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Corporate TIPS: U.S. Consumer Privacy Regulations Expected to Increase in 2021
By Craig S. Horbus & Jarman J. Smith on February 3, 2021
The United States is on pace to make 2021 the most eventful year for consumer privacy law this country has ever seen....
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Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
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Technology
Corporate TIPS: Cybersecurity Trends to Watch in 2021
By Craig S. Horbus & Jarman J. Smith on January 20, 2021
The cybersecurity strategies of businesses everywhere were challenged immensely during 2020. As we enter the new year, businesses must continue to prioritize their cybersecurity efforts to prepare for likely trends and anticipated risks – the most important of which we've highlighted below....
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Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
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Technology
Corporate TIPS: Privacy Law Compliance - Expansion of CCPA Regulations
By Craig S. Horbus & Jarman J. Smith (Law Clerk) on November 19, 2020
By now, many of you are probably familiar with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which currently holds the title as the leading authority on consumer data protection in the United States. However, it may be news to you that CCPA's data compliance regulations were just beefed up substantially through the enactment of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA aka "CCPA 2.0")....
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Technology
Corporate TIPS: Data Mapping - Why It's Important to Know What Data You Have and Where it Goes
By Joseph K. Cole & Craig S. Horbus on November 4, 2020
Businesses collect data for a number of reasons, including providing services or products to customers, improving those services or products, and marketing those services or products to existing and potential customers. Knowing what data you have and where it goes is increasingly important as more and more privacy and data security laws are passed. This is where data mapping comes into play....
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Corporate TIPS: Back to Work - From Home - Remote Work Policies for a New "Normal"
By Craig S. Horbus & Nicole M. Thorn on June 24, 2020
Do you have a remote work policy? That is the first question we ask when advising companies on getting back to work and working from home. The answer 90% of the time is, "no..." So how do we operate our companies with employees scattered? Even with many state's lifting stay-at-home orders most companies will retain some level of their workforce in a remote environment. Businesses need to operate (even remotely) safely and securely and that starts with having proper policies in place to govern data security and network access....
