Adam Brouillet was quoted in the February 7, 2022 article by Legaltech News discussing the potential data risks for firms leveraging collaborative tools like Microsoft Teams, Slack and other messaging apps. While Brouillet says he hasn’t seen an uptick in law firm clients dealing with incidents stemming from messaging apps,…
Data Privacy Shareholder Adam Brouillet authored a guest column for the September 17, 2021 issue of Tampa Bay Business Journal offering tips for preventing and responding to ransomware attacks, as local businesses of varying sizes increasingly experience the paralyzing effects of these breaches. Brouillet painted a picture of the risks,…
When a business suffers a data breach, the business not only is victimized by the breach, but also might be sued if any personal or other confidential information was exposed. If the business can show it acted reasonably in protecting the information and suffered the breach anyway, however, the business…
In an article published on January 21, 2021, Marie Tomassi was quoted discussing priority expenses and investments in 2021. The article focused on which expenses leaders at midsize firms deem too important to cut in the year ahead, with the overwhelming consensus being that technology costs are investment is more…
Originally published in the December 2020 issue of Tampa Bay Business & Wealth. When doing business in California, itself one of the largest economies in the world, many Tampa Bay companies handle the personal information of California residents. These companies should be aware of a new privacy law giving California…
Trenam Law is pleased to announce that twenty of its attorneys have been listed as Top Lawyers 2020 by Tampa Magazine. Earlier in the year, Tampa Magazine mailed close to 11,000 surveys to Florida Bar attorneys in Hillsborough County. During the peer nomination process, attorneys were asked to vote for…
Cyber-criminals often use current events to trick businesses and individuals into disclosing their confidential information, and the COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are warning of phishing emails and malicious websites that appear to provide information about…
Businesses with a website that collect personal information from Florida consumers soon may have additional obligations to honor “opt out” requests and disclose data-handling practices, under a bill being considered in the Florida legislature. The bill would create a new consumer protection law that would allow Florida consumers to “opt…
IT Business Net published an article by Adam Brouillet on June 21, 2019 highlighting the value of cybersecurity insurance to mitigate costly risk from a data breach or other cybersecurity disaster and providing tips for businesses considering a cybersecurity policy. Whether it’s an email that tricks an employee into clicking…
Trenam Law is pleased to announce that Adam B. Brouillet has become a certified information privacy professional in the United States (CIPP/US). For more than 10 years, the CIPP has been recognized as the world’s preeminent credential in the business of privacy. Since its introduction in 2004, the CIPP has…
