With Labor Day over and summer now fading into memory, it’s the perfect time to take a fresh look at your data and information security, privacy and compliance postures. And to review fresh lessons from what 2016 has served up as to data breaches and incidents in the first six months. Background Earlier this year, […]
EU-US Privacy Shield Goes Into Effect
It’s certainly been a very busy past eight months, even since the EU-US Safe Harbor was declared invalid back in October 2015 by the European Court of Justice. Without re-hashing events since then (suffice to say it’s been a long and winding road), the EC-adopted Privacy Shield went into effect yesterday (per the EC Press […]
Is this the Definitive Cybersecurity Guide? NYSE Guide for Directors & Officers
The following post by SmartEdgeLaw Group attorney, Richard Santalesa, was originally published Oct. 27, 2015 at the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ Privacy Perspectives website. Is this the Definitive Cybersecurity Guide? While many companies come up short on their cybersecurity programs or ability to safeguard data privacy, one area where no gap exists is in the […]
CT’s new Data Protection Law – Slide deck and Presentation Now Available
For those who couldn’t make it last week to the CT IAPP KnowledgeNet meeting last week, held in conjunction with our friends at the Information Goverance Conference in Hartford, the slides of our present on CT’s update to its data breach notification statute and new requirements for health care agencies and companies working with CT […]
SmartEdge Presenting at IAPP KnowledgeNet on new CT data breach statute
The SmartEdgeLaw Group is happy to announce its participation in the upcoming Sept 29, 2015 IAPP KnowledgeNet to be held at the Hartford Convention Center in conjunction with the 2015 Information Governance Conference. Attendance at the KnowledgeNet is free of charge, but registration is required. IAPP members can received a 15% discount for the full InfoGovCon15 […]
SmartEdgeLaw Quoted on 3D Printing Legal Issues
SmartEdgeLaw Group Attorney was recently quoted on the legal issues and concerns for IP owners posed by the rise of 3D Printers in an article by noted technology journalist Pam Baker in InformationWeek’s article, 3D Printers: IT’s Next Great Data Challenge, available at http://www.informationweek.com/big-data/3d-printers-its-next-great-data-challenge/a/d-id/1321934. In the article Santalesa noted the difficulties that will arise regarding […]
Anatomy of a Scam – Targeting Law Firms & Attorneys
As cybersecurity attorneys we live and breath security issues – from the latest mammoth breach to perennial phishing scams. In this spectrum is a well-honed “cyber grift” that targets law firms and attorneys. As a service to our fellow attorneys we’ve put together this primer to help spot and react to such fraud attempts, which […]
SmartEdgeLaw View on FISMA 2.0 Quoted in FedTech Magazine
While data breaches at retailers and merchants get the headlines, governmental breaches – particularly on the federal level – are an all too common occurrence. According to federal watchdogs, there were 25,556 breaches of personally identifiable information in 2013, up from 10,481 in 2009. In response, SmartEdgeLaw’s opinion on the need and requirements of the […]
FTC Announces Workshop on Cross Device Tracking
Building on the FTC’s continued push into mobile issues and privacy, which it reinforced at the 2015 IAPP Global Summit in D.C. two weeks ago, the Federal Trade Commission today announced an upcoming workshop to explore the issues raised by cross device tracking – using browsers or apps to visit sites across different devices. As the FTC […]
Slew of State Data Breach Statutes in the Works
In the past two weeks we’ve reviewed proposed amendments or new data breach notification statutes from nearly a dozen states, including, Wyoming, Connecticut, Oregon, Hawaii, North Dakota, Montana, New York, and the data breach holdouts of New Mexico and Alabama. Stay tuned for our summaries. In short, though, AG notification is coming big time.
SmartEdgeLaw at IAPP Global Summit – D.C. Mar. 3-6
Richard Santalesa of the SmartEdgeLaw Group will be attending the upcoming annual International Association of Privacy Professionals’ Global Summit in Washington, D.C. from March 4 – 6th. We look forward to meeting with existing clients, our colleagues and old friends. And will be co-hosting the Northeast KnowledgeNet Meetup on Wed., Mar. 4 at 3:30 for […]
What Does That Clause Mean in State Data Breach Statutes?
In light of the President’s recent call for enactment of the Personal Data Notification and Protection Act, containing a 30-day notification deadline, it’s worth noting that at present most state breach laws require state residents to be notified “without unreasonable delay,” which strikes me as a better compromise. Only Florida (30 days), Ohio (45 days), VT (45 days) and […]
Space Still Available: Transactional Aspects of Big Data
Space is still available to attend SmartEdgeLaw attorney Richard Santalesa’s Thurs., January 15th CPE presentation on the issues of Big Data in transactions, including M&A’s, joint ventures and service agreements. Details below. Transactional Aspects of Big Data and Related Privacy Issues Stamford, CT · Thursday, January 15, 2015 Please join us at the upcoming KnowledgeNet and hear from Richard […]
SmartEdgeLaw To Moderate Panel at CT Business Cyber Security Summit
SmartEdgeLawGroup’s Richard Santalesa will moderate a timely industry panel at the 2nd Annual CT Business Cyber Security Summit October 21ston creating the right risk governance balance on cyber security.
Breach Update: Home Depot Confirms 56 Million Cards Impacted
Over the past week we’ve been assisting clients in responding to the recent confirmed Home Depot breach. While information regarding the scale and scope of the breach of point-of-sale systems in the U.S. and Canada has been developing, Home Depot’s release late yesterday of an updated press release (available here), provides additional public details: 56 million […]
