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Corporate TIPS: Federal Privacy Bill Makes Historic Advancement in Congress
By Jarman J. Smith on August 17, 2022
Despite facing major legislative obstacles, the proposed American Data Privacy and Protection Act (the "Bill") has made history as being the first comprehensive privacy bill to be made available for a full chamber vote in either the House or the Senate. With Congress making progress toward passing a federal data privacy bill and new state-level data privacy regulations being enacted routinely, all organizations that process U.S. consumer data must review and update their policies and procedures for compliance with new and upcoming privacy requirements....
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Corporate TIPS: U.S. Data Privacy Compliance Deadlines Are Quickly Approaching in 2023
By Jarman J. Smith on July 12, 2022
Your organization must act now to become compliant with new state privacy regulations in the United States. With consumer privacy laws from California, Colorado, Virginia and now Connecticut and Utah set to take effect in 2023, there is little time for covered organizations to review their data processing activities and to implement the policies and procedures needed for compliance....
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Technology
Is Your Organization Prepared for Cyber Warfare?
By Jarman J. Smith on March 17, 2022
As the Russia-Ukraine war continues to escalate, it's clear that we have entered an era of cyber-warfare with the impact of cybersecurity attacks becoming a real threat all around the world. Although there are no credible threats to the U.S. at this time, the current conflict in Europe has involved cyber-attacks on the Ukrainian government and critical infrastructure establishments that could impact organizations both within and beyond the region....
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Technology
CORPORATE TIPS: COVID-19's Impact on Cybersecurity
By Jarman J. Smith on November 24, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has created many challenges for businesses as they adapt to new forms of operations where employees are expected or encouraged to work from home. This digital transformation in the workplace has made cybersecurity a major concern. If COVID-19's impact on cybersecurity risks is ignored, the reputational, operational, legal and compliance implications could be considerable....
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Technology
Corporate TIPS: Cyber Risk - The Board's Role
By Molly Z. Brown & Jarman J. Smith on October 27, 2021
Over the last two years, the COVID-19 pandemic caused Directors to broaden organizational priorities and focus on technology risks related to ensuring operations continue smoothly. As we move back to the new "normal" it is time to revisit cyber-related risk management....
