Joseph J. Lazzarotti of JacksonLewis writes: On September 2, 2026, Delaware’s Governor signed House Bill (HB) 380 and HB 381. HB 380 amends the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA), which was enacted in 2023 and became effective January 1, 2025. HB 381 separately amends Delaware’s computer security breach notification law. In short, what changes...

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New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS): September 10, 2026 New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Acting Superintendent Kaitlin Asrow today issued new cybersecurity guidance outlining the Department’s expectations for DFS-regulated entities’ on conducting risk assessments sufficient to inform their cybersecurity programs. The guidance outlines requirements regarding scope, frequency, and the role...

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From the Federal Trade Commission: The Federal Trade Commission rescinded the 2021 Policy Statement on Breaches by Health Apps and Other Connected Devices. This controversial policy statement purported to apply the FTC’s Health Breach Notification Rule to health apps and connected devices that collect consumer health information. In 2024, however, the Commission updated the Health Breach Notification...

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Korea JoongAng Daily reports: Korea’s privacy regulator is sharply raising the cost of data breaches, aiming to push companies to treat data protection as a preventive investment rather than a routine cost of doing business. Starting Friday, companies found to have leaked the personal data of 10 million or more people through intent or gross negligence...

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Vaughn Stupart, Matthew W. Van Hise, and Craig A. Hoffman of BakerHostetler write: One ruling is not a trend. And there can be unique factors at play in regulatory investigations related to large incidents. But a summary judgment ruling in favor of a state in a lawsuit against a telecom shows how not achieving technical...

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This is one of those headlines where our first thought was “Uh oh!” but then we read more and thought “Hmmm…” Ko Jae-woo reports: Seoul National University Hospital has not filed a mandatory cybersecurity disclosure for years, an investigation has found. While tertiary hospitals are generally required to submit such disclosures, the hospital is exempt...

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NorthCentralPA reports: A group of legislators has introduced the bipartisan Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement Act to the House of Representatives with the intention to strengthen rural hospitals’ protection against cyber threats. The group includes U.S. Reps. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-Pa.), Kim Schrier (D-Wash.), Erin Houchin (R-Ind.), Jill Tokuda (D-Hawaii), Jefferson Shreve (R-Ind.), and Jennifer McClellan (D-Va.). […]...

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A press release from the NYS DFS: August 5, 2026 New York State Department of Financial Services Acting Superintendent Kaitlin Asrow announced today that Order Express, Inc., a licensed money transmitter, will pay a $250,000 penalty for violations of DFS’s cybersecurity regulation (23 NYCRR Part 500). DFS investigators identified deficiencies in the company’s cybersecurity program...

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Jake Neenan reports: A full panel of federal judges will rehear a case that upheld expanded telecom data breach rules. The Federal Communications Commission, now under Republican control, has indicated it’s likely to reverse the rules anyway. But industry groups and GOP lawmakers want the case’s precedent gone too. They told judges on the U.S....

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Chris Liotta reports: Lawmakers voted to extend a key cyberthreat sharing law for another decade, attaching the long-stalled reauthorization to Washington’s annual defense policy bill. The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly approved its $1.15 trillion fiscal year 2027 national defense authorization act in a 216-212 vote Wednesday, including a provision that would reauthorize the Cybersecurity Information...

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