US-UK Agreement under the CLOUD Act to Take Effect This Summer

19 May 2020 – originally published as a guest post at nsucyberlaw.org. In March 2018, the US Congress passed an amendment to the Stored Communications Act (SCA)[1] and Wiretap Act[2] in an attempt to facilitate access to electronic data stored Continue reading US-UK Agreement under the CLOUD Act to Take Effect This Summer

Privacy and Safeguards against Identity Theft: FACTA and the Red Flags Rule

As awareness – and occurrences – of identity theft and significant corporate security breaches increase, United States government agencies have enhanced their scrutiny of businesses’ efforts to protect the confidentiality of private information by adopting new regulations with the goal Continue reading Privacy and Safeguards against Identity Theft: FACTA and the Red Flags Rule

PCI Data Security Standards: An Industry Self-Regulatory Approach

As an industry-based (as opposed to federal regulatory) approach to information security concerns, the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council was founded in 2006 by American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide, and Visa Inc.  This council Continue reading PCI Data Security Standards: An Industry Self-Regulatory Approach