Avi Gesser and Molly O'Malley Clarke | January 10, 2020 | Compliance and Enforcement for Organizations
With 2019 coming to a close, we wanted to take a look at what can be learned from the FTC’s cybersecurity enforcement actions this year. As we have previously noted, the FTC came under criticism last year in the LabMD decision for not providing companies with...
Daniel Solove | August 29, 2017 | Data Privacy
Recently, HBO suffered a massive data breach. The hackers stole unreleased episodes of Game of Thrones and have been leaking them before they are broadcast. Episodes of other shows were also stolen. The hackers grabbed 1.5 terabytes of data including sensitive...
Taylor Carroll | May 4, 2017 | Data Privacy
Planet Lex podcast host Daniel B. Rodriguez of Northwestern University School of Law addresses the government’s challenge to craft rules and regulations fast enough to stay in-step with ever-changing technology. Dean Rodriguez speaks with Northwestern University...
Taylor Carroll | January 25, 2017 | Data Privacy
In Minnesota v. Diamond, the Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed that an order requiring a suspect to provide his fingerprint to unlock his cellphone was constitutional. The suspect’s attorney argued that the court violated his client’s Fifth Amendment right against...
Thomas Dawson and Yuliya Feldman | January 4, 2017 | Data Privacy
The New York Department of Financial Services has released an extensively revised cybersecurity regulation applicable to the wide variety of financial services companies regulated by the NYDFS. Released on December 28, 2016, the revised regulation makes multiple...
