Cybersecurity & Privacy
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Latest News in Cybersecurity & Privacy
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September 20, 2017
SEC Says Hackers Hit Its Database, May Have Traded Off Info
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s electronic filing system for public company disclosures was hacked last year, and the agency last month learned that the cyber-intruders may have traded off the nonpublic information that was exposed, agency Chairman Jay Clayton said in a statement Wednesday night.
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September 20, 2017
Data Theft Not Enough To Keep OPM Breach Suit, Judge Says
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday nixed multidistrict litigation brought against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and contractor KeyPoint Government Solutions in the wake of a massive data breach that compromised personal data belonging to 21.5 million current, former and prospective government employees, ruling that the theft of data alone was not enough to establish standing.
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September 20, 2017
Financier Named In 'Frivolous' Fox News Suit Seeks Sanctions
A wealthy Trump supporter accused of pushing a bogus murder conspiracy story on Fox News asked a Manhattan federal judge Tuesday to impose sanctions against a private investigator at the center of the dispute and his attorney for filing a frivolous lawsuit.
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September 20, 2017
Confusion Over Twins Leads To FCRA Suit Against Avis
A case of mistaken identity cost a woman a job at car rental company Avis after a background check turned up an “extensive criminal history” that actually belonged to her twin brother, according to a Fair Credit Reporting Act suit filed Wednesday in California federal court.
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September 20, 2017
White Collar 'Goes Dark' With Rise Of Secret Messaging Apps
White collar suspects’ use of email and other electronic communications about their illicit activity has been a boon to prosecutors for decades, but the rise of encrypted messaging apps and other new technology may be a roadblock to Wall Street prosecutors accustomed to a run of successes.
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
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