2/1/2025 2:27:37 AM NYDFS Imposes $2 Million Fine on PayPal for Cybersecurity Violations By Bram Schumer On January 23, 2025, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced a Consent Order against PayPal, Inc., imposing...
1/23/2025 4:12:56 PM I’m Not Dead Yet: Biden’s Executive Order re Cybersecurity May Still Matter in a Trump Administration By Bram Schumer Biden’s 11th hour Executive Order on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity (the “Order”) provides...
1/16/2025 7:57:54 PM FTC Brings Enforcement Action Against GoDaddy for Cybersecurity Failures By Bram Schumer The FTC has imposed significant sanctions and remedial requirements on GoDaddy, one of the world’s largest web hosting and domain...
1/13/2025 7:17:52 PM Data Broker Experiences Massive Cybersecurity Breach Involving Sensitive Location Data By Bram Schumer Gravy Analytics, a prominent player in location-based data intelligence and the parent company of Venntel, announced it has been the...
3/22/2024 8:17:39 PM DOT Launches First Comprehensive Review of Airlines’ Privacy Policies By Bram Schumer On March 21, 2024, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced a pioneering privacy review focusing on the nation’s top ten...
2/23/2024 7:20:52 PM FTC Levies $16.5 Million Fine on Avast for Privacy Misconduct, Demands Comprehensive Overhaul By Bram Schumer With an unprecedented multi-million dollar fine that underscores the importance of digital privacy, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...
2/12/2024 11:12:02 PM California Appellate Court Allows Immediate Enforcement of CPRA Regulations By Bram Schumer Daniel Goldberg On February 9, the California Third District Court of Appeals issued a decision reversing the Sacramento Superior Court’s ruling from...
2/1/2024 6:41:11 PM The FTC’s Action Against X-Mode/Outlogic: A Wake-Up Call for Location Data Brokers By Bram Schumer In a landmark decision, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently reached a proposed settlement in its action against X-Mode Social and...