{"id":2711,"date":"2017-03-29T10:45:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T14:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/?p=2711"},"modified":"2017-04-14T08:30:52","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T12:30:52","slug":"federal-data-privacy-cybersecurity-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/insights\/federal-data-privacy-cybersecurity-laws.html","title":{"rendered":"Federal Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United States does not currently have a single comprehensive federal law regulating data privacy and cybersecurity<\/a> matters. Instead, there is a patchwork of laws which at times overlap, and in other cases may even potentially contradict one another. This patchwork, together with the growth in interstate and international data flow, heightens the risk of privacy violations and can create significant compliance challenges. Failure to meet these challenges, however, can result in government imposed civil and criminal sanctions (including fines and penalties), private lawsuits and class actions, as well as damage to a company\u2019s reputation and customer trust.<\/p>\n

The following is a brief summary of some of the most significant Federal legislation impacting data privacy and cybersecurity<\/a> matters.<\/p>\n

Federal Trade Commission Act (the \u201cFTC Act\u201d)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The United States does not currently have a single comprehensive federal law regulating data privacy and cybersecurity matters. Instead, there is a patchwork of laws which at times overlap, and in other cases may even potentially contradict one another. This patchwork, together with the growth in interstate and international data flow, heightens the risk of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[307,65,64],"tags":[],"coauthors":[207],"class_list":["post-2711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cybersecurity-data-privacy-insights","category-insights","category-anderson"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFederal Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Laws — March 29, 2017 — Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, P.C. 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