From a recent article on Reuters:
Government regulators are seemingly as numerous as the stars nowadays, especially in the universe of data incidents. When organizations experience a data incident, they will need to quickly assess what happened, why it happened, and who (e.g., clients, consumers, vendors, employees) was affected. They will also need to chart a course by which they resolve the incident while limiting their legal exposure.
While they do so, they may attract the interest of regulators. As we discussed in part one of this series —”Data protection: One of these incidents is not like the other,” Reuters Legal News and Westlaw Today, Aug. 24, 2023 — regulators take particular interest in a data breach when it involves sensitive data, a large number of consumers, or a vulnerable consumer demographic, among other factors. But who are these regulators? Here are the regulators most likely to come calling.
Read the full article at Troutman Pepper. The article was originally published on October 16, 2023 in Reuters and Westlaw Today. It was republished on Troutman Pepper with permission.
