The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that an Illinois biometric privacy law does not require individuals to show they suffered harm other than a violation of the law in order to bring suit. As a result, entities are at a greater...more
1/31/2019
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Article III ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Class Action ,
Data Collection ,
IL Supreme Court ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Privacy ,
Standing ,
Statutory Rights
In this edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we highlight guidance issued by the Irish data protection authority regarding the use of location data, as well as the FTC's request for comment on its Standards for...more
9/2/2016
/ Attorney General ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Class Action ,
Consent ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Internet Retailers ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Ireland ,
Location Data ,
Misrepresentation ,
NAIC ,
Nursing Homes ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Public Comment ,
Right to Privacy ,
Safeguards Rule ,
Settlement ,
Social Media Policy ,
Standing ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
“Decision 2000/520 is invalid.” With those four words, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) sent shock waves through the European and U.S. business communities on October 6, 2015, with a landmark decision finding...more
10/7/2015
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Edward Snowden ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Ireland ,
National Security ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Privacy ,
Safe Harbors ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
In This Issue:
- EU Court of Justice Creates Broad Interpretation of the ‘Right to be Forgotten’
- White House Publishes Report on Risks and Opportunities Posed by ‘Big Data’ Practices
- California AG...more
5/30/2014
/ Attorney General ,
Big Data ,
Cybersecurity ,
Do Not Track ,
ECPA ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Notice Requirements ,
Popular ,
Privacy Disclosures ,
Right to Be Forgotten ,
Right to Privacy ,
Snapchat ,
Zynga
In This Issue:
- European Commission Proposes Changes to the US-EU Safe Harbor:
In our November Privacy & Cybersecurity Update,1 we reported that the European Commission was undertaking a review of the U.S.-EU...more
12/18/2013
/ Big Data ,
Compliance ,
COPPA ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement ,
EU ,
EU Cybersecurity Directives ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Global Economy ,
Mobile Devices ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PRISM ,
PRISM Program ,
Privacy Policy ,
Right to Privacy ,
Safe Harbors ,
Surveillance ,
Transparency