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FTC Warns AI Companies to Honor Privacy and Confidentiality Commitments — AI: The Washington Report

Welcome to this week’s issue of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and its government affairs affiliate, ML Strategies. On January 9, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) published...more

2023 Round-Up on State Consumer Data Privacy Laws

Looking back sometimes means looking forward. That is absolutely the case for new comprehensive data privacy statutes enacted in a number of U.S. states during 2023, including Indiana, Tennessee, Montana, Florida, Texas and...more

California Continues to Expand Privacy Protections

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (the “CCPA”), is regarded as one of the strongest and most comprehensive privacy laws in the United States and in recent...more

Release of new Mintz Matrix! States keep tinkering

Several states have clarified or tightened their data breach notification statutes since we last updated the Mintz Matrix at the beginning of the year. Please click here for the latest edition of the Mintz Matrix, which is a...more

SEC Adopts Final Cybersecurity Rules for Public Companies

In a narrow 3-2 decision on July 26, the SEC adopted its final rule concerning cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident disclosure (the “Final Rule”).  Below we highlight some of the principal changes...more

Texas Has Been Busy Ramping up Privacy Protections with New Comprehensive Data Privacy Law and Stricter Data Breach Notification...

Texas has joined the growing list of states enacting comprehensive consumer data privacy laws. On June 18, 2023, Governor Abbott (R) signed H.B.4, otherwise known as the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”). The...more

Florida Governor Signs Data Privacy Law Focused on Children, Search Engines and Billion Dollar Businesses

Florida has joined the growing list of states enacting comprehensive privacy laws. Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed the Florida Digital Bill of Rights (“FDBR”) into law on June 6th. How does it compare?...more

May Madness: Montana’s New Consumer Data Privacy Law Follows the Leaders ... and we’re not talking about California!

Our May Madness series is getting you caught up on comprehensive privacy legislation passing state legislatures across the nation.  In April, governors signed legislation in Tennessee and Indiana, and this month ahead of...more

Mintz May Madness: Comprehensive Data Privacy Laws Sweeping the Nation

Indiana's New Law is on the Books - Last month, three more state legislatures passed comprehensive data privacy laws. Just this week, Indiana’s governor signed one of them - the Indiana Consumer Data Privacy Act (“ICDPA’) -...more

Energy & Sustainability Client Feature — AeroShield Materials

This month we are excited to feature AeroShield Materials, a manufacturer of super-insulating materials to decarbonize the world’s built environment. Last month AeroShield Materials announced the closing of its Seed funding...more

The Mintz Matrix – September 2017

As data breaches dominate national headlines it remains important as ever for businesses to invest in security and to be ready to respond if a breach occurs. Part of your preparedness program should be staying current on data...more

Oregon Ramps up State Consumer Protections in an Era of Deregulation

Oregon’s legislature recently expanded the scope of statutory consumer protections by passing a bill to amend the state’s Unlawful Trade Practices Act (the “Act”). Recently, Oregon’s Governor Kate Brown signed H.B. 2090 into...more

#MLWashingtonCyberWatch: The Cybersecurity Executive Order (at last)

Amid the flurry following former FBI Director James Comey’s firing last week, President Trump marked his 111th day in office on Thursday, May 11th by signing an executive order targeting national cybersecurity....more

States Take Action! New Mexico, Tennessee and Virginia Pass New Data Breach Legislation

After a quiet winter there has been significant activity in state legislatures to enact, strengthen or clarify their data breach notification statutes. The latest happenings are summarized below and we have updated our “Mintz...more

Better Late Than Never: New Mexico on the Cusp of Enacting Data Breach Notification Statute

We are anxiously waiting to learn the fate of the data breach notification statute recently passed by state lawmakers in New Mexico. The bill remains on the desk of the governor who has until the end of the week to sign the...more

March Fadness: Wearable Tech in the Workplace

Wearable technology continues to do a full court press on the marketplace and in the process, the step counters of the world and health apps tied to devices capable of tracking real-time biostatistics, are revolutionizing the...more

It’s Not Too Early! ICO Guidance Regarding Consent Under GDPR

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) goes into effect in a little over fourteen months and from a quick glance at our bullet points analysis you can see there is a lot to consider. One crucial...more

It’s March 1: The Cybersecurity Goal Post Has Been Moved

In an effort to combat the growing prevalence of large-scale corporate cyberattacks, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) is rolling out a revamped cybersecurity regulation for financial services companies...more

The February 2017 Update – The Mintz Matrix

During 2016, amendments to breach notification laws in five states went into effect (California, Nebraska, Oregon, Rhode Island and Tennessee). And by the end of last year, well over twenty states had introduced or were...more

#MLWashingtonCyberWatch: Nominees Discuss Future of Cybersecurity

With Inauguration Day upon us, it’s time for a #MLWashingtonCyberWatch update. President-elect Donald Trump has vocalized his support for the future of “cyber” throughout his campaign – but how will members of his cabinet...more

FTC Takes Action Against D-Link for Deceptive Practices Endangering the IoT

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has filed a lawsuit against device manufacturer D-link for allegedly deceiving the marketplace about the security of its products and, in turn, unfairly placing customer privacy at...more

#MLWashingtonCyberWatch: 2017 FTC and Google Complaint

Google’s recent changes to its privacy policy are coming under fire from a complaint filed late last year with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) that accuses the company of downplaying “transformational change” in its...more

#MLWashingtonCyberWatch: White House Releases Cybersecurity Report Aimed at New Administration

The Obama White House has grappled with cybersecurity more than any administration in history: China’s 2009 hack of Google, the 2015 Office of Personnel Management breach, and the recent investigation of Russian cyberattacks...more

House Energy & Commerce Committee Holds Hearing on Security of the Internet of Things

The growing scale of cybersecurity concerns is prompting action from government leadership on the federal level. Before the Thanksgiving recess, the House’s Committee on Energy and Commerce got in on the act when two of its...more

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