Updates on Developments in Data Privacy and Cybersecurity
As we’ve previously noted (here and here), California and Illinois recently enacted amendments to their data security breach notification laws. The amendments took effect this week.
California’s changes are the more notable. For example, businesses that are required by California’s breach notice statute to notify more than 500 California…
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The Illinois legislature has passed a bill that would require data owners to include specific information in a letter notifying an Illinois resident of a data breach affecting that resident’s personal information. The bill, which still must be signed by Governor Pat Quinn, would require notice letters to include “(i)…
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A new bill has been introduced in the Illinois legislature that would make it illegal for employers to ask prospective employees for access to their social network profiles. The bill, H.B. 3782, would amend the Illinois Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act to provide that employers may not ask…
According to the annual Ponemon Institute survey report released March 8, 2011 in 2010, U.S. companies affected by data breaches incurred an average cost of $7.2 million per incident. (In comparison, in 2009, companies reported an average cost of $6.75 million). The Ponemon survey identified a number of other interesting trends:…
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