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CFTC Holds Cybersecurity Roundtable March 18

As noted in our previous entry, staff from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) held a Public Roundtable on Cybersecurity and System Safeguards Testing on March 18, 2015. The Roundtable, which included participants from the private sector and government agencies, could be a kick-off event for a larger CFTC initiative to address issues related to cybersecurity. The Roundtable...

White House Releases Proposed Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights

The White House released a discussion draft of legislation on protecting consumer privacy. The proposed Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2015, released on February 27, 2015, broadly defines “personal data” subject to the legislation’s requirements and sets forth standards for protecting consumer privacy. Among other things, the legislation would require businesses to provide...