William Long, partner and global co-leader of Sidley’s Privacy and Cybersecurity practice, has been working on global data privacy and information security matters for a number of years. In particular, […]
The English Court of Appeal has recently issued a landmark judgment against Google which could open the door to data privacy litigation in the EU. The case concerned the collection […]
On May 4, 2015, an intermediate appellate court in California held that the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971 (Song-Beverly), Cal. Civil Code § 1747.08, does not apply to online […]
Recently, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published new guidance on the privacy and security of electronic health […]
Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen has announced the creation of a new Privacy and Data Security Department within the AG’s office. The Department will be tasked with handling all consumer […]
Cyberthreat Sharing Bills Gain Momentum. On March 12, the Senate Intelligence Committee approved the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (“CISA”) to increase sharing of cybersecurity threat information by U.S. […]
Yesterday, the United States established a new sanctions program designed to deter and financially target foreign parties who engage in, support or profit from “significant malicious cyber-enabled activities.” Declaring a […]
On February 26, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed the Open Internet Order to reclassify “broadband Internet access service” as a telecommunication service under Title II of the Communications […]
Montana Governor Steve Bullock has signed a bill, H.B. 74, that will toughen the state’s breach notification law. The bill expands the definition of “personal information” covered by the law […]
“A question we often get as financial regulators is: ‘What keeps you up at night?’ The answer is ‘a lot of things.’ But right at the top of the list […]