On May 14, 2015, Visa announced several updates to its Global Compromised Account Recovery Program (“GCAR”), which helps card issuers recover costs and fraud losses after a data compromise. These modifications appear to be designed to address changes in the payment environment and align GCAR recoveries more closely with the current estimated costs and risks […]
Peter Swire on the History of Bulk Metadata Collection
Today, Peter Swire, Georgia Institute of Technology Scheller College of Business professor and senior counsel in Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Group, offers a historical primer on bulk data collection in this piece for the IAPP. Swire’s article follows two significant events in the past week potentially affecting the U.S. National Security Administration’s […]
Alston & Bird Privacy Program: Thinking Outside the Cookie Jar
On April 29, Alston & Bird’s Los Angeles office hosted a Privacy Program on Mobile Behavioral Tracking. Dominique Shelton of Alston & Bird moderated a panel that consisted of Alston & Bird attorneys Peter Swire and David Keating and industry professionals from the Office of the Attorney General, California Department of Justice, Ghostery Inc. and […]
Kristy Brown Comments On TCPA Issues In Inside Counsel
Kristy Brown, partner and co-chair of the firm’s Privacy and Data Security Litigation Group, was interviewed by Inside Counsel about the uptick of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation and what companies should do to reduce their risk. In the interview, titled “TCPA Litigation: How can companies protect themselves?,” Brown first notes that, “No company […]
Virginia Becomes First State To Mandate Advanced Credit Card Security for State Agencies
On May 5, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed Executive Directive 5 (2015), which requires the state’s technology and finance secretaries, treasurer and comptroller to update Virginia’s main purchasing card program to include advanced chip-and-pin technology by December. The Directive notes that many of Virginia’s political subdivisions and authorities have already converted purchase card programs to […]