With the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic dominating the news these days, it is understandable that many missed that New York’s Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (“SHIELD”) Act went into full effect on March 21. The SHIELD Act allows the New York Attorney General to prosecute businesses that fail to provide proper data breach notices
Like most industries today, consumer finance services businesses are being significantly impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Troutman Sanders and Pepper Hamilton have developed a dedicated COVID-19 Resource Center to guide clients through this unprecedented global health challenge. We regularly update this site with COVID-19-related news and developments, recommendations from leading health organizations, and tools
As we reported in March, the COVID-19 pandemic is being leveraged by malicious cyber actors to make various cybersecurity attacks. In a joint alert issued on April 8 by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the agencies provided information on exploitation
Like most industries today, consumer finance services businesses are being significantly impacted COVID-19. Troutman Sanders and Pepper Hamilton have developed a dedicated COVID-19 Resource Center to guide clients through this unprecedented global health challenge. We regularly update this site with COVID-19 news and developments, recommendations from leading health organizations, and tools that businesses can use
On April 6, the Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with Tapplock, Inc. for falsely claiming in its privacy policy that its fingerprint-sensing smart locks were “unbreakable” and that it followed “industry best practices” to ensure that a user’s personal information was protected. After three security researchers identified various physical and electronic vulnerabilities with the
Troutman Sanders’ attorneys Ron Raether and David Anthony will serve as panelists for the PBSA’s, “COVID-19 in the Screening Industry Q&A” two part webinar series. Ron will present during the first webinar on Friday April 3, 2020 at 2 p.m. ET. and David will serve as a panelist for the second webinar on Thursday April,
Please join Troutman Sanders attorneys, David Anthony, John Lynch, Ron Raether, Alan Wingfield, and Sadia Mirza for the Complimentary Webinar, “Quick Answers to Critical COVID-19 Compliance Questions for Financial Services Companies” on March 31st from 3-4 pm ET.
The coronavirus (COVID-19) has rapidly altered the legal and regulatory landscape on which
Privacy and cybersecurity should be considered as organizations think about how to tackle the effects of the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) outbreak. Questions to consider include: (1) What is considered “reasonable security procedures” when businesses are forced to abruptly shift to a remote workforce? (2) How should businesses balance employees’ privacy rights against the need to keep
As the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) continues to spread, businesses are pushed to make swift decisions that impact not only business operations, but also the privacy and security of employees’ personal information. In times like these, the Fair Information Practice Principles (“FIPPs”) should be every organization’s guiding light.
The FIPPs are principles that address the privacy of
Many privacy and data protection statutes require businesses to implement “reasonable security procedures” to protect personal information. See, e.g., Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.81.5 (requiring businesses that own, license, or maintain personal information about a California resident to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information).