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The FTC Sets Its Sights on Biometric Information

Does your business collect or use fingerprints?  Do your building access points use retina, finger, or palm scans?  Does your security office use facial recognition technology to identify repeated trespassers? Do your phone...more

NYC Businesses: Do you have your “biometric identifier collection” notice up?

As previewed in Mintz’s earlier post, New York City’s Biometric Identifier Information Law (the “NYC Law”) is now in force, effective Friday, July 9th. The NYC Law requires that places of entertainment, retail stores and...more

Get Ready for New York City’s New Biometric Identifier Information Law

2021 could be another record year for new and pending privacy legislation, including laws either banning outright or placing limits on the use of technology involving biometric information. Just this year, Portland, Oregon...more

CCPA Breach Class Action Settlement About to Get “Minted”

Although the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”) went into effect on January 1, 2020 and over 100 class actions referencing the CCPA have been filed to date, very few class actions have actually made their way to...more

The California Consumer Privacy Act – A Brief Guide for Covered Employers

The California Consumer Privacy Act becomes effective on January 1, 2020 with an amendment that impacts California employers. Covered businesses should, of course, already be in the process of preparing CCPA privacy notices...more

2019 CCPA Amendment Process Comes to a Close

Interested parties and privacy professionals have all been anxiously awaiting how legislative activity would shake out before the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) is implemented January 1, 2020. Now that the dust has...more

Facsimiles and Other Fossils: FTC Initiates Review to Update COPPA Rule to Keep Pace with Emerging and Connected Technology

They grow up so fast! A sentiment – and challenge – shared by parents and technologists alike. Just when you think you’ve finally figured it out, you blink, and they’re unrecognizable. The old rules can no longer be trusted...more

And the CCPA Amendment Countdown Begins ….

The California Legislature has returned from its summer recess and got right to work on the pending amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The Legislature has 30 days from today to send any amendments to...more

But Wait, There’s Less – Equifax Settlement Update

We know we told you yesterday about the Equifax settlement and how you could make a claim in connection with the breach. Well, consumers whose personal information was compromised in Equifax’s massive 2017 data breach are in...more

FTC and Equifax Reach Historic Settlement

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and 50 U.S. states and territories, have reached a global settlement agreement with Equifax Inc. (“Equifax”), according to which, Equifax agreed...more

California Consumer Privacy Act in a Nutshell

According to our CCPA Countdown Clock, we are 161 days and counting to the effective date of the California Consumer Privacy Act. The Mintz Privacy team is deeply involved in working with clients on developing compliance...more

Nevada Moves the Goalpost with New Privacy Law

Get ready: October 1, 2019 is the new date for many U.S. businesses to begin providing consumers the right to opt-out of the sale of their personal information. While January 1, 2020 was the date upon which many businesses...more

Massachusetts Data Breach Changes – Coming April 11!

Significant changes to the Massachusetts data breach notification law take effect on April 11, 2019. You can view the amendment here. If you haven’t looked at your written information security plan, or WISP, in a while, now’s...more

Musical.ly’s COPPA Failure Falls Flat at the FTC; Will Pay Note-Worthy Fine

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has handed down its largest civil penalty ever for violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”). Musical.ly, now known as TikTok after a 2018 merger, agreed to a...more

Uber and FTC Arrive at Settlement: Extensive Monitoring, but no FTC Fines Ahead

Recently, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it has finalized its expanded settlement with ride-haling giant, Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber”) related to two major data breach incidents. The initial breach...more

“Hey Alexa – Tell Me About Your Security Measures”

California continues to lead the nation in cybersecurity and privacy legislation on the heels of the recent California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). Governor Brown recently signed into law two nearly identical bills,...more

More Privacy Legislative Activity in California

Labor Day is passed, and the Privacy & Security Matters blog is back after a bit of a hiatus. The California State Legislature was busy up to the last day of the session working on privacy legislation. Amendments to...more

PRIVACY ALERT: California Leads the Privacy Parade Again with Groundbreaking Privacy Legislation

June 28, 2018 will be a watershed day in the history of U.S. data privacy legislation. California has become the first state to move away from the U.S. approach of legislating data privacy in slow bits. Yesterday, both houses...more

Colorado Passes Far Reaching New Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

Recently, a new bill was signed by Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, creating far reaching new requirements for entities that collect or maintain personal identifying information of Colorado residents. These requirements,...more

Still Thinking about GDPR?

We are now in the 10-day countdown to the GDPR enforcement date that we’ve been talking about since 2015. If you are a charter member of Procrastinators Anonymous, or just secretly hoped that this would all go away, the sands...more

FTC Puts Kids’ Smart Watch Companies in Time Out for COPPA Violation

Answering the centuries’ old question, it appears it is the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) that watches the watchmen. The FTC sent warning letters to a pair of foreign app developers cautioning them that their practices of...more

Mintz Matrix Updated – Data Breach Laws in All 50 States

With the recent enactment of data breach notification laws in South Dakota and Alabama, all 50 US states now have laws regulating data breach notification. We’ve updated the Mintz Matrix (maintained by the Mintz Privacy Team...more

Failure to Signal: Uber Forced to Accept Expanded Settlement after Concealing Security Breach from FTC

Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber”) has agreed to an expansion of its initial August 2017 proposed consent agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), in light of revelations of an additional security breach in October...more

How to Leverage Privacy as a Key Competitive Advantage

“Privacy by design” – while not a new concept – is certainly enjoying a new spot in the sunshine thanks to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) (50 days and counting…) and its codification of...more

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