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Security, Privacy and the Law

Security and privacy issues encountered by businesses often require immediate and discreet solutions. We cover topics that arise from guiding our clients through the process of complying with the ever-growing number of state, federal and international laws governing information security, identity theft, surveillance and other privacy issues.

Security, Privacy and the Law
Colorado Privacy Act:  The Cannabis Industry Prepares for Enforcement
Blog June 17, 2022
As we wrote last year, Colorado is among the vanguard of privacy-focused states—including California, Washington, and Virginia—to adopt significant state-level privacy legislation.  One year out from enforcement of the Colorado Privacy Act (which begins on July 1, 2023), businesses should begin to put their compliance frameworks in place, as some of the Colorado Privacy Act's significant requirements will need substantial investment beforehand to afford consumers the rights that they are……
Cybersecurity 2021 - The Year in Preview: Emerging Issues in Cannabis and Privacy
Blog December 30, 2020
Editors' Note:  This is the second in our fifth-annual end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity in the coming year.  Read our previous post on Energy. Though the final results of the 2020 presidential race took a few days to become clear, it was obvious by the morning of November 4 that cannabis legalization had run the table: from deep red Montana…

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The Foley Hoag Security, Privacy and the Law Blog focuses on the security and privacy issues encountered by businesses that often require immediate and discreet solutions. Here we cover topics that arise from guiding our clients through the process of complying with the ever-growing number of state, federal and international laws governing information security, identity theft, surveillance and other privacy issues.

Our lawyers assist clients with questions on how to legally and ethically investigate abusive e-mail, take down infringing Web sites, maintain surveillance of company facilities and information systems, and remediate breaches of security. We work with clients to ensure the legality and success of existing security policies and protocols and help them develop new programs when necessary. Our lawyers have managed unexpected crises ranging from surprise inspections by government investigators to obtaining emergency court orders needed to secure stolen company computers from rogue insiders.

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