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India Welcomes Landmark Data Protection Law | Privacy World

Join Us Live in Washington DC on September 19: Avoiding Litigation

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The French CNIL’s New Guidance on Whistleblowing | Privacy World

SEC Adopts Final Cybersecurity Risk Management and Incident Disclosure Regulations

After much anticipation, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) has adopted Regulations (the “Regulations”) regarding public companies’ obligations to include disclosure in annual reports on Form 10-K (Form 20-F for foreign issuers) regarding material cybersecurity risks, risk management and governance, and to file current reports on Form 8-K (for 6-K for foreign issuers) to report material cybersecurity incidents. The Commission adopted many of the reporting requirements proposed in the March 2022 draft of the Regulations and discussed in our prior blog post. Notably, the obligation to disclose information regarding the Board of Directors’ cybersecurity expertise was eliminated from the final Regulations based on feedback from commentors who objected to this requirement. In the coming days, we will publish a thorough article regarding public companies’ new reporting obligations, but in this post we briefly summarize the new requirements adopted.

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We are pleased to announce that SPB’s Kristin Bryan will be speaking at the upcoming Cybersecurity & Privacy Protection Conference on Thursday, April 20 at 8:15 a.m. EDT. Kristin will be joined by the Regional Director from the Federal Trade Commission and a staff attorney from the Securities and Exchange Commission. This live event will

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UNSUBSCRIBED! — FTC Proposes Substantial Amendments to the Negative Option Rule to Cover all Autorenewals, including B2B Services, and Add

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Divided SEC Proposes Slew of Cybersecurity Regulations for Securities Market Entities | Privacy World

Utah’s Social Media Regulation Act Signed

Privacy World’s Kristin Bryan recently caught up with finance industry resource CFO Dive on the Blackbaud Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settlement. The settlement, which stems from a 2020 ransomware attack that impacted more than 13,000 customers, offers public companies a warning for weak breach protocols as well as insight into the coming SEC cyber

Last week, on March 15, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) continued its aggressive push to regulate the cybersecurity of entities in the financial services sector, proposing three rules affecting a variety of SEC-regulated entities, including broker-dealers, investment companies, and investment advisers, as we covered here on Privacy World.  These

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2023 State Privacy Laws and Regulations Bring Extensive Data Protection Assessment Requirements | Privacy World

Priority Topics for French CNIL

Last month, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed revisions to its regulations under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a.  The Privacy Act is a federal statute governing the collection and use of personal information by federal agencies.  The statute gives individuals a right to access records about themselves and to