With increased activity by State AGs and the FTC, along with private action in the form of complex consumer class actions and
business-to-business litigation, data breaches have the capability of creating the perfect storm. Attend this conference to ensure you
are up to date with the trends in the fast evolving area of data privacy
and information security enforcement and litigation.
Almost daily, news outlets report on a major company experiencing a data breach. Such instances open up thousands, if not millions of consumers and employees to the threat of identity theft. TJX Companies, Inc. saw their systems breached, putting at risk the credit and debit card information of 45.6 million consumers. Soon after, Heartland Payment Systems experienced a malicious software attack, which compromised their systems and embroiled the company in legal battles. Similar examples can be found across a wide variety of industries, including retail, banking, insurance, and healthcare.
With even the best compliance practices in place, data breaches are inevitable. Cyber criminals have become more skilled and technology continues to evolve, making it a struggle to keep up. At the same time, sensitive information is increasingly carried on portable devices. A stolen or misplaced laptop or PDA can result in a mass data breach crisis. It is impossible to guarantee that the private information of consumers and employees will be protected. Such events have drastic, and often costly, repercussions.
State Attorney Generals and the Federal Trade Commission are becoming more and more active in investigating and penalizing companies who fail to adequately prevent or respond to a data breach. At the same time, new and impending legislation on both federal and state levels promise to significantly affect the data privacy & information security landscape. Additionally, private action is becoming more and more prevalent, usually in the form of complex consumer class actions or business to business litigation. Such litigation can prove costly, resulting in millions of dollars being paid out in the form of settlement and legal fees.
To ensure you are up to date with the trends in the fast evolving area of data privacy & information security enforcement and litigation, be sure to attend American Conference Institute’s National Advanced Forum on Litigation and Enforcement Preparedness for Data Privacy & Information Security. At this cutting edge event you will obtain the necessary information and strategies needed to effectively respond and litigate in the event of a data breach, as well as how to best prepare for changes on the horizon, with insights from leading outside and in-house counsel in the field.
Attend and get valuable information on:
- The impact of new and impending federal and state regulations, including
the FTC’s Red Flags Rule and Massachusetts’ new data security requirements
- Government enforcement trends from federal and state regulators
- Strategy for the substantive and procedural aspects of consumer class actions related
to data breaches
- Business to business litigation, including the complex credit card company operating regulations
- Managing the vast array of State Data Breach Notification Laws
- Understanding new technology and the role social networking and cloud computing will play in the data privacy landscape
- Employee privacy in the workplace
- How to effectively respond immediately following a breach
- Dealing with international data security regulations
... and much more
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