On September 7, 2017, the consumer reporting agency Equifax announced one of the most highly publicized cybersecurity incidents in history, which may have exposed more than 143 million Americans’ personally identifiable information (PII). Equifax claimed that malicious actors gained unauthorized access to certain files containing consumers’ PII, including Social Security numbers and payment card information, between May and July of 2017.
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Equifax Agrees to New Data Security Measures in Consent Order with Eight State Regulatory Agencies Posted on: July 25, 2018 In: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
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GDPR, Part VI: What Are the Roles of U.S. Regulators? Posted on: December 21, 2017 In: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
When the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect on May 25, 2018, the European Union (EU) will mark a sea change in how its member states will seek to protect and regulate the collection and use of EU citizens’ data. But as we have noted in our seven-part series analyzing the impact of Europe’s new data regulation and the hurdles that businesses will have to clear in order to comply with its provisions, the effects of the GDPR will not stop at the EU water’s edge.
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