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EU Parliament Committee calls on the Commission for immediate action on US data transfers

October 14, 2015 | Blog

The EU Parliament committee that is charged with considering data protection matters (LIBE) has issued a press release calling on the European Commission to take action before the end of 2015 to come up with alternatives to Safe Harbor. 
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Strike Suit Offers Conjectures, And Little More, About Scottrade Data Breach

October 7, 2015 | Blog | By Kevin McGinty

As reported on Friday in the Krebs on Security blog, online broker Scottrade had sent an e-mail to customers earlier that day stating that it recently had learned from law enforcement officials that Scottrade was one of a number of financial services companies that had been victimized by data thieves. 
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REMINDER: Webinar TODAY -- EU-US Safe Harbor Program and the Court of Justice of the EU’s Decision — Protect Your Business!

October 7, 2015 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose

Don't forget to join us this afternoon - Wednesday - at 3 PM ET for a webinar discussion of the European Court of Justice's game changing decision invalidating the US-EU Safe Harbor framework. What's next? What should be your Plan B?
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EU Top Court Invalidates Safe Harbor and Sends Facebook Case Back to Irish Data Protection Authority

October 6, 2015 | Blog

A press release issued by the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) regarding its decision in the Schrems Safe Harbor case (C-362/14) confirms that the ECJ has declared Safe Harbor invalid.
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Safe Harbor Invalidated – What’s Next on the Chopping Block?

October 6, 2015 | Blog

As I reported earlier today, the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) has declared Safe Harbor invalid.
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Privacy Monday - October 5, 2015 - Safe Harbor Webinar WEDNESDAY

October 5, 2015 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose

Welcome to the first Monday in October!
The big issue for this week is tomorrow's impending decision from the European Court of Justice in the Schrems v. Facebook Safe Harbor matter.
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EU-US Safe Harbor Program and the Court of Justice of the EU’s Decision — Protect Your Business!

October 1, 2015 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose

Since the Snowden revelations, trouble has been brewing for the EU-US Safe Harbor program and companies which utilize this program to make transfers of personal information from the EU to the US legal under EU privacy laws.
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Media Query Call on Line 1: Do's and Don'ts from an Information Security Officer

September 29, 2015 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose

Putting your organization's name in the paper can be a boon to both your business and your career. The ego stroke isn't bad either; it can be quite a jolt to see your name in a trade or general news publication for the first time. 
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Court of Justice of the EU Decision on Safe Harbor Expected October 6

September 29, 2015 | Blog

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has announced that it will release its decision in the Schrems Safe Harbor case on Tuesday, October 6. It is highly unusual for the ECJ to issue a decision so quickly after publication of the Advocate General’s opinion on a case.  
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Privacy Monday, September 28, 2015: More on US-EU Safe Harbor -- what's next?

September 28, 2015 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose

EU data protection law prohibits the transfer of personal data to countries or territories outside the EEA unless they are considered to provide adequate protection. One of the ways certain US organisations can demonstrate an adequate level of protection is by signing up to the Safe Harbor principles, a self-certification standard operated by the US Department of Commerce and enforced by the FTC.
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REMINDER: Register for Wednesday Webinar! Another Cop on the Cybersecurity Beat: What to Do Before and After the SEC and FINRA Come Knockin

September 28, 2015 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose

The SEC has announced a new round of cybersecurity inspections at broker-dealer and registered investment advisory firms. If that's not enough to catch your attention, just days after issuing the Risk Alert, the SEC censured and fined a St. Louis-based investment advisor for a failure to adopt written policies and procedures to ensure the confidentiality of personal information as required by law.
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ECJ Advocate General’s Safe Harbor Opinion Points Towards Imminent End of Safe Harbor As We Know It

September 23, 2015 | Blog

Does your company rely on Safe Harbor to transfer personal data from Europe to the U.S.? If so, it’s time to think about alternatives to Safe Harbor – and fast.
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Thinking Big about Data – the new EDPS Ethics Board

September 18, 2015 | Blog

Giovanni Buttarelli, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), recently announced the formation of a new external Ethics Board that will do a deep dive into the complex ethical issues that surround the use of  personal data in the “big data” economy.
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Back to School - and the SEC Cybersecurity Exams (Register now for our September Privacy Webinar!)

September 18, 2015 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose

It's back to school time - time to put away the flip flops and beach chairs and settle back into the routine. To help motivate you, the Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has announced a new round of cybersecurity examinations!
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Lyft Gets Cited by FCC for Robo-Texting

September 15, 2015 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose

Companies that require customers to agree to receive autodialed marketing calls and text messages as a condition for using the companies’ services have been put on notice that they may be in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). 
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Sony: Stipulation Announces (but does not disclose) Employee Data Breach Class Settlement

September 8, 2015 | Blog | By Kevin McGinty

Settlement appears imminent in an employee class action against Sony Pictures Entertainment (“SPE”) arising from disclosure of their personally identifiable information (“PII”) in a massive data breach allegedly perpetrated by North Korean hackers in retaliation for SPE’s release of “The Interview,” a satirical comedy depicting an attempt on the life of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un. 
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Banks’ Class Certification Motion Trumpets Target Data Security Failings, Ignores Impact of Card Association Settlements

August 25, 2015 | Blog | By Kevin McGinty

Card-issuing banks are forging ahead with their lawsuit against Target arising from the 2013 holiday shopping season data breach. Their July 1 motion for class certification has just been unsealed, allowing a glimpse at plaintiffs’ version of the events during November and December 2013 that resulted in theft of payment card data for 40 million Target customers.
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The Third Party Vendor Risk to Your Data - Wednesday Webinar

August 24, 2015 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose

Risks to sensitive data have never been greater. With the rise in cyber attacks and data breaches, outsourcing to third parties can present an exponential threat to corporations.
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NIST Publishes Cybersecurity Standards Objectives

August 24, 2015 | Blog

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a draft of its objectives for cybersecurity standardization, following in many ways the consultative model that it used successfully in drafting the NIST Framework for critical infrastructure cybersecurity.
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Privacy Monday - August 24, 2015 - Breaking News: FTC vs. Wyndham Update

August 24, 2015 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose

Rather than our usual Privacy Monday "bits and bytes," we have a breaking story relating to the ongoing Wyndham/FTC saga.
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