Don’t Let COVID-19 Lure You In: Phishing and Malware Attacks Skyrocket During Coronavirus Crisis
As people scramble to identify trustworthy information about the spread of COVID-19, how they can protect themselves, and how they can get tested, spammers...
The Cybersecurity Threat of COVID-19
As people across the world react to the rapid spread of COVID-19, a new threat is emerging: individuals and employers face a risk from hackers trying to take advantage of the demand for information. Hackers have begun using fake government reports, health fact sheets, and tracking maps to deliver malware and harvest personal or sensitive […]
COVID-19 and Cybersecurity: Best Practices in an Uncertain Landscape
For many people and organizations, COVID-19 caused a rapid transition to remote learning and working; for hackers and other bad actors, it has created...
Reasonable and Pragmatic Approach by UK’s ICO to GDPR Compliance during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Information Commissioner’s Office, the U.K.’s data protection authority, has published guidance for data controllers on their data protection compliance obligations during the COVID-19...
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Issues Initial Guidance on Essential Workers, Sectors
As many industries transition to alternate working arrangements in response to COVID-19, certain sectors and functions essential to the nation’s public health, safety and community well-being must continue to operate. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the Department of Homeland Security recently released an initial list of “Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers” to help […]
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Issues Guidance on “Essential” Critical Infrastructure Workers During COVID-19
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released guidance to help state and local jurisdictions and the private sector identify and manage their essential...
CCPA Update: Attorney General Releases Third Draft of Proposed CCPA Regulations
Attorneys at Kelley Drye analyze the latest update of the California attorney general’s proposed regulations to implement the CCPA, and summarize the key modifications. “The draft contains a series of technical corrections, along with a handful of substantive incremental modifications to the prior draft,” they note. “The limited number of changes signals that the rulemaking […]
California AG Releases Draft CCPA Regulations: Round 3
The California Attorney General has further modified the draft regulations implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act, posting mark-ups of the new regulations. The most notable changes include: The definition of “Personal Information” is changed back to original wording. There is still no clarification regarding the scope of what constitutes a sale. Global privacy opt-out language […]
Belgian Supervisory Authority Issues Guidance on Data Protection and Coronavirus
On March 13, 2020, the Belgian data protection authority (“APD”) issued guidance on data protection and COVID-19. The guidance is mainly aimed at employers processing personal data of employees in the context of the measures they have taken to contain the spreading of COVID-19. The guidance is divided in the following three parts: legal basis […]
Hungarian Supervisory Authority Issues Guidance on Data Protection and Coronavirus
On March 10, 2020, the Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (“NAIH”) issued guidance on data protection and COVID-19. The NAIH highlights that controllers processing personal data in the context of their efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 must comply with the GDPR as well as Hungarian data protection law. […]