Category: Internet Law

The Law in question is 23 NYCRR Part 500, also referred to as the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (“SHIELD Act”).  Passed back in 2017, the state regulation, a first of its kind in the nation, sets comprehensive cybersecurity compliance requirements for all licensed entities that operate under New York Banking, Insurance, […]

Bitcoin was originally created in 2009 to serve as a currency outside the control central banks. Today, more than 6,800 different cryptocurrencies are trading across the world. The IMF has reported that the market capitalization of the cryptocurrency market nearly tripled between January and May 2021 to $2.5 trillion.  At the federal level, little in […]

The company formerly called Weight Watchers — now known as WW International — was caught violating federal online data privacy protections for children. See NYT media report here. The federal act in question is the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) which, among other requirements, prohibits collecting data concerning children without explicit consent from parents. […]

As reported here, new cybersecurity incident reporting requirements have been included as part of the new $1.5 trillion federal government funding package passed in mid-March 2022. For companies doing business in “critical infrastructure” sectors of the economy, they must report data breaches, “substantial cyber incidents,” and ransomware payments to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security […]

Your reputation online is becoming more and more important in today’s marketplace and damage to it can affect your employment, personal life, and financial prospects. Negative or damaging information about yourself or your business can spread like wildfire on the internet if not addressed quickly.  Below, we’ll be discussing some of the steps you’ll need […]

With respect to cybercrimes and protecting the security of business and government computer and internet systems, there is a clear and increasingly sustained push to require the reporting of “cyber-incidents” that affect the functionality of business which, in turn, might impact whole industries. This is not too surprising given recent hacks and ransomware attacks that […]

We here at Revision Legal have written extensively about the need for businesses to protect consumer privacy with respect to data. Businesses are required to keep private consumer data secure from hacking and cybercriminal activity, and they must avoid collecting and misusing consumer data in violation of privacy laws and regulations. Some recent news with […]

As recently reported by the Associated Press, the mayor of Cambridge, Maryland has been arrested and charged with posting revenge porn online. The mayor is accused of posting nude photos of a woman with whom he was in a romantic relationship. According to the report, he also posted her name, birthdate and captioned the nude […]

If your business has experienced a data breach, most states have laws requiring various forms of notification. Typically, a business must notify law enforcement and/and designated state officials (but not always). Affected consumers must be notified if personal, unencrypted data has been accessed and/or exfiltrated. For example, in Michigan, if there has been unauthorized access […]

In the United States, in the last year, legislators have introduced and debated comprehensive consumer data privacy bills in at least 37 States. Many bills failed to pass Committee votes, but this is still a remarkable development given that the very first consumer data privacy law was only enacted in the United States four years […]