Topic: Privacy/Data Security/Cyber Risk

FTC Proposes Amendments to Safeguards Rule to Track NY DFS Cybersecurity Regulation (and amendments to its Privacy Rule)

by Theodore Augustinos | Mar 7, 2019 | |

As we’ve been predicting, including here, the Cybersecurity Regulation adopted by the NY DFS for insurance, banking and other financial services continues to drive the conversation in the U.S.  The latest manifestation is the FTC proposal, announced March 5, 2019, to amend it Safeguards Rule adopted pursuant to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (GLBA) to require financial institutions to adopt certain safeguards to protect the nonpublic personal information of consumers.

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Privacy & Cybersecurity Newsletter – January 2019

Jan 17, 2019 | , , , , , |

Locke Lord’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Newsletter provides topical snapshots of recent developments in the fast-changing world of privacy, data protection, and cyber risk management. For further information on any of the subjects covered in the newsletter, please contact one of the members of our privacy and cybersecurity team.

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Document Retention Aspects of New York Cybersecurity Regulations

by Patrick Hatfield, Ben FrazziniKendrick | Sep 24, 2018 | , , |

The New York Department of Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulations, 23 NYCRR part 500 (the “Cybersecurity Regulations”), require companies subject to the regulations to update their record retention schedule for particular documents mandated by the Cybersecurity Regulations. 

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California Amends Consumer Data Privacy Act, but Leaves Material Provisions Unchanged and Questions Unanswered

by Theodore Augustinos, Ben FrazziniKendrick | Sep 5, 2018 | , |

Update: the Governor of California, signed Senate Bill 1121 on September 23, 2018, ratifying the amendments described below.
On August 31, 2018, the California State Legislature passed Senate Bill 1121, amending the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”).  The CCPA, which contains the broadest consumer data privacy protections in the country, was hastily passed in June to forestall an advocacy group from putting a more restrictive bill before voters in a November referendum.

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