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The Risk in Conducting Your Risk Assessment
Few things have upended the world of cybersecurity regulation in the United States recently more than the new cybersecurity regulations issued by the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) in March of this year. Found in 23 N.Y
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Final Paid Family Leave Rules Issued in New York
With less than six months until the roll out of Paid Family Leave (PFL) in New York, the Workers Compensation Board (WCB) has released the final rules implementing the PFL Benefits Law.
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Paid Family Leave Employee Contribution Rate for 2018 Published
The Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued a much-anticipated document setting the maximum employee contribution to pay for New York Paid Family Leave (PFL) at 0.126% of an employee’s weekly wage, up to the statewide average weekly wage.&n
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Workers Compensation Board Issues Proposed New York Paid Family Leave Rules, Take Two
Back in February, proposed regulations for New York’s Paid Family Leave Benefits Law were issued by the Workers Compensation Board (WCB). Today, the WCB released a revised set of proposed regulations containing some minor and a few substantial change
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In the News: Financial institutions learn about new cybersecurity regulations.
"When this hits a health care provider or other folks who are on the first line of defense where people's health and safety are concerned, you can certainly understand that decision, but at the end of the day, you have no assurance that the very same
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The Dangers of Regulatory Creep - Do New York DFS Cybersecurity Regulations Apply to Federally Chartered Financial Institutions?
In February 2017, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) finalized a new set of cybersecurity regulations that governs New York’s banking, insurance, and financial services industries. Entities in those industries are required to
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ISP Privacy Rule Update: Federal Government Out, State Governments In
The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) adopted rules in 2016 that restricted Internet Service Providers (“ISPs”), such as Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast, from sharing sensitive data, including browsing history and location data, without consum
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Yahoo breaches impact on Verizon deal reminds us that cybersecurity is a board concern
Even in today’s day and age, data security issues are sometimes (much too often, in fact) shuffled aside by C-suite executives who are stuck believing that network security is a concern for the IT department, not those who run the company on a day-to
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What does NY DFS 23 N.Y.C.R.R. Part 500 really mean to your organization?
Join us May 16, 2017 at our Pathway to Compliance event to get insights into the challenges organizations face in complying with the demanding new requirements.
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And Then There Were Two: Closing the Gap on State-Level Data Breach Notification Requirements
Last Thursday, Governor Martinez of New Mexico signed into law the 48th state-level data breach notification law, bringing the requirements for notifying individuals affected by data breaches to this state.
To pay or not to pay. That has been the question in relation to ransomware, the pernicious and now ubiquitous attack that locks your systems and files, and demands ransom for the “key” to unlock them.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently released its guidance on the proliferation of mobile-related threats to network security. NIST’s recent guidance can be found here: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts/nistir-8144/nistir8144_draft.pdf.
Yesterday, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) released draft regulations on cybersecurity potentially effecting all entities licensed or permitted by DFS. The DFS Press release is here: http://www.dfs.ny.gov/about/press/pr1609131.htm and the draft regulations can be found here: http://www.dfs.ny.gov/legal/regulations/proposed/rp500t.pdf. DFS first announced its intention to issue these regulations in a letter to federal regulators in November 2015, seeking collaboration with the relevant federal authorities.
On September 29, 2016 Amy L. Hemenway, Partner in the Labor and Employment Practice Group at Harter Secrest & Emery, will participate in a breakfast forum titled Overtime Understood at Milos Restaurant in Williamsville. She and Joseph Wutz, a Manager with The Bonadio Group, will discuss the implications of the Department of Labor’s new overtime rules for non-profit businesses.
F. Paul Greene, Partner and Chair of the Privacy and Data Security Practice Group at Harter Secrest & Emery, joined the panel for the Building Blocks of Cyber Security event hosted by Innovative Solutions, Logical Operations and Lawley Insurance on September 13, 2016.