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"Much ado about nothing": The small yet significant steps in Australian Privacy Reform

A&O Shearman on 9/17/2024

After nearly five years of review, the first tranche of amendments to Australia’s Privacy Act has landed (Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Cth) (Bill)). The Bill introduces 23 of the 25 legislative proposals...more

The CFPB Continues to Reshape Consumer Protection in the Digital Arena

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/16/2024

On August 28, the CFPB issued a Consumer Advisory warning that it believes video game companies are targeting children for monetary gain. With 45.7 million U.S. children engaged in video gameplay, the agency is concerned...more

Avoiding growing pains in the development and use of digital twins

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 8/27/2024

Novel technologies that seek to improve quality of life or simplify complex processes offer great promise. For example, medical technologies that detect or cure disease or supply chain technologies that allow for real time...more

Seven Years After Worldwide NotPetya Attacks, OCR Singles Out PA System, Collects Nearly $1M

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 8/21/2024

Unleashed on June 27, 2017, NotPetya caused an estimated $10 billion in damages globally, among the costliest ransomware attacks in history. In 2018, the Trump administration—in tandem with the British government—blamed...more

Countries Poised to Adopt New Cybersecurity Measures After UN Adopts Major Cybercrime Convention

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 8/16/2024

On August 7, 2024, after three years of negotiation, the United Nation’s Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal...more

New UK Government Announces AI and Cybersecurity Reforms

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/9/2024

Last month the new Labour government in the UK announced in the King’s Speech that it will introduce new artificial intelligence (AI) rules alongside cybersecurity and digital information bills. A brief overview of these...more

The American Privacy Right Act (APRA) explained

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 8/8/2024

?? The American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) is a significant development for companies, establishing rigorous data protection standards and enhancing consumer privacy. Adhering to these regulations can significantly improve...more

Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks | Issue 19

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 7/25/2024

Katten's Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks is a monthly newsletter highlighting the latest news and legal developments involving privacy, data and cybersecurity issues across the globe....more

We Don’t Use Dark Patterns!? FTC and Consumer Protection Networks Review Suggests You Might

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/25/2024

In its ongoing concern with “dark patterns,” the FTC recently announced results of two reviews of sites and apps purportedly engaging in the practice. As a reminder, the FTC views as “dark patterns” practices or web designs...more

Pennsylvania Amends Data Protection Requirements with Revised Breach Notification Act

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/22/2024

On June 28, Pennsylvania took a significant step to enhance its data protection framework by updating the Breach of Personal Information Notification Act through the enactment of SB 824. This new legislation revises the older...more

Privacy Briefs: July 2024

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 7/15/2024

Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health System said it experienced a breach impacting more than 1.27 million patients when a former employee of vendor Nuance Communications Inc., a Microsoft Corp. subsidiary, accessed patient...more

Seven New States Join Patchwork of U.S. Comprehensive Privacy Laws: Top 10 Trends from the First Half of 2024

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 7/15/2024

In the first half of 2024, seven new states—Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Rhode Island—all enacted their takes on comprehensive privacy laws, bringing the total number of states with...more

Will the U.S. Have a GDPR? With Rachael Ormiston of Osano

Osano on 7/9/2024

In this episode of The Privacy Insider Podcast, host Arlo Gilbert is joined by Rachael Ormiston, Head of Privacy at Osano, to dive into the complex world of U.S. privacy regulations. How does the U.S. view privacy differently...more

Data Discovery and Classification: Key Concepts for Data Mapping

Osano on 7/3/2024

If you’re a data person, or even if you’re not, you may have heard the statistic cited by Eric Schmidt, executive chairman at Google: “There were 5 exabytes of information created between the dawn of civilization through...more

Will the United States Have a Federal Privacy Law?

Osano on 7/2/2024

Privacy Pro dreams were shattered at the end of last week when the long-awaited federal privacy law v2.0, the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA), appeared to have been dealt a potentially fatal blow. After redlines were made...more

A New Look at an Old Hot Topic: The Internet of Things

Butler Snow LLP on 6/28/2024

In 1999, computer scientist Kevin Ashton coined the term “the Internet of Things” (“IoT”) in order to put a name to his idea of using RFID chips to track items as they moved throughout a supply chain. “Though there is no...more

[Webinar] Understanding Recent Developments in Health Care Privacy Laws - July 24th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PST

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 6/26/2024

This year, the federal government has made significant changes to longstanding health care privacy rules, while state lawmakers continue to enact privacy restrictions on consumer health data. These reforms modify legal...more

[Webinar] Midyear Data Privacy Check-in: Trends & Key Updates

Osano on 6/17/2024

Data privacy moves fast — so fast, even super-attentive privacy professionals can struggle to keep up. Amazingly, 2024 is more than halfway over and there is a slew of major privacy laws that have been enacted, are scheduled...more

U.S. Privacy Litigation Update: May 2024

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/13/2024

Keypoint: The Central District of California issued several wiretapping decisions in May while two decisions on the VPPA illustrate how claims fail or succeed at the pleading stage. Welcome to the fourteenth installment in...more

A Growing Pattern of Broader Applicability: Nebraska Enacts a Comprehensive Data Privacy Law

Cozen O'Connor on 6/12/2024

We now have another new comprehensive state data privacy laws on the books in 2024. On April 17, Governor Jim Pillen signed the Nebraska Data Privacy Law (NDPA) into law, representing the sixteenth overall entry into the...more

American Privacy Rights Act

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 6/5/2024

On April 7, 2024, Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Senator Maria Cantwell introduced the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) setting forth national data privacy rights and proposing a single, comprehensive federal...more

Filling the Void: 2024 State Privacy Legislation

Stoel Rives - Global Privacy & Security Blog® on 5/31/2024

The prospects for and the effect of a comprehensive federal data privacy act remain uncertain. There are no indications that any comprehensive federal data privacy act will be considered by Congress this year, and questions...more

Decoding Privacy Laws: Insights for Small to Mid-Sized Businesses — Regulatory Oversight Podcast

Troutman Pepper on 5/28/2024

In the latest episode of Regulatory Oversight, Troutman Pepper attorneys Gene Fishel and Joel Lutz welcome guests Aurelia Lewis and Beth Saunders of Lewis Media Partners to discuss evolving privacy laws and their impact on...more

Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks | Issue 17

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 5/28/2024

Katten's Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks is a monthly newsletter highlighting the latest news and legal developments involving privacy, data and cybersecurity issues across the globe....more

Navigating State Privacy Laws

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 5/23/2024

here’s no General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the US. Absent a comprehensive, national privacy law, states have stepped in to fill the gap. As Adam Greene, Partner at Davis Wright Tremaine, explains in this podcast,...more

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