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Nation-State-Sponsored Attacks: Not Your Grandfather’s Cyber Attacks

Data Matters

Attorney General described a recent takedown of a Russian government-sponsored botnet called Cyclops Blink before it was weaponized and caused damage. and foreign government agencies. government reported a significant rise in hacks perpetrated against private companies by nation-state-sponsored threat actors.

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Italian National Cybersecurity Perimeter: With great power comes great responsibility!

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

On June 11, 2021, the Regulation on notifications of incidents affecting networks, information systems and IT services (“ Regulation ”) – adopted by means of the Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers (DPCM) of 14 April 2021, no. 259 – the Italian Electronic Communications Code. 105 (establishing the NCSP).

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FRANCE: ONE MORE STEP TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY OF THE NEW FRENCH DATA PROTECTION LAW

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

On 12 December 2018, the French Government issued an ordinance [1] finalizing, at the legislative level [2] , the alignment of the French Data Protection Law (“FDPL”) with the General Data Protection Regulation [3] (“GDPR”) and the Directive 2016/680 [4]. Following-up the adoption of the GDPR, the French Law No.

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Predictions 2021: Disinformation, SPACs, Africa, Facebook, and a Return to Tech Optimism

John Battelle's Searchblog

” 2021 will be a year where we search for the root causes of our failures over the past few years, and at the center of that failure is a communication system that mindlessly manufactures disinformation. Predictions 2019. 2019: How I did. A free and open democratic economy can’t run on b t. See you on the other side.

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SEC and FINRA Issue 2020 Examination Priorities for Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers

Data Matters

Focus areas for such examinations will include sales practices, supervision of high-risk personnel and compliance with key regulatory requirements (including Rule 15c2-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act), the locate requirement of Regulation SHO and the obligation to file suspicious activity reports (SARs)).

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SEC and FINRA Issue 2020 Examination Priorities (Including Cybersecurity) for Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers

Data Matters

Focus areas for such examinations will include sales practices, supervision of high-risk personnel and compliance with key regulatory requirements (including Rule 15c2-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act), the locate requirement of Regulation SHO and the obligation to file suspicious activity reports (SARs)).

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The Burden of Privacy In Discovery

Data Matters

Protection of personal privacy has, consequently, become an important goal both in technological development — e.g., the increasing prevalence of “privacy by design” in communications programs such as “ephemeral” messaging systems — and in governmental regulation. 21 If it is not both relevant and proportional, it is not discoverable.

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