Blog - data breach

Connecticut Enacts Consumer Data Privacy Law, Adding to Compliance Complexity

A win for consumers, Connecticut became the fifth state to enact a comprehensive data privacy law. Following in the footsteps as such states as California, Colorado, Virginia, and Utah, the law allows residents to opt-out of sales, targeted advertising, and profiling. Learn more in the blog.

Changes to California Breach Notification Laws

California’s new privacy law, the California Privacy Rights Act﹘CPRA for short﹘doesn’t go into effect until Jan 1 2023, but its implications for the treatment of employee data and its confusing “look back” provision already have a lot of people talking. CPRA isn’t a replacement of the existing California Privacy Protection Action (CPPA), but rather serves to define, modify, and extend the laws on the books. One significant extension is that the older law exempted employee data from many of the requirements applied to “consumer” data and personal information. Learn more in the blog.

FCC Proposes Stricter Data Breach Reporting Requirements to Protect CPNI

What is CPNI? CPNI includes customer data collected by telecommunications providers, including what services subscribers use and the amount and type of usage. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is proposing stricter reporting requirements for telecomm. companies to better protect CPNI and maintain CPNI compliance. Learn more in the blog.

CyberAttacks, Data Breach Threats & Preparedness

The future looks unpredictable for companies and institutions who want to protect their data from ransomware and other forms of computer hacking as we move through Q4 of 2021 and into 2022. With cyberattacks and data breach threats spiking, it’s important to know how Privacy preparedness can save time, costs, and consumer trust.