By Rene Siemens and David Beck , Attorneys, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP This commentary observes that the rising threat of cyber attacks and data breaches as well as the proliferation of data security and privacy laws have made it more important... Read More

Christine Nielsen, assistant attorney general for the State of Illinois, brought the perspective of a state agency to a lively discussion of breach notification laws during the NetDiligence® 2nd Annual Cyber Risk & Privacy Liability Forum , produced... Read More

By Peter S. Vogel Google confessed to U.K. officials that Google still has Street View unprotected wifi data collected before 2010 in spite claims that such data had been destroyed. On July 27, 2012 Peter Fleischer (Google's global privacy counsel... Read More

Kristen Mathews of Proskauer Rose LLP spoke at the NetDiligence® 2nd Annual Cyber Risk & Privacy Liability Forum , produced by HB Litigation Conferences in Philadelphia on June 9, 2011, and explained who holds the responsibility for losses incurred... Read More

Should organizations be concerned about litigation following a data breach? Theodore J. Kobus III, a partner with Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, is speaking at the Second Annual NetDiligence® Cyber Risk & Privacy Liability Forum... Read More

Betty Shepherd is Assistant Vice President of Technology & Cyber Liability with RLI Insurance Company. She spoke at the "NetDiligence Cyber Risk & Privacy Liability Forum" held in Philadelphia on June 7 and 8, 2010. In this clip, Shepherd... Read More

Government reports estimate that cyber breaches cost the U.S. economy over $1 trillion annually. From understanding case theories, learning the relevant developments in insurance coverage, and the vendors you'll need in place to manage the issue,... Read More

By Brian C. Vick In the first HIPAA enforcement action brought against a state agency, the United States Department of Health and Human Service ("HHS") announced on June 26, 2012 that it had entered a Resolution Agreement with Alaska's... Read More

Joe DePaul, Area Senior Vice President of Management & Professional Liability with Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, spoke during the "NetDiligence Cyber Risk & Privacy Liability Forum" held in Philadelphia on June 7 and... Read More

John Mullen Sr. of Nelson de Luca & Horst, one of the chairmen of the NetDiligence Cyber Risk & Privacy Liability Forum held in June, moderated a panel of experts on the special cyber risks presented by portable storage devices such as laptops... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 29 heard arguments on the ability of a group of respondents to challenge the constitutionality of a law that its opponents characterize as "dragnet surveillance" related to the... Read More

Delaware's Workplace Privacy Act (H.B. 308) , died with the end of the legislative session. As readers know from my several prior posts, I won't exactly be mourning the loss. The Bill's companion legislation, H.B. 309, did survive, however... Read More

Jennifer G. Smith, Esq., CIPP, of Lockton Companies LLC spoke during the "Social Media Maze: Liability in Behavioral Advertising and Social Media" session at the NetDiligence® 2nd Annual Cyber Risk & Privacy Liability Forum , hosted... Read More

The recent Epsilon data breach presents an interesting case, as the company was not required to notify the public, but did so anyway. Kristen Mathews of Proskauer Rose, LLP explained why, and also provided commentary on state laws pertaining to data breaches... Read More

How does a large corporation take on the daunting task of creating an appropriate level of coverage for cyber breaches? What kinds of things can insurance brokers do to help the underwriting process run more smoothly? Lee Garvin, Director of Risk Management... Read More