Daniel Ray | October 10, 2016 | Data Privacy
On September 14, 2016, U.S. Representative Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) introduced the “Data Breach Insurance Act,” which would incentivize private industry to enhance its cybersecurity posture by providing federal income tax credits. Specifically, the bill would reward...
Pauline Toboulidis | October 6, 2016 | Data Privacy
Johnson & Johnson recently warned its patients in a letter that the OneTouch Ping Insulin Pump System has a cybersecurity issue involving the possibility of a third party gaining unauthorized access to the pump. Though the pump system is not connected to the...
Lara K. Forde and Elisa M. Krause | October 3, 2016 | Data Privacy
The Sixth Circuit has made it easier for victims of a data breach to proceed in court. In a case involving alleged victims of a data breach at Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, the appellate court ruled that fear of future harm following a data breach is sufficient...
Melody McAnally | September 29, 2016 | Data Privacy
On July 1, 2016, important changes to Tennessee’s data breach notification law went into effect, which concerns all employers. Tennessee removed the encryption safe harbor, requires notice for employee data breach incidents, and changes when organizations must send...
Hunton & Williams, Privacy and Cybersecurity Group | September 26, 2016 | Data Privacy
On September 15, 2016, the New Jersey Senate unanimously approved a bill that seeks to limit retailers’ ability to collect and use personal data contained on consumers’ driver and non-driver identification cards. The bill, known as the Personal Information and Privacy...
David Vladeck | September 22, 2016 | Data Privacy
For most of human history, the idea that machines would evolve to the point that they would assist humans in decision-making was the stuff of science fiction. Science fiction writers have long been of two minds about what might happen to humans if machines could...
