24 Jul, 2024 The Kings Speech: Cyber Security and Resilience Bill By Laura Burge The Kings Speech delivered on 17 July 2024 outlined the new Labour government’s plans to introduce a Cyber Security and Resilience Bill...
24 Jul, 2024 The King’s Speech: Digital Information and Smart Data Bill By Georgie Barrow The King’s Speech delivered on 17 July 2024 set out two new bills with implications for the technology sector, one of which being the...
23 Jul, 2024 Ransom Payments and Other Cybercrime Challenges: How the Threat Landscape is Evolving By Moritz Pellmann Christoph Werkmeister Timothy Howard Cristina Hajek Gross Felix Mayer Lina Berezgova +3 more... Show less As the threat landscape evolves, organizations worldwide face increasing challenges related to ransomware attacks (see our previous blog...
23 Jul, 2024 Considering making a ransomware payment? New joint guidance from cyber insurance sector and the NCSC sets out best practice guidance for victims By Mary Traynor Ali Vaziri Three major UK insurance associations have joined forces with the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), a part of GCHQ and the UK’s...
22 Jul, 2024 FBI Warns of Residential Solar Security Risk By Morten Lund On July 1, the Federal Bureau of Investigations published a “Private Industry Notification” (PIN) warning of potential cyberattacks...
22 Jul, 2024 Don’t let dust settle on your business continuity and disaster recovery plan By Beth Musumeci Dean Weber Megha Kalsi Anyone remotely familiar with scouting knows the motto “be prepared.” The recent CrowdStrike event, affecting 8.5 million Microsoft...
19 Jul, 2024 This Week in Data/Cyber/Tech: Analysing the UK's Upcoming Technology Laws; and Six Months Until DORA — Does it Apply to You? By Edward Machin There's rarely a quiet week in data protection — and this one was no exception. Below are two developments from the past seven days that...
19 Jul, 2024 What Does the New Labour Government's Legislative Agenda Tell Us About the Future of Technology Regulation in the UK? By Edward Machin On Wednesday (17 July 2024), the UK’s newly formed government announced its legislative agenda for the upcoming parliamentary session. In...
18 Jul, 2024 The Potential Impact of SCOTUS' Chevron Decision on Privacy Regulations By Steve Millendorf Given the inability of the U.S. Congress to pass a comprehensive privacy law (such as the proposed and likely dead-on-arrival APRA), the...
12 Jul, 2024 SEC Issues Guidance on Material Cybersecurity Incidents By Giovanni Caruso In a continuing effort to regularize the disclosures provided by companies under new Item 1.05 of Form 8-K, the U.S Securities and...
11 Jul, 2024 SCA affirms limits of delictual liability and principles of wrongfulness in BEC fraud case By Daniel Le Roux Justine Mitchley Christopher MacRoberts Reece Martin +1 more... Show less In Edward Nathan Sonnenberg Inc. v Hawarden, the Supreme Court of Appeal (“SCA”) overturned a controversial High Court decision which...
02 Jul, 2024 Does California’s Delete Act Have the “DROP” on Data Brokers?: Updates and Insights from the Recent Stakeholder Session By Christine Lyon Christine Chong Jackson Myers The California Delete Act will make it easier for California consumers to request deletion of their personal information by so-called...
28 Jun, 2024 This Week in Data/Cyber/Tech: CJEU further clarifies the scope of GDPR non-material damages. By Edward Machin There's rarely a quiet week in data protection — and this one was no exception. Below are two developments from the past seven days that...
27 Jun, 2024 APRA Markup Cancelled By Steve Millendorf The American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) may have just suffered another of a thousand cuts before it is officially dead, at least in its...
27 Jun, 2024 Trends and Updates from the 2024 Proxy Season By Pamela Marcogliese Elizabeth Bieber Brandon Gantus Beth George David Livshiz Christine Lyon Shira Oyserman Yunah Ko Ariana Negron Zhanqi Xu Ornia Abdouljalil Sumner Fields Jennifer King Young Park Bonnie Jordan +12 more... Show less The Freshfields’ team reviewed trends and developments for the 2024 proxy season, summarizing the key takeaways and guidance across the...
26 Jun, 2024 Single point of software failure could hamstring 15K car dealerships for days By Sarah Wolter CDK Global touts itself as an all-in-one software-as-a-service solution that is "trusted by nearly 15,000 dealer locations." One...