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Cybersecurity & Privacy
Cybersecurity & Privacy Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on cybersecurity and privacy law. Coverage includes cybersecurity and privacy suits and enforcement actions, data protection compliance issues, data breaches, as well as domestic and international policy developments.
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Latest News in Cybersecurity & Privacy
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July 20, 2018
Facebook Suspends Analytics Firm To Study Possible Misuse
Facebook Inc. has suspended social media analytics firm Crimson Hexagon from using its platform, it announced Friday, saying it would look into whether the company’s work under contracts with federal agencies and a contract with a firm allegedly tied to the Russian government violate its user data policies.
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July 20, 2018
Lawmakers Back Down On ZTE Sanctions In Defense Bill
The National Defense Authorization Act won’t include a U.S. Senate-backed provision that would have barred ZTE Corp. from buying American components, according to a series of public statements issued Friday from a bipartisan group of lawmakers incensed about the turnaround.
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July 20, 2018
Singapore Health System Breach Affects 1.5M Patients
Online attackers have breached Singapore's largest health care database and have stolen personal records belonging to about 1.5 million people, in a haul that included a list of the prime minister's medications, officials said Friday.
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July 20, 2018
School District Can't Keep Bus Discipline Vid Under Wraps
A Pennsylvania appeals court Friday affirmed that a video of a teacher described as roughly disciplining a student on a school bus is public record, rejecting the school's position it is exempt under the state's Privacy Act because its release could affect federal funding and it involves a student's performance and employee discipline.
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July 20, 2018
Lawmakers Ask Trump To Appoint Election Security Head
Two New York congresswomen have urged President Donald Trump to appoint an election security head to prevent outside interference in the electoral process in light of the increasing evidence that Russia meddled in the 2016 election.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- Federal Communications Commission
- Federal Trade Commission
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Department of Justice
- State and international privacy regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Children’s Online Privacy Protections Act
- Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
- Cybersecurity Enhancement Act
- Cybersecurity Act of 2015
- Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
- Electronic Communications Privacy Act
- Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- Junk Fax Prevention Act
- Privacy Act of 1974
- Right to Financial Privacy Act
- Telephone Consumer Protection Act
- State and international privacy legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Data breach investigations
- Hacking, spamming, and other online privacy enforcement
- Wiretap and spying probes
- Identity theft charges
- Privacy and data security compliance efforts
- LITIGATION
- Suits over access to, sharing of, or improper use of personal records, including employment, health, and financial data
- Disputes over data hacks and classified information leaks
- Cases involving the coverage of data-related liability
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of privacy practices
Readership
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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Chief information officers and chief technology officers
- Professionals at cybersecurity and data protection companies
- Cybersecurity- and privacy-related trade and advocacy groups
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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