As companies manage or store increasing amounts of data, cybersecurity and data privacy issues and obligations transcend geographies to become huge assets or liabilities. The costs associated with a data breach or other cybersecurity event can be devastating, and thus protecting organizations from a breach has become the responsibility of senior executives and directors. Every company must implement appropriate safeguards and best practices to protect data, comply with the many regulations and statutes, and minimize risks. The failure to follow proper cybersecurity and data privacy protocols can expose an organization to significant liability.
Our recent articles include:
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| June 2023 | The Growing Risks of Collecting and Using Biometric Data: Regulations in New York and Elsewhere This advisory is important to clients that are subject to NYS statutes that store or use data. A reported 79% of companies are employing biometric tech (bypassing passwords for things like payment security). |
| May 2023 | No Way Out: Antitrust Considerations Buttress Right To Repair Statutes The right to repair landscape is constantly changing, and a flurry of developments highlight a nationwide shift to require OEMs manufacturing products that depend on digital and electronic components to change how they provide diagnostic information, equipment, tools, and replacement parts in their relevant markets. |
| May 2023 | StableCoins Are (Not Just Similar To) Money Market Funds Our article discusses a correlation of the proposition that digital assets are investment contracts and therefore are securities, namely that pools of digital assets are investment companies, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. |
| May 2023 | Understanding Tech Terms: Cybersecurity, Crypto, and Data Privacy — Part III The third installment in a series of terms and definitions that will help non-techies navigate the terminology associated with this area. |
| April 2023 | SEC Addresses Cybersecurity Market Risks, Controls and Disclosures for Market Participants Through Proposed New Rules and Amendments The SEC has proposed rigorous regime changes for a wide range of market participants that maintain data about investors. This flurry of rulemaking activity by the SEC is intended to address cybersecurity and technology risks and their implications for the markets. |
| April 2023 | Understanding Tech Terms: Cybersecurity, Crypto, and Data Privacy — Part II The second installment in a series of terms and definitions that will help non-techies navigate the terminology associated with this area. |
| January 2023 | Understanding Tech Terms: Cybersecurity, Crypto, and Data Privacy — Part I The first installment in a series of terms and definitions that will help non-techies navigate the terminology associated with this area. |
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