Security, EU Data Protection Regulation, Insurance, Legislation, Mobile Privacy, Privacy Litigation, Privacy Monday, Privacy Regulation, Uncategorized

Our series last year was a reader favorite, so we decided to put our prognosticator hats on again and present:   Rather than look back at 2014, starting tomorrow, the Privacy & Security blog will count down The 12 Days of Privacy, looking ahead to what we might expect in 2015 and what we might… Continue Reading

Massive Data Breach Affects 4.5 Million Patients in 29 States

Posted in Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Breach Notification, HIPAA/HITECH

Written by Julia Siripurapu, CIPP/US and Dianne J. Bourque Community Health Systems, Inc. (the “Company”), one of the largest hospital organizations in the country, announced via a public filing (Form 8K) made yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Report”) that the Company was the target of a cyber attack that compromised the health data… Continue Reading

SEC Cybersecurity Initiative: Five Steps ALL Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers Should be Taking

Posted in Cybersecurity, Privacy Regulation, Security

Originally posted on the Mintz Levin Securities Litigation Matters blog Written by Bret Leone-Quick, Cynthia Larose, CIPP, Chip Phinney and Joel Rothman Last week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released a Risk Alert announcing its Cybersecurity Initiative.    What does this mean to broker-dealers and investment advisers and, even… Continue Reading

NYC Women in Intellectual Property Discuss Cybersecurity

Posted in Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Compliance & Security, European Union, Federal Trade Commission

Written by Andowah Newton Yesterday, Mintz Levin attended a panel breakfast sponsored by the New York City Bar’s Committee on Women in Intellectual Property.  The panel featured two practitioners, one from the public sector and one from the private sector.  The panel was moderated by Karen Greenberg, Director at Fordham Law’s Center.   Some takeaways that we… Continue Reading

Privacy Monday – March 24, 2014

Posted in Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Compliance & Security, Privacy Monday

Welcome to March Madness — although if your brackets look anything like mine do this morning, it is not particularly “welcome.”   Let’s just say that there is no danger of my winning Warren Buffet’s $1 billion. Privacy and cybersecurity continue to be hot topics and the breaches roll on.   Here are some privacy and security… Continue Reading

Over 20 Million Customer Accounts Affected by Data Breaches in California; Attorney General Harris Promises Increased Enforcement

Posted in Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Privacy Regulation

Written by Jake Romero, CIPP/US When you think of catastrophic events that take place online and have a devastating effect on millions of people, you probably think of HBO Go crashing during the True Detective finale.  However, California Attorney General Kamala Harris wants to remind you that you should be thinking about data breaches.  New… Continue Reading

Congress Moves Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Bill

Posted in Cybersecurity, Legislation

On Wednesday, the House Homeland Security Committee passed a substitute bill for H.R. 3696, the National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013.  The committee substitute bill was broadly supported by both parties.  As it presently stands, H.R. 3696 delegates to the Department of Homeland Security  the responsibility for civilian cybersecurity research and development, incident detection… Continue Reading

Federal IT Acquisition Policy Recommendations Focus on Cybersecurity

Posted in Cybersecurity, Data Compliance & Security

The Department of Defense and the General Services Administration, which together spend more than $500 billion annually on information technology, have released a joint report to the White House recommending steps to upgrade the cybersecurity requirements of acquisitions of information technology and services throughout the federal government.  These recommendations will affect not only suppliers to… Continue Reading

On the Eighth Day of Privacy, my Mobile Apps Know Everything About Me . . .

Posted in Cybersecurity, Federal Trade Commission, Mobile Privacy

Of all the “Days of Privacy” looking forward to 2014, we believe that the issues surrounding mobile applications and privacy will see some of the most intense regulatory focus …. read on, and be prepared…. Written by Jake Romero, CIPP/US One could argue that the guiding principle behind the exponential growth and pervasive influence of… Continue Reading

As Black Friday approaches — 6 things you should think about when shopping online…..

Posted in Cybersecurity, Privacy Monday, Security

Holiday e-commerce is expected to jump this year by about 17% over last year, and shoppers will be flocking to mobile devices more often to make those purchases. It is also the time to be cautious and protect your personal data security.   We received a great “happy Thanksgiving…but….” email from our friends at Kroll, and… Continue Reading