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The law firm of BakerHostetler has recently released several free resources of note: EU GDPR Data Breach Notification Interactive Map State Data Breach Notification Law Interactive Map PDF Version of State Data Breach Notification Laws They have also r… Continue reading Resources: Breach notification laws: US and GDPR
January 5, 2024 NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced an agreement with a Hudson Valley-area health care provider, Refuah Health Center, Inc. (Refuah), for failing to safeguard the personal and private health information of… Continue reading Attorney General James Reaches Agreement with Refuah Health Center to Invest $1.2 Million to Protect Patient Data and Pay $450,000 in Penalties to State
If you can’t get an interpretation of a state breach notification statute from the state’s attorney general, where can you get it? DataBreaches recently wrote to the Maine Attorney General’s Office: I am not sure I really understand a… Continue reading Seeking clarification on Maine’s data breach notification statute
Press Release of November 28: The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) today announced that First American Title Insurance Company (First American) will pay a $1 million penalty to New York State for violations of DFS’s Cybersecurity R… Continue reading DFS Announces $1 Million Cybersecurity Settlement With First American Title Insurance Company
In addition to Florida, represented by Consumer Protection Division Multistate and Privacy Bureau Chief Patrice Malloy and Senior Assistant Attorney General Diane Oates, the following states joined the action: Connecticut, Indiana, New Jersey, New York… Continue reading States settle with Morgan Stanley for $6.5 million over data security incidents
Dana Ferguson reports: Faced with a growing threat of cybersecurity breaches, school districts around the country and in Minnesota are turning to local taxpayers and state officials for help in building up their defenses. Voters in at least 17 communit… Continue reading Minnesota schools turn to voters, plead for lawmaker help in fending off cyberattacks
James Rundle reports: New York regulators Monday plan to issue cybersecurity regulations for hospitals, after a series of attacks crippled operations at medical facilities. Under draft rules reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, New York will require ge… Continue reading New York Plans Cyber Rules for Hospitals
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On November 1, 2023, New York Governor Hochul announced that the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) amended its Cybersecurity Regulation applicable to covered financial institutions. Our previous blog… Continue reading NYDFS Updates Its Cybersecurity Regulation to Protect Against Growing Cyber Threats
Skye Witley reports: New York regulators assigned heightened cybersecurity requirements to banks, insurers, and financial services providers based in the state with the release of finalized rule amendments Wednesday. Covered entities will have to use m… Continue reading NY Financial Regulator Rolls Out Updated Cybersecurity Standards
David Migoya reports: Colorado House Republican leaders on Monday called for an investigation into why Colorado’s higher education agency allegedly failed to timely report a massive data breach this summer. In a two-page letter hand-delivered to … Continue reading Colorado GOP Wants Inquiry into Delayed Notification of Data Breach