Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Blog Posts From March 2018

• Blog: Virginia Imposes New Breach Notification Requirements on Tax Preparers
  Date: March 16, 2018 Title: Virginia Imposes New Breach Notification Requirements on Tax Preparers
  Summary: On Friday, March 9, 2018, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed H.B. 183, which imposes data breach notification requirements on certain tax preparers. The bill, introduced by Delegate Hala S. Ayala, had unanimous support in both the Virginia House and Senate....
• Blog: The End (of Net Neutrality) May Be Just the Beginning
  Date: March 07, 2018 Title: The End (of Net Neutrality) May Be Just the Beginning
  Summary: In 2015 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued its Open Internet Order, which reclassified landline and mobile broadband internet from an information service under Title I of the Communications Act of 1934 to a telecommunication service under Title II. This reclassification, commonly referred to as “net neutrality,” made internet service providers (ISPs) subject to most of the same regulations and oversight that govern other utilities, such as electricity and telephone services....