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e-Data Security Breaches: Best Practice Guidelines For US & European Organizations

NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Nick Gallehawk + 44 207 559 4802/ngalleha@bna.com

London (November 2, 2006) -- As of July 2006, more than 200 U.S. companies, educational institutions, and federal and state government agencies have disclosed security breaches involving sensitive personal information in their possession. Almost all of these are well known, well respected organizations. In total, over 90 million records in the U.S. alone have been affected. (www.privacyrights.org/ar/ChronDataBreaches.htm)

What are the implications of new laws aimed at combating cyber-crimes such as theft of personal data and financial information, phishing, spyware, and malware? How will Europe follow the U.S. lead in providing protection against security breaches? And how should a business deal with the most overlooked component of data security – its employees?

Security Breaches, a new special report from BNA International, provides best practice guidelines for any organisation working with e-data. The Report focuses on security and privacy laws in the United States and European Union, as well as covering similar government and legislative activity worldwide. It brings together leading experts to bring readers up to date with the latest developments and to brief them on the implications.

Full contents of Security Breaches include:

Security Breach Notification Law: Defining a New Corporate Obligation
Thomas J. Smedinghoff, Wildman Harrold, Chicago

Security Breaches: Legal Implications and Recommendations for Business
Chris Potter, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Denis Potemkin, PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal LLP, London

Security Breach Notification in Europe on the Horizon
Dan Cooper, David Fink, Emilie Jones and Kristof Van Quathem, Covington & Burling, London and Brussels

Banking on Security in the United States : The New Data Protection Landscape for Financial Institutions
Mark E. Plotkin and B.J. Sanford, Covington & Burling, Washington , DC

The Most Overlooked Component of Data Security: Employees
Christine E. Lyon and Miriam H. Wugmeister, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Palo Alto , California and New York

International Information Security: A Brief Survey of Global Data Security Regime
Alan Charles Raul, Edward R. McNicholas, John M. Casanova, William R.M. Long and Julie M. Dwyer, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington DC and London

For more information or to request a review copy: Nick Gallehawk, BNA International, 29 th Floor, Millbank Tower , 21 – 24 Millbank, London SW1P 4QP , UK . Telephone + 44 207 559 4802. Fax: + 44 207 559 4840. Email: ngalleha@bna.com . Website: www.bnai.com . ISBN: 0-906524-28-8. Publication Date: October 2006. Price: £95

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