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IL: New Rules to Require Tighter Data Security

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Dissent

Dror Halavy reports: The Knesset Law and Constitutional Committee has approved measures that will require companies and groups that collect data on Israelis to protect the information from hackers. The new rules, which supply specific criteria to organizations on the types of security needed, will apply equally to government and private sector organizations. The measures…

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New Mexico passes data breach notification and protection bill

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Dissent

Erich Falke writes: Then there were two. On March 16, 2017, the New Mexico state legislature passed a bill requiring that New Mexico residents be notified if their “personal identifying information” was affected by a breach of electronic data. Upon signature of the bill, New Mexico will join 47 other states requiring such notification, and the only…

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Will a Pending OCR Rule Impact Breach Class-Action Suits?

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Dissent

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee A pending federal regulation – called for under the HITECH Act – that would allow regulators to share with breach victims money collected in HIPAA violation cases eventually could have implications in class-action breach lawsuits, says privacy attorney Adam Greene. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights “is working on a new…

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AU data breach notification bill receives bipartisan backing

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Dissent

Rohan Pearce reports: Australia is a step closer to having a mandatory data breach notification regime, after a bill to create such a scheme today received bipartisan support in the House of Representatives. The government introduced the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016 in October. The bill has yet to be introduced in the Senate. Under the…

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Data Breach Notification In the EU: A Comparison of US and Soon-To-Be EU Law

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Dissent

David A. Zetoony, Joshua A. James, Jena M. Valdetero, and Christopher M. Achatz of Bryan Cave provide an overview of significant differences between U.S. breach notification laws and the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). Here’s a snippet from their analysis: That said, there are several significant differences including: Type of Information Governed. Data breach notification laws in the United States apply…

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Summer Round-Up: Four States Bolster Data Breach Notification Laws and More Changes on the Way

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Dissent

Michael B. Katz and Cynthia J. Larose of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. write: … According to a recent summary published by the National Conference of State Legislatures, more than 25 states in 2016 have introduced or are currently considering security breach notification bills or resolutions.  While much legislation remains pending in statehouses across the…

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