Cybersecurity
11.29.21
08.09.21
Fintech services provider Plaid Inc. reaches settlement in...
Fintech services provider Plaid Inc. (“Plaid”) accepted a proposed settlement agreement to resolve a number of class-action lawsuits claiming that the company illegally collected and distributed users’ financial data without prior consent.
Category Privacy
08.05.21
What to know about Wawa’s data breach settlement
Wawa has agreed to distribute $12 million worth of gift cards and cash as part of a data breach settlement.
Category Privacy
08.04.21
Senate Homeland Security Committee issues reporting finding...
The US Senate Homeland Security Committee issued, on Tuesday, a report finding that federal agencies have failed to implement basic defenses to protect against cyberattacks.
Category Privacy
07.30.21
Amazon discloses a record fine over EU privacy violations
The Luxembourg National Commission for Data Protection ordered Amazon to pay €746MM ($887MM) as a result of claims against Amazon Europe Core Sarl. The size of the fine suggests EU regulators are moving beyond their self-imposed grace period of ramping up GDPR compliance requirements.
Category Privacy
07.26.21
Jail time in Baltimore for biometric privacy violations
An ordinance is currently on the desk and awaiting signature from Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, which will go into effect 30 days after signing and provide a blanket ban for the use of facial recognition technology within city limits.
Category Privacy
07.16.21
Can genetic information be sold?
A recent Illinois lawsuit claims The Blackstone Group violated an Illinois privacy law when they obtained thousands if not millions of individuals' genetic information when they acquired Ancestry.com.
Category Privacy
07.14.21
What your business needs to know about the new Colorado Privacy...
Colorado became the third state in the U.S. to adopt its own set of comprehensive privacy laws, known as the Colorado Privacy Act aimed at protecting the use and sale of its residents’ personal and sensitive data. This blog post provides a high level summary and key takeaways regarding the new regulations.
Category Privacy
07.13.21
NYDFS agrees to $1.8 million data breach settlement with two...
The New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) recently entered into a consent order with two life insurance companies as a result of alleged violations of New York’s Cybersecurity Regulation.
Category Cybersecurity
