03.24.22

Add to your compliance to-do list: Utah is the fourth state to...

We’ve got another one! Utah is now the fourth state to enact comprehensive consumer privacy legislation.

Category Cybersecurity

03.22.22

Professor sues to uncover identity of cheating students who...

A professor at Chapman University, apparently determined to show that cheaters never prosper, has upped the ante, using litigation to uncover the identity of the person (or persons) who posted a copy of his prior examinations on a website called Course Hero, a site used by students to share lecture notes, syllabuses, and other course-related materials.

Category Cybersecurity

03.14.22

Loyalty programs beware: California AG warns of CCPA violations

At the end of January 2022, the California Office of Attorney General released a press release announcing that the California DOJ sent letters to major corporations in the retail, home improvement, travel, and food service industries alleging non-compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

Category Cybersecurity

03.02.22

Publicizing private equity deals may attract malware attacks

Ransomware groups consider newly-acquired companies to be appealing targets. Private equity firms will need to balance the value of publicizing an investment with the risk of making a target out of a new portfolio company.

Category Cybersecurity

02.17.22

EPA issues action plan to better protect water resources from...

In late January 2022, the EPA announced the Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Initiative —Water and Wastewater Section Action Plan to help protect the country’s water systems from cyberattacks. More specifically, the Action Plan will facilitate the use of technologies that will improve the federal government’s ability to detect cyberthreats, prevent those threats from materializing, and, if necessary, minimize the damage caused by a cyberattack.

Category Cybersecurity

01.28.22

Trends to watch on 2022 Data Privacy Day

Data Privacy Day is an opportunity to reflect on the security and regulatory challenges facing our data-rich world. The Nixon Peabody Cybersecurity & Privacy team shares trends to watch when it comes to protecting sensitive date.

Category Cybersecurity