Data Breaches

Sonnenschein provides counseling to a wide variety of clients, including network and Internet service providers and leading financial institutions, on cybersecurity and data security. We regularly review and revise security-related policies and provide immediate incident response to clients who have suffered information security breaches.

On behalf of our clients we:

• Develop incident response plans and coordinate notification strategy for those clients who have suffered breaches involving personally identifiable information, including ISPs, financial institutions, wireless providers, insurance companies, and others.
• Represent businesses that have suffered information security breaches in FTC and State Attorney General inquiries and civil litigation.
• Perform information security audits, including comprehensive reviews of data storage, transfer and protection policies to evaluate compliance with applicable state and federal regulations.
• Conduct internal and Internet investigations to identify and track down wrongdoers who cause harm to our clients through the Internet or networked computer systems (e.g., trade secret leaks or theft, hacking, extortion, defamation), and pursue criminal referrals and civil litigation against such wrongdoers.