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Part two: Planning for a data breach
Matt Curtin and Jay continue their discussion of data breaches and cyber security focusing on how to construct an incident response plan and why having more data is not always better.… Continue Reading
Part one: Planning for a data breach
Porter Wright’s Jay Levine and Matt Curtin of Interhack discuss how companies can plan for data breaches and how knowing what you don’t know is important.… Continue Reading
Politics and big data: How things have changed in the last four years
How does the political climate adapt to the ever-changing way people consume media? Phil Rist of Prosper Business Development joins Jay in a conversation about how things have changed since the last presidential election and how politicians need to adapt to the new way of presenting their message.… Continue Reading
Insights into the data analytics community
Jay is once again accompanied by Phil Rist, executive vice president of Prosper Business Development, to discuss how the data analytics community is growing, what’s needed to get into the business and how once separate industries are coming together to provide better customer experiences.… Continue Reading
Part three: Privacy matters
Concluding our privacy matters series, Ryan Graham discusses recent class actions and gives an industry update.… Continue Reading
FTC has ruled….and companies better beware!
Part two: Privacy matters
Continuing with part two of this three-part series about privacy and data security, Ana Crawford gives an update on which federal agencies and states are dipping their toes in the data protection arena.… Continue Reading
Part one: Privacy matters
In this three-part series, Jay speaks with attorneys across Porter Wright’s departments and practices about privacy and data security. Today’s podcast begins with Christina Hultsch who talks about the options available for European Union companies to transfer data.… Continue Reading
Consumer data breaches
What happens if your personally identifiable information is stolen, but no harm has come to you…yet? Do the eyes of the court feel that simply the fear of harm warrants relief? Jay and Ryan Graham discuss the differing decisions to date and how things may evolve in the future.… Continue Reading
ABA Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting 2016: The FTC and the new frontier of privacy
Are data breaches covered under insurance policies?
In defending against a class action case where patient information was found online for months without being secured, the insurance company was found to have a duty to defend the defendant, who held an insurance policy that covered the publication of patient information. The case, Travelers Indemnity vs. Portal Healthcare, is important because it’s one … Continue Reading
Big data and what can be done with it: Part three
In our last installment of the big data podcast series (listen to part one and part two), Jay and Phil discuss how companies deal with data breaches. They talk about how consumer trust is vital and how customers may prepare in advance for these breaches. Finally, Phil shares three tips when it comes to using … Continue Reading
Big data and what can be done with it: Part two
Continuing their conversation regarding big data, Phil and Jay discuss what companies should be doing with big data, how to figure out whether they are using it correctly and if there is a better way of doing it. How do companies place value on their data to make financial decisions?… Continue Reading
Big data and what can be done with it: Part one
In part one of this three-part series, Jay talks with Phil Rist, executive vice president of Prosper Business Development, about how his company collects big data and utilizes it to detect trends that aid his clients in developing their strategic plans. Phil discusses how his company not only takes data available from the federal government, … Continue Reading
Health care data breaches – inevitable, but you can minimize the damage
Data breaches in health care can be the most devastating, both to the consumers whose personally identifiable information was exposed, but also to the institutions that possessed this sensitive data. In this podcast Jay and Christina Hultsch review the various issues surrounding such data breaches, including when to review data security policies, how to prepare … Continue Reading
FTC chief administrative law judge: No harm, no foul
Third Circuit’s Wyndham decision – Part two
So what did the Third Circuit hold in FTC vs. Wyndham and what does the decision really mean? Jay and Ryan continue their discussion of the Third Circuit’s decision and give you some key takeaways on what this means for companies that collect personally identifiable information.… Continue Reading
Third Circuit’s Wyndham decision – Part one
In part one of this two part series, Jay is joined by Ryan Graham, a colleague at Porter Wright and former FBI analyst, to discuss the Third Circuit’s decision in FTC vs. Wyndham. Ryan and Jay discuss generally the various agencies who have authority over data security and the challenges facing companies who have experienced … Continue Reading
