
Contact
- 518.736.2917
Areas of Focus
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California Consumer Data Privacy Act (CCPA) / California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
States with Cybersecurity & Privacy Laws
“There are only two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those that will be. Even that is merging into one category: those that have been hacked and will be again.”
- Robert Mueller, Former FBI Director
Whether a company is a family business or a Fortune 500 corporation, it must be concerned with protecting its cybersecurity and privacy. This is one thing all businesses have in common. From health care providers, to construction companies, and even locally-owned restaurants: all are at risk for a major data breach.
As has been proven time and time again, in just a few minutes, one breach can ruin the reputation a company spent decades building. Hodgson Russ attorneys in the Cybersecurity & Privacy Practice are dedicated to ensuring your company's reputation remains in-tact.
Our cybersecurity & privacy attorneys understand the risks businesses face every day. Threats can be as large as a full-blown cyberattack, as small as the loss of a laptop computer, or the mistaken release of a customer's personal information. While the circumstances surrounding each threat may be different, the response must always be prompt and precise.
With the ever-changing technological advances, as well as the growing threats to a company's cybersecurity, it's now more important than ever to have a plan in place to protect your customers' privacy before a breach happens.
Taking Preventive Steps & Action
Cyber-Protection Planning
To safeguard your business, Hodgson Russ will help develop a comprehensive cyber-protection plan around the following key objectives:
- Complying with privacy- and breach-notification laws, including Dodd-Frank, Gramm Leach Bliley, the EU Privacy Directive, and state laws
- Responding to the National Institute of Standards & Technology's (NIST's) Cybersecurity Framework, released in February 2014
- Developing, implementing, and updating a cybersecurity plan
- Ensuring your business is covered by adequate cyber-liability insurance, including first-party coverage for data-breach costs and third-party coverage for lawsuits
Data Breach Remediation and Response Services
Even the best preparation won't prevent every mistake, data breach, or cyberattack. When the inevitable breach occurs, Hodgson Russ attorneys provide breach remediation and response services, helping clients take immediate steps to contain, investigate, and remediate the breach.
We also work with clients to ensure they comply with all applicable breach-notification laws, both national and international. Our attorneys will also guide you through any inquiries and investigations by the FTC, SEC, and other state and federal regulatory authorities.
Defending Clients' Interests
In the event your company is sued as a result of the breach, our experienced litigation team will fight in court to protect your business and legal interests.
In doing so, we'll be sensitive to the fact that you're still running a business, keeping our fees and costs reasonable and ensuring that we use only the time and resources we absolutely need to achieve your objectives.
Tools & Resources
- States that have already adopted cybersecurity and privacy laws.
- Advised Municipality in Cyber Threat Risk Management
- Counseled Insurer on Scope of Coverage Available for Cyber Claim Involving Customer Information Theft
- Financial Institution Data Breach Analysis and Breach Notification
- Represented Retailer in Submission of Cyber Insurance Claim, Demand for Indemnification
In the News
- WGRZ, September 15, 2022
- Buffalo Business First, September 14, 2022
- Buffalo Business First, January 14, 2021
- Buffalo Business First, April 24, 2020
- New York Post, November 11, 2019
- Buffalo Business First, March 23, 2018
- Buffalo Law Journal, March 7, 2016
- Buffalo Business First, May 29, 2015
- Wall Street Journal, December 19, 2014
Press Releases
- September 16, 2022
- Press Release, May 1, 2014
Publications
- Hodgson Russ Food & Beverage Alert, March 20, 2023
- Hodgson Russ Canada-U.S. Cross-Border and Cybersecurity & Privacy Alert, July 7, 2022
- Hodgson Russ Cybersecurity and Privacy Alert, February 26, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Cybersecurity & Privacy Alert, December 2, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Cybersecurity & Privacy Alert , November 11, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Cybersecurity & Privacy Alert, October 1, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Cybersecurity & Privacy Alert, September 15, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Cybersecurity & Privacy Alert, August 25, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Healthcare and Cybersecurity & Privacy Alert, August 14, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Cybersecurity & Privacy Alert, August 11, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Cybersecurity & Privacy Alert, August 7, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Cybersecurity & Privacy Alert, August 5, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Cybersecurity & Privacy Alert, July 31, 2020
- April 29, 2020
- April 29, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Cybersecurity & Privacy Alert, April 28, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Cybersecurity & Privacy Alert, March 13, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Cybersecurity & Privacy Alert, February 24, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Cybersecurity & Privacy Alert, February 19, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Cybersecurity & Privacy Alert, April 30, 2019
- Hodgson Russ Cybersecurity & Privacy Alert, March 20, 2019
- Cybersecurity & Privacy Alert, February 1, 2019
- Cybersecurity & Privacy Alert, December 17, 2018
- Pennsylvania High Court Holds Employers Have an Affirmative Duty to Protect Employees’ Personal DataCybersecurity & Privacy Alert, November 28, 2018
- Cybersecurity Alert, July 3, 2018
- Data Privacy Alert, January 22, 2018
- Privacy, Data Breach & Cybersecurity alert, May 25, 2017
- Privacy, Data Breach & Cybersecurity Alert, February 10, 2015
- Buffalo Law Journal, October 6, 2014
- PrivacyRisksAdvisors.com, August 13, 2014
- JD Supra, May 1, 2014
- Legal & Tax Newsletter, March 2014
- Security, February 2014
- JD Supra, December 30, 2013
Social Media
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Presentations & Events
- September 2023
- Hodgson Russ LLP, The Guaranty Building, 140 Pearl Street, Buffalo NY 14202, June 6, 2023
- Ontario Bar Association, May 4, 2023
- February 8, 2023
- 140 Pearl Street, Suite 100, Buffalo, New York, 14202, November 30, 2022
- September 30, 2021
- April 29, 2021
- July 29, 2020
- Tarrytown, NY, August 15, 2019
- Annapolis, Maryland, July 16, 2019
- Albany, New York, November 19, 2018
- New York, New York, October 31, 2018
- Hodgson Russ, 140 Pearl St, Buffalo, NY, June 14, 2018
- Templeton Landing, Buffalo, New York, March 15, 2018
- The Harvard Club, 35 W. 44th Street, New York, NY, Summer 2015
- Buffalo, NY, June 12, 2014
- New York, NY, January 23, 2014