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Congress or FTC? What about SEC? Where U.S. federal privacy legislation efforts stand in 2023
As more state laws hit the books, businesses are more adamant than ever Congress needs to pass a federal data privacy law. If lawmakers don’t rise to the occasion, which government agency might?
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Qualtrics discloses ICFR weakness in IT controls
Software company Qualtrics disclosed the discovery of a material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting for the 2022 fiscal year.
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Probe into Goldman Sachs’ credit card practices expands
Goldman Sachs Group disclosed more regulators—beyond the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau—are investigating its credit card account management practices.
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Best practices for navigating changing U.S. data privacy landscape
With five new or amended state laws set to hit the books in 2023, companies would be wise to ensure their data privacy compliance house is in order—and start preparing for the next wave of legislation.
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Ask a CCO: Plan for complying with varied U.S. privacy laws
Four senior compliance practitioners detail steps their respective companies are taking to confront the expanding U.S. data privacy legislation landscape.
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‘This is where we are now’: Cyber environment calls for continuous monitoring
Securing your organization’s private data when vendors have access to it means managing relationships from beginning to end, panelists at CW’s virtual Cyber Risk and Data Privacy Summit agreed.
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ScanSource names chief legal officer
ScanSource, an information technology services and consulting company, announced the appointment of Shana Cochrane Smith as senior executive vice president and chief legal officer.
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CBRE adds ex-Microsoft environmental head as chief sustainability officer
Commercial real estate and investment firm CBRE Group announced the appointment of Robert Bernard as chief sustainability officer and senior vice president, client sustainability solutions.
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Marqeta recruits chief legal officer from Blend
Card issuing platform Marqeta announced the appointment of Crystal Sumner as chief legal officer.
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OFAC imposes new sanctions to mark anniversary of Russia’s Ukraine invasion
The Office of Foreign Assets Control unveiled a slew of new sanctions against financial services firms and individuals that either support Russia’s war effort or have been judged to be undermining existing U.S. sanctions.
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HHS proposal aims to ‘shine a light’ on nursing home ownership
It is still too early in the rulemaking process to know what will be included in the Biden administration’s final rule on transparency of nursing home ownership, but there are some steps facilities can take to prepare, according to experts.
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Cornerstone Healthcare Group to pay $21.6M over false claims
Cornerstone Healthcare Group will pay more than $21.6 million to settle allegations it filed false claims to Medicare by inflating the cost of services, billing for unauthorized services, and other violations initially brought forward by a whistleblower.
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Lessons in cybersecurity: Control the breach narrative
Recent botched data breach responses at Activision Blizzard and GoDaddy prompt timely consideration of communication best practices shared by cybersecurity experts at CW’s virtual Cyber Risk & Data Privacy Summit.
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DOJ publishes voluntary self-disclosure policy for corporations
The Department of Justice codified a new policy regarding the voluntary self-disclosure of corporate misconduct, following recent announcements on the updates by agency officials.
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ChatGPT comes with compliance caveats, experts warn
There are downsides to every new technology, and artificial intelligence and machine learning are no exception. Experts discussed the importance for compliance professionals to understand the risks of such tools at CW’s virtual Cyber Risk & Data Privacy Summit.
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Five Star Bank appoints chief risk officer
Financial Institutions Inc., the parent company of Five Star Bank, announced the appointment of Gary Pacos as chief risk officer.
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SEC fines SPAC $104K for control failures that enabled CFO embezzlement
African Gold Acquisition Corp. will pay a $103,591 fine for allegedly having flawed internal controls, reporting, and recordkeeping procedures that allowed its former chief financial officer to drain approximately $1.2 million from its bank account.
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SEC cites CCO error in HITE Hedge short selling case
Investment advisory firm HITE Hedge Asset Management and its private fund clients agreed to pay more than $220,000 to settle allegations the firm violated a Securities and Exchange Commission rule concerning short selling.
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DLA Piper recruits CCO from Lidl US
Multinational law firm DLA Piper announced the appointment of Kristy Balsanek as partner in the firm’s regulatory and government affairs group.
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Wells Fargo probed for employee use of off-channel communications
The Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission are investigating Wells Fargo regarding employees’ improper use of off-channel communications to conduct business and the bank’s recordkeeping of those communications.