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The GDPR: When do schools need to report data breaches?

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Dissent

Luke Irwin reports: …. A major concern is the GDPR’s requirement that organisations report certain types of data breach to their supervisory authority within 72 hours of becoming aware of the incident. It’s one of the toughest rules to meet, but this blog provides you with all the details you need. Read more on IT Governance…

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Another State Data Security Law: Ohio Gets in on the Action

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Dissent

Craig A. Newman of Patterson Belknap writes: Starting today, Ohio businesses with written cybersecurity programs will be looking for a free pass if they are sued under state law over a data breach. Ohio’s Data Protection Act (Senate Bill 220, Ohio Rev. Code § 1354.01, et seq.) goes into effect today, creating a safe harbor…

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Why is Israel’s new proposed cybersecurity law raising hackles?

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Dissent

Shoshanna Solomon reports: Even as Israel’s privacy and democracy watchdogs welcome a cybersecurity law that would help the nation fend off damaging attacks to its businesses and critical infrastructure, they are warning that a newly proposed law, now up for comments, is not beneficial to democracy. The proposal gives “too wide an authority without enough…

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FTC Announces Hearings On Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Dissent

June 20 – The Federal Trade Commission today announced that the agency will hold a series of public hearings on whether broad-based changes in the economy, evolving business practices, new technologies, or international developments might require adjustments to competition and consumer protection enforcement law, enforcement priorities, and policy. The multi-day, multi-part hearings, which will take…

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Virginia Amends Breach Notification Law Applicable to Income Tax Information

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Dissent

Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On July 1, 2018, HB 183, which amends Virginia’s breach notification law, will come into effect (the “amended law”). The amended law will require income tax return preparers who prepare individual Virginia income tax returns to notify the state’s Department of Taxation (the “Department”) if they discover or are notified of…

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South Carolina Enacts First Insurance Data Security Act

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Dissent

Edward J. McAndrew of Ballard Spahr LLP writes: South Carolina has become the first state to enact a version of the Insurance Data Security Model Law, which was drafted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) in 2017. Governor Henry McMaster signed the South Carolina Insurance Data Security Act into law on May 14, 2018. The Act…

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