Jun 5, 2018 | Corporation, Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security
New Colorado requirements in event of data breach New laws protecting consumers in the event of a data breach take effect September 1 in Colorado. The law expands notification requirements in the event of a breach and also adds new requirements for organizations and...
Nov 28, 2017 | Cybersecurity, data security, healthcare, information security, Medium-sized business, Small business
Uber hid 2016 cyberattack affected 57 million Uber customers and drivers: five lessons for every business Ride-sharing service Uber recently disclosed that it suffered a massive cyberattack in October 2017, in which personal information of some 50 million customers...
Nov 1, 2017 | Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security, Ransomware
Denver Art Museum suffers data breach affecting information of 800 people As I’ve written in previous blog posts, size doesn’t matter when it comes to the risk of a data breach. Nor does it matter whether the organization breached is a business or a...
Oct 2, 2017 | Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security, Medium-sized business, Ransomware, Small business
Small and mid-sized businesses worried after recent Equifax data breach By now, almost everyone has heard or read about the recent data breach of Equifax, one of the three large credit reporting companies in the U.S. According to Equifax, as many as 143 million...
Aug 29, 2017 | accounting firms, Cybersecurity, data security, hacking, information security
Federal Trade Commission settles with tax preparation company over violations of privacy and security requirements that apply to all tax preparers I have written in previous posts that the Gramm-Leach-Bliley statute, which many believe only applies to “financial...
Aug 14, 2017 | Agreements, business attorney, Contract, Corporation, data security, Employment, Legal fees, LLC, Medium-sized business, Small business
What is an “outside general counsel” and what can one do for your company, besides save you money? Do you wish you could run legal and business issues past your lawyer whenever you need to, without worrying about getting billed for every call or email? Having a...
