By Drew Sorrell – Shareholder and Chair of Data Governance Group, Lowndes July 07, 2021, 02:46pm EDT With the onset of the pandemic last March, many companies shifted rapidly to a remote …
Florida’s Legislature Takes Gigantic Detour in Privacy Law
By: Drew Sorrell Turns out that Florida’s greatest rivalry is not between FSU and UF. Rather, it appears to be between businesses and consumers. At least, that is how it …
Update Your Privacy Policy Now to Avoid Costly Penalties
By: Melody Lynch Sweeping consumer privacy law changes are moving quickly through the Florida legislature. Covered private businesses should act now to bring their privacy policies into compliance with the …
Florida Legislature Aims to Alter Privacy Rights: The Impacts on Your Business
Click here to read an important update to this post. By: Drew Sorrell As of this writing, the Florida Legislature is poised to enact House Bill 969 (2021), which will fundamentally …
California Would Like a Word with Florida Man: Hands off our data, dude.
By: Drew Sorrell Earlier this year the California Consumer Protection Act took effect. At its heart, the CCPA is a privacy law granting California citizens the right to control the …
Dear Ransomware Victim and Your Accountants, Attorneys and Forensic Specialists: The Government Just Made Your Life Harder
By: Drew Sorrell By now, most everyone knows that ransomware is software that infects your computer system, makes your data irretrievable and usually breaks things along the way. To unlock …
Europe’s Top Court Decision May Halt Trillion Dollar U.S. Data Transfer Business Partnership with EU
By: James O’Brien & Ahmad El-Gendi In today’s rapidly evolving global economy, data is king. Whether we’re talking about blockchain, analytics or how much your online shadow personality is being sold …
Are E-Discovery, Cybersecurity, Two Sides of the Same Coin? BIA Says Yes
By: Frank Ready Law.com BIA, an e-discovery and digital forensics software and services provider, has announced it has launched a new data breach discovery service applying e-discovery technology and practices …
How are you capturing information from your customers to gain a competitive advantage?
By: Drew Sorrell You want to find the right balance for your customer data-gathering efforts – you don’t want to make the sign-up process too onerous or complicated but you …
Protecting Kids’ Information Under the COPPA Cabana
In August 2017, Disney and three of its software developer vendors were sued in a class action in California in which it was alleged that Disney collected children’s information in …