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Join the Cybersecurity and Incident Response Group on LinkedInGDPR: 160,000 data breaches reported already, so expect the big fines to follow | ZDNet
Over 160,000 data-breach notifications have been made to authorities in the 18 months since Europe’s new digital privacy regulation came into force, and the number of breaches and other security incidents being reported is on the rise. Analysis by law firm DLA Piper found that after the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 […]
Nevada Passes Privacy Law – Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
While much has been made of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which took effect on January 1, 2020, new security laws in other states – like Nevada – have been almost entirely ignored. However, since October 1, 2019, Nevada’s Senate Bill 220 (SB 220) has required organizations with websites that collect and maintain data […]
Congress and Trump Agreed They Want a National Privacy Law. It Is Nowhere in Sight. – The New York Times
A rare thing emerged in Washington early this year: agreement. Republicans and Democrats in Congress, as well as the Trump White House, all said they wanted a new federal law to protect people’s online privacy. Numerous tech companies urged them on. And they had a deadline. With a broad California privacy law set to go […]
Tavistock and Portman trans gender clinic apologises for email leak | Metro News
The Charring Cross Gender Identity Clinic in London sent out a mass email about an art competition to patients and forgot to blind copy the details of other patients. This meant everyone on the email list going through or considering gender therapy could see each other’s email address. Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, which runs […]
Aetna to pay $935,000 in settlement with California in envelope data breach case | Healthcare Finance News
Aetna will pay $935,000 as part of a settlement with the state of California resolving allegations that the insurer violated California health privacy laws in connection with its 2017 breach of patient confidentiality. The incident involved a “mailing error” wherein a vendor for Aetna sent letters to 1,991 Californians that contained sensitive health information regarding […]
My WSJ Op-Ed Piece on the SEC’s and Email Privacy
The SEC is at it again, trying to expand their regulatory authority into prosecutorial authority. While I admire their doggedness and chutzpah, I respectfully disagree.
Apple Versus the FBI: Some Common Sense Reflections from ‘Cool Hand Luke’
Apple CEO Tim Cooke and FBI Director Jim Comey might want to spend a few quality hours watching Cool Hand Luke, perhaps the greatest flick of all time.
Chabot: Hillary Clinton shoots self in foot by talking cybersecurity | Boston Herald
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton opened herself up to fresh attacks from Republicans yesterday over the home server and private email she used for official business, after she admitted top-secret government information was in danger of cyberattacks — saying the State Department was targeted “at least every day.” via Chabot: Hillary Clinton shoots self […]