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Edwards Wildman partner Vince Vitkowsky authored an article that is part of Business Insurance’s March 19, 2012 special edition on Cyber Risks.  In the article, which you can read here, he addresses cyber attacks with physical effects, which are coming to be referred to as “Industrial Threats.” …
Read More Industrial Threat Cyber Attacks Challenge Business

By March 1, 2012, companies with personal information of Massachusetts residents must amend their existing contracts with vendors that handle such information to require the vendors’ compliance with the Massachusetts data security regulations. …
Read More Client Advisory – March 1 Deadline for Companies and Vendors with Massachusetts Personal Information

Edwards Wildman’s Privacy and Data Protection Group is pleased to announce that the newest edition of its White Paper, “Everyone’s Nightmare: Privacy and Data Breach Risks,” has been prepared. The paper discusses legal and regulatory data security and breach notification developments, exposures presented by data breaches, recent major breaches and court decisions, and lines of insurance potentially impacted. …
Read More Everyone’s Nightmare: Privacy & Data Breach Risks

EAPD’s Vincent Vitkowsky authored an article that is part of Business Insurance’s special edition about the impact and ramifications of 9/11 on the insurance industry. …
Read More Ten Years Later – The Insurance Industry’s Fight Against Terrorism

On August 31, 2011, California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., signed into law Senate Bill 24. The new law, which goes into effect January 1, 2012, amends the California data breach notification statute, Section 1798.82 of the California Civil Code, to require specific content in notices to affected individuals. …
Read More California Amends its Data Breach Notification Statute

The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) will be hosting a web conference titled, “Data Breach Compliance and Response: Understanding the Laws and Being Prepared” on September 1, 2011 from 1:00PM-2:30PM EDT. …
Read More Web Conference on Data Breach Compliance and Response: Understanding the Laws and Being Prepared Tomorrow

Sony insurers are engaged in litigation in New York state court to determine Sony entities’ claims for insurance coverage with respect to lawsuits, claims and potential attorney general actions arising out of the cyber-attacks earlier this year on the PlayStation Network (“PSN”), Sony Online Entertainment Network (“SOE”) and Sony Pictures Network, which allegedly resulted in unauthorized access to and alleged theft of personal identification and financial information of millions of customers. …
Read More PlayStation Hack – Sony Seeks Coverage Under Its CGL Policies

On June 28, 2011, EAPD’s Vince Vitkowsky will be chairing a Symposium in Washington D.C. on Cyber Security, National Security and Economic Security.  Speakers include representatives of the US Cyber Command and several former officials of the Department of Homeland Security. …
Read More Symposium on Cyber Security, National Security & Economic Security

EAPD’s Privacy and Data Protection Group is pleased to announce that the newest edition of its White Paper, “Everyone’s Nightmare: Privacy and Data Breach Risks,” has been prepared. The paper discusses legal and regulatory data security and breach notification developments, exposures presented by data breaches, recent major breaches and court decisions, and lines of insurance potentially impacted. …
Read More Everyone’s Nightmare: Privacy and Data Breach Risks