On November 8, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) announced a new set of sanctions against criminal ransomware actors, the virtual currency exchange Chatex, and three companies providing…
On November 2, members of our Data Security & Strategy and White Collar & Regulatory Defense teams hosted a webcast on the SEC’s Cybersecurity Year in Review 2021. The panelists,…
On November 2, 2021, Julie Riewe of Debevoise’s White Collar & Regulatory Defense Group and Christopher Ford and HJ Brehmer of Debevoise’s Data Strategy & Security Group hosted an engaging…
On September 22, 2021, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) issued its preliminary cybersecurity performance goals for critical infrastructure. These voluntary goals, which were initially announced in President Biden’s…
On September 21, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) released an updated advisory (the “Advisory”) on the sanctions risks associated with facilitating ransomware…
Last week, the California Privacy Protection Agency (the “Agency”) invited public comment on its preliminary rulemaking. As previously discussed, the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) established the Agency and tasked…
On July 19, 2021, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced his first-year enforcement update on the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), and unveiled a tool to help the Attorney General’s…
Colorado has just adopted a brand-new data privacy law and Nevada has just significantly amended its law. These changes add rights for consumers, and compliance obligations for businesses, that take…
Since the implementation of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) 18 months ago, more than 75 lawsuits have been filed seeking damages using the Act’s private cause of action. The CCPA…
On Monday, June 14, 2021, the Board of the California Privacy Protection Agency (“Agency”) hosted its first inaugural public meeting. As discussed in a prior posting, the California Privacy Rights…