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FTC issues a guide for businesses and organizations on the Red Flags Rule

Hunton & Williams LLP
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USA
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June 11 2013

In May 2013, the Federal Trade Commission released a new guide entitled Fighting Identity Theft with the Red Flags Rule: A How-To Guide for Business

OpUSA: criminal hackers planning cyber attacks against bank websites

Hunton & Williams LLP
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USA
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May 7 2013

On May 7, 2013, the hacker group Anonymous announced that it, in concert with Middle East- and North Africa-based criminal hackers and cyber actors

FTC releases report on the increased use of mobile payments

Hunton & Williams LLP
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USA
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March 12 2013

On March 8, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission issued a staff report entitled Paper, Plastic or Mobile? An FTC Workshop on Mobile Payments

California ruling finds Song-Beverly Act does not apply to online transactions

Hunton & Williams LLP
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USA
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February 5 2013

On February 4, 2013, the Supreme Court of California examined whether Section 1747.08 of the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act ("Song-Beverly") prohibits

FTC settlement targets mobile app background checks

Hunton & Williams LLP
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USA
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January 16 2013

In a January 13, 2013 blog post, the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection's Business Center Blog highlighted the FTC's recent

California ruling permits collection of ZIP codes after receipt is provided to customer

Hunton & Williams LLP
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USA
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January 11 2013

As reported in BNA's Privacy & Security Law Report, on December 14, 2012, a federal district court in California ruled that a retail store's policy

FTC settles charges of improper disposal of personal information

Hunton & Williams LLP
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USA
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November 8 2012

On November 7, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it had settled charges against payday lending and check cashing companies alleged to have improperly disposed of consumers’ personal information

PCI Security Standards Council issues best practices for mobile payment acceptance security

Hunton & Williams LLP
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USA
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September 20 2012

On September 13, 2012, the PCI Security Standards Council (“PCI SSC”) issued new guidelines entitled “PCI Mobile Payment Acceptance Security Guidelines” (the “Guidelines”), which outline best practices for mobile payment acceptance security

Israeli court upholds DPA’s authority to issue market instructions

Hunton & Williams LLP
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Israel
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September 7 2012

In a detailed, 27-page decision (Admin. App. 24867-02-11 IDI Insurance v. Database Registrar), the Tel Aviv District Court recently upheld the validity of an instruction issued by the data protection regulator restricting financial institutions from using information about a third party’s attachment of their client’s account for the financial institution’s own purposes

Sixth Circuit finds coverage for losses resulting from retailer’s data breach

Hunton & Williams LLP
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USA
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September 4 2012

On August 23, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held in Retailer Ventures, Inc. v. Nat’l Union Fire Ins. Co. that losses resulting from the theft of customers’ banking information from a retailer’s computer system are covered under a commercial crime policy’s computer fraud endorsement

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