On October 27, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new cybersecurity framework titled the Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPGs). According to the DHS, the CPGs are “voluntary practices that outline the highest-priority baseline measures businesses and critical infrastructure…
On August 16, California Assembly Member Cooley introduced amendments to Assembly Bill 1102 (AB1102) that would extend the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (“CCPA”) temporary exemptions for the collection of personal information derived from job applicants, employees, and contractors (collectively, the…
As we recently reported, the California legislature is currently in the process of implementing the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA), which is posed to take effect in January of 2023 and will issue several amendments to the California…
On July 21, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced that it had updated its cybersecurity guidance for the healthcare industry in order to “help health care organizations protect patients’ personal health information[.]” These updates came in the…
Ransomware attacks can be devastating and tend to leave an organization with very few options, including restoring data from the last organizational backup, if that exists; rebuilding the organization’s entire network; or pay the ransom the threat actor demands. However,…
House Advances American Data Privacy and Protection Act In a landmark step forward for consumer data privacy, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to move forward with the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) last week. Lawmakers…
At the midpoint of 2022, ADCG has pulled together a summary of the regulatory efforts by federal regulators with regards to data privacy and cybersecurity. In January of 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) gave a keynote address at…
Cybersecurity Named Top Driver of Legal Disputes The 2021 Annual Litigation Trends Survey from Norton Rose Fulbright, which surveyed 250 U.S. General counsel and litigation leaders, has identified technological progression and its inherent cybersecurity risks as a primary threat vector…
On June 3, the U.S. Senate released a draft of the bipartisan American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA). If passed into law, it would be the nation’s first comprehensive federal data privacy standard. Currently, data privacy in the United…
Quebec Updates Data Privacy Law Starting in September 2022, Quebec’s Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector (Act) will take effect. Recent updates have been passed to the Act regarding biometric privacy. A summary of the…
