Ad Law Access

Updates on advertising law and privacy law trends, issues, and developments

Safeguards Snafu? The Anomalous New Provision in the FTC’s Gramm-Leach-Bliley Safeguards Rule

Last week, the FTC announced that it had finalized its rulemaking to add data breach notification provisions to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) Safeguards Rule. As expected, the new provisions require non-bank…

Blackbaud Settles Multistate Investigation Related to Data Breach for $49.5 Million

Blackbaud, a software company that was the subject of a multistate investigation for a 2020 data breach, has reached a settlement for $49.5 million with the attorneys general (AGs) of 49 states (not including…

State AGs and Consumer Protection: What We Learned from . . . Connecticut Part I

Our State AG webinar series continues with Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and Chief of the Privacy Consumer Protection Section Michele Lucan. During our webinar, the Connecticut AG’s office described their…

DNA Diagnostics Center Settles Data Breach with Ohio and Pennsylvania Attorneys General

On February 16, 2023, the Attorneys General of Ohio and Pennsylvania announced a settlement with Ohio-based DNA Diagnostics Center (“DDC”) for a 2021 data breach which involved 2.1 million residents nationwide,…

FCC Seeks Comments on Updates to CPNI Breach Reporting Rule

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) is seeking comments on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to refresh its customer proprietary network information (“CPNI”) data breach reporting…