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Wendy Davis reports: The Federal Trade Commission’s proposed changes to security regulations for financial institutions could also affect a broad swath of non-financial companies — including ad agencies, social networks, lead generators and… Continue reading Ad Industry Opposes FTC’s Proposed Security Regulations For Financial Institutions
Dr. Adem Koyuncu and Valerie Mei of Covington & Burling write: On 3 July 2020, the German parliament passed a draft bill (German language) for patient data protection and for more digitalisation in the German healthcare system (Patientendaten-Schut… Continue reading Germany Prepares New Law for Patient Data Protection and Increased Digitalisation in Healthcare and for “Data Donations” for Research Purposes
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program is aiming to shore up cybersecurity among defense contractors. Is it still on track? An update
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Karishma Mehrotra reports: Days after China passed a national security law giving it wide-ranging powers over Hong Kong, major technology companies have suspended their responses to Hong Kong government requests, saying they will first reassess the law… Continue reading Explained: What China security law means for Hong Kong and the global Internet
William K. Kane and Melissa M. Mikhail of SheppardMullin write: A brazen and sophisticated computer intrusion into the records of over 145 million Americans launched from computer hackers based in China led to recent criminal prosecutions under the Com… Continue reading Extraterritorial Application of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
OneTrust DataGuidance reports: The Personal Data Protection Authority (‘KVKK’) published, on 23 June 2020, its decision (‘the Decision’) of 16 April 2020, fining a gaming company a total of TRY 1,100,000 (approx. €142,980) for d… Continue reading Turkey: KVKK fines gaming company TRY 1,100,000 for breach notification violations
Hannah Hurley reports: Sinema’s bill creates a single point of contact at the Social Security Administration to resolve identity theft cases more easily. The U.S.Senate unanimously approved Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s and Republican Senator… Continue reading Senate Approves Sinema Bipartisan Bill Supporting Identity Theft Victims
From the FTC, this press release: Kohl’s Department Stores, Inc. has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $220,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the Wisconsin-based retailer violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by refusing to… Continue reading FTC Reaches Settlement with Kohl’s over Allegations it Failed to Provide Victims with Information Related to Identity Theft
The National reports: Twitter and Facebook’s WhatsApp are in the firing line as Europe’s leading privacy watchdog for US tech giants edges closer to delivering its first major sanctions under the region’s tough data-protection rules. The Irish Data Pro… Continue reading Twitter and WhatsApp could face EU data privacy sanctions
Ben Kochman reports: The Federal Trade Commission said Friday that it is considering changing a decade-old, little-used rule that requires certain companies handling health information to publicly report data breaches — and which could gain new relevan… Continue reading FTC May Change Obscure Data Breach Rule In Telehealth Era