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D.C. Attorney General Calls for Expanding Data Breach Notice Law

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Dissent

Daniel R. Stoller reports: The District of Columbia’s top lawyer has unveiled a proposal that would expand the city’s data breach notification law and give the attorney general’s office greater enforcement power. D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine (D) announced the Security Breach Protection Amendment Act March 21. It would regulate companies that faced “major data…

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NZ: Privacy Bill avoids notification fatigue

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Dissent

Tim Murphy reports: MPs have revised privacy legislation to avoid a risk of ‘notification fatigue’ in which holders of data would be forced to advise the public of even minor data breaches. Parliament’s justice select committee has raised the threshold in the Privacy Bill for when mandatory notifications to the Privacy Commissioner and affected individuals would…

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Happy First Day of Spring! Ohio Insurance Law Effective Today

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Dissent

Amber Thomson, Liisa Thomas, Elfin Noce, and Kari Rollins of SheppardMullin write: Ohio recently followed South Carolina as the second state to adopt cybersecurity legislation modeled after the NAIC’s Insurance Data Security Model Law. The Ohio law, Senate Bill 273,applies to insurers authorized to do business in Ohio and goes into effect today, March 20,…

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Data Breach Reporting Obligations in Saskatchewan

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Dissent

David Krebs and Jacey Safnuk of Miller Thomson LLP write: … Data breach reporting obligations in Saskatchewan are influenced by a total of four relevant pieces of legislation, covering both public and private sectors. These laws will not all apply to every potential breach, of course, but it is crucial for organizations to understand that more…

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Businesses lag on data breach response times

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Dissent

I’ve recently commented a few times on delays to notification in the healthcare sector.  Out-Law.com has a piece on data breach response times in the U.K. that provides some useful comparisons. Businesses in the UK took an average of 21 days to report personal data breaches they had identified to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)…

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FTC Proposes to Add Detailed Cybersecurity Requirements to the GLBA Safeguards Rule

Posted on March 8, 2019 by Dissent

Mike Nonaka, Libbie Canter, David Stein and Sam Adriance of Covington & Burling write: On March 5, 2019 the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published requests for comment on proposed amendments to two key rules under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”). Most significantly, the FTC is proposing to add more detailed requirements to the Safeguards Rule, which…

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