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The Upside: Privacy Counsel Tips for Data Breach Planning in 2019
“Data breach plan” is a misnomer. The risk management program is actually a prevention, detection, response, and resiliency plan. These quick tips will help you develop and maintain your plan.
Legal Tech News: Privacy Counsel 2019 Cyber Predictions
Privacy Counsel predicts continuing emphasis on privacy as critical part of cyber risk management in the coming year.
Paige Boshell One of 41 Privacy Law Specialists Nationwide
In 2018, the American Bar Association authorized the first privacy law specialist designation. Certification by the International Association of Privacy Professionals requires extensive experience in this space, as well as ANSI certifications, passage of an ethics...
Law.com: Privacy Counsel Comments on Marriott Breach Investigation
While it’s still early in the investigation, Paige Boshell, a managing member at Privacy Counsel LLC, thought it was odd that the bad actor(s) involved took the time to copy and encrypt the data without installing ransomware or seizing the target information...
Hospital Technology: Privacy Counsel Comments on Liability Exposure for Marriott Breach
What are some of the possible legal ramifications for this data breach? Paige Boshell, managing member of Privacy Counsel: "In the U.S., the breach will likely attract scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general. According to Marriott's...
USA Today: Long-term Issues From Marriott Breach
“The potential damage cannot be understated,” Paige Boshell, a privacy and cybersecurity attorney with Privacy Counsel in Birmingham, Alabama, said to USA TODAY. “This type of information may be retained and used over and over again for years.”
CIO Dive: M&A Lessons from Marriott Breach
As with any other data breach, some of the compromised information can lead to obvious fraudulent activities. But there's "just sort of a creepiness" about the intimate details regarding this attack. With the information the attackers were able to access, they'll be...
Hotels Magazine: Privacy Counsel Interviewed About Regulatory Enforcement Implications of Marriott Breach
What's the Fallout from Marriott's Data Breach? In one of the largest data breaches in history, and certainly the largest in the hotel industry, Marriott International disclosed on Friday that data on roughly 500 million customers staying at Starwood hotel properties...
Law360: Privacy Counsel Comments on Possible Follow-up Attacks Using Marriott Breach Info
Marriott International Inc. drew immediate regulatory and consumer backlash in the wake of its Friday disclosure of a data breach impacting up to 500 million guests at its Starwood properties, and the fallout is far from over, given that the hackers likely lifted a...
CBS News: Privacy Counsel Warns Against Sophisticated Phishing Attacks in the Wake of Marriott Breach
If you stayed at one of Marriott's Starwood properties, it's possible your data has been compromised in the massive data breach disclosed by the company on Friday. The hotel chain said about 500 million guests who booked reservations at its Starwood properties could...
Bloomberg Law: Privacy Counsel Interviewed in Connection with Possible Liability Exposure for Marriott Due to Massive Data Breach
Marriott International Inc. may be hit with millions of dollars in state fines if the company failed to properly secure guests’ personal information, after revealing a hack that it said may have affected 500 million guests. The Massachusetts, New York and Illinois...
Fox: Privacy Counsel Interview on Implications of Marriott Breach for Impacted Guests
If you’re one of the unlucky people affected by the breach, here are some tips in securing your personal information and warding against potential identity or credit card theft. “You have to be careful, the initial attack we don’t know it was financially motivated,...
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