New York passed a cybersecurity and data breach law, effective October 23, and it expands many cybersecurity requirements to not only businesses operating in New York, but also those operating
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Unique Data Breach Issues Facing Franchise Systems
I recently attended a very informative panel discussion at this year’s IFA Legal Symposium in Washington D.C. earlier this month on addressing data security risks in franchise systems. The panel,…
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FTC Issues New Data Breach Response Guide
The FTC has issued an updated data breach response guide. The guide provides an outline of steps the FTC believes your company should follow in the event of a…
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Does the Wendy’s Data Breach Prove a Single POS System is Best?

This month Wendy’s revealed that the security breach it disclosed earlier this year was much larger than it initially…
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Assessing Cyber Insurance Coverage Standards for Franchisees (Part 3/4)
Both my colleagues and I have posted on topics related to cyber insurance coverage issues from both a franchisor and franchisee perspective. This post, derived from information garnered during the…
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2015: A Year of Transition in Responding to Data Breaches
In 2015, we saw the United States government get hacked by Chinese hackers and the US banking system take steps to combat credit card fraud through data breaches when the…
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The FTC Is Monitoring Data Breaches . . . And Appears to Be Eager to Bring Enforcement Actions When Policy Isn’t Matched by Practice
A few months ago we wrote about the FTC’s decision to launch a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights. One of the more interesting things about the Bill of Rights…