Tag Archives: Retail Industry

Unexpected Consumer Data Collection Concerns FTC

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been turning its attention to consumer data collection and use that consumers may not expect, such as tracking of TV viewing by smart TVs, and use of cross-device technologies and techniques to try to associate users and households to multiple devices (e.g., TVs, mobile phones, tablets, computers, and other … Continue Reading

EMV Liability Shift Update – What Liability Actually Shifts?

By Craig A. Hoffman on August 20, 2015 Posted in Retail Industry

With the October 1, 2015 liability shift deadline looming, merchants who have not yet made the change continue to evaluate the cost of accepting EMV cards versus the liability that will shift from the issuer to the merchant if they do not. The costs of implementation are fairly straightforward—buy EMV-enabled terminals and work with the … Continue Reading

BakerHostetler’s First Data Security Incident Response Report Shows Human Error is Most Often to Blame

By Theodore J. Kobus III, Gerald J. Ferguson and Craig A. Hoffman on May 7, 2015 Posted in Incident Response

We are pleased to announce the release of the first BakerHostetler Data Security Incident Response Report, which provides insights generated from the review of more than 200 incidents that our law firm advised on in 2014. It looks at the nature of the threats faced by companies, as well as detection and response trends, and … Continue Reading

California Attorney General Releases 2014 Data Breach Report and Recommendations, Finding More of the Same.

By Tanya Forsheit on October 29, 2014 Posted in Breach Notification, Data Breaches, Identity Theft, Retail Industry

Editor’s Note: The author thanks Jaysen Borja for his contributions to this post. On October 28, 2014, Attorney General Kamala Harris released the second annual California Data Breach Report. The report detailed the nature and scope of data breach notifications that her office received in 2013. Her office has been analyzing notifications of data breaches … Continue Reading