Data Breach Response: Managing Liability

Описание: The stakes are high after a data breach. There is a clear and present danger of legal liability. In this video, Pádraig Walsh from the Privacy and Cybersecurity practice group of Tanner De Witt provides guidance on managing liability following a data breach.

The primary role of the lawyer is to manage and mitigate liability. Senior management will focus on broader commercial issues. Legal advice will feed into that assessment, and senior management will need clear advice on the scale, variety and probability of liability.

For present purposes, we can divide potential liability into three broad categories:

Criminal liability
Administrative liability
Civil liability