Data Breach

Key Takeaway

A Massachusetts class action claim underscores that institutions of higher education will continue to be targets for cybercriminals – and class action plaintiffs know it.

Background

On January 4, 2023, in Jackson v. Suffolk University, No. 23-cv-10019, Jackson (Plaintiff) filed a proposed class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against her alma matter, Suffolk University (Suffolk), arising from a data breach affecting thousands of current and former Suffolk students.  
Continue Reading Another Lesson for Higher Education Institutions about the Importance of Cybersecurity Investment

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has unanimously adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to revise its requirements related to data breach reporting requirements applicable to telecommunications carriers and interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol providers. The proposal seeks to “strengthen the Commission’s rules for notifying customers and federal law enforcement of breaches of customer proprietary network information (CPNI).” CPNI is data on the subscribers’ telephone usage as originally defined in Section 222 of the Communications Act. The Commission’s aim is “to better align its rules with recent developments in federal and state data breach laws covering other sectors.”
Continue Reading Federal Communications Commission Proposes Revisions to Data Breach Rules 

The Federal Bar Association is hosting a Webinar/CLE featuring Privacy World’s Ericka Johnson and Colin Jennings on January 18, 2023 at 1pm EST.

Given the proliferation of litigation stemming from cybersecurity incidents, organizations need to understand how to protect a forensic report prior to responding to an incident. A forensic report is normally prepared by

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English Courts’ Stance on Low-Value Data Breach Claims Continues to Harden, But There May be Hiccups Along the Way

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Still Time to Register – Webinar: Update Your Standard Contractual Clauses Before the Festive Season: Practical Tips to Generate

The deadline for updating standard contractual clauses (SCCs) falls on 27 December 2022, yet many organisations are still struggling to transition their legacy arrangements.

There are many reasons for this, including confusion around the paradigm shift that the new SCCs represent and the ever-evolving transfer landscape (from the developments towards a revised Privacy Shield to

Welcome to the 2022 Q3 edition of the Artificial Intelligence & Biometric Privacy Report, your go-to source for keeping you in the know on all recent major artificial intelligence (“AI”) and biometric privacy developments that have taken place over the course of the last three months. We invite you to share this resource with your colleagues and visit Squire Patton Boggs’ Data Privacy, Cybersecurity & Digital Assets and Privacy & Data Breach Litigation homepages for more information about our capabilities and team.

Also, we are extremely pleased to announce that our own Kristin Bryan was named as a 2022 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVP. As Law360 notes, “[t]he attorneys chosen as Law360’s 2022 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.” You can read more about Kristin’s Law360 award here: Law360 MVP Awards Go to 188 Attorneys From 78 Firms.Continue Reading 2022 Q3 Artificial Intelligence & Biometric Privacy Report

On December 1st, CPW’s Tokyo partner, Scott Warren, will be speaking at the 8th Annual International Arbitration & Corporate Crime Summit, hosted by LegalPlus, in Tokyo, Japan. 

In his topic “Cyber Breach Response, Regulatory Investigations and Disputes,” Scott will discuss top items in preparing for and responding to data incidents, along with effective

More than 10 Squire Patton Boggs European Data Privacy, Cybersecurity and Digital lawyers attended last week’s Brussels Data Protection Congress.

At the congress, Counsel Diletta De Cicco participated in a panel with journalists Luca Bertuzzi from Euractiv and Vincent Manancourt from POLITICO. They explored the topic: Is the Press the (Best) GDPR Enforcer? The discussion