Rockefeller Questions Fortune 500 on Cybersecurity Act / Data Security Practices

By William Weber on September 20, 2012 Posted in Cybersecurity, Federal Legislation

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John D. Rockefeller (D-WV) yesterday blanketed the entire FORTUNE 500 list of companies with a pointed letter inquiring about business opposition to cybersecurity issues and seeking a response by October 19. (Press release here) The letter asks for information on companies’ cybersecurity practices and companies’ concerns about the federal government’s role … Continue Reading

FTC Issues Final Report with Guidance on Companies’ Online Privacy Practices

By Craig A. Hoffman on April 3, 2012 Posted in Children’s Privacy, Enforcement, Federal Legislation, Online Privacy

Fifteen months after releasing its preliminary report, the Federal Trade Commission released its final Report, “Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: A Proposed Framework for Business and Policymakers.” The much anticipated final report went further than the preliminary report by now calling for Congress to enact general privacy, data security and breach … Continue Reading

The Cybersecurity Act of 2012–What Does It Mean?

By Theodore J. Kobus III on February 15, 2012 Posted in Federal Legislation

Yesterday, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.), Ranking Member Susan Collins (R-Maine), Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), and Select Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein, D-Ca. introduced The Cybersecurity Act of 2012. The press release can be found here. We are seeing an increasing number of attacks targeting government secrets, trade … Continue Reading