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Preparing Companies for Impending Data Privacy, Cybersecurity Changes

By Sarah F. Hutchins
June 01, 2023

When I entered the data privacy and cybersecurity law space over a decade ago, it was certainly difficult to predict the myriad ways data would be collected, used and stored today. In that time, social media has exploded, devices are even more portable, appliances have gotten "smart" and technology users have gotten younger.

As so often happens, technology was and continues to be light-years ahead of the law, and businesses are increasingly facing new regulations that attempt to shut Pandora's box. Data privacy is one of the most rapidly changing areas of law as regulators and lawmakers are often playing catch-up to groundbreaking technologies that have transformed society in irreversible ways. This process has brought significant implications for businesses and corporate legal departments of all shapes and sizes, which must now retroactively incorporate various data privacy and cybersecurity considerations into their existing structures.

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