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Google Halts Plan to Phase Out Third-Party Cookies: 3 Essential Next Steps for Businesses

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Google no longer plans to remove third-party cookies from its web browser, according to a July 22 announcement. Instead, the tech giant will explore other options that allow users to make informed choices that apply across...more

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Feds Order Software Provider to Pay $16M: 3 Compliance Tips for Businesses on Website Data Collection and Targeted Ads

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Federal officials recently banned a software provider from selling, disclosing, or licensing any web browsing data for advertising purposes – and ordered to pay $16.5 million. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleged that...more

Burr & Forman

Vermont Slated to Grant a Private Right of Action to Consumers in New Data Privacy Bill

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As Vermont joins the growing number of states with comprehensive consumer data privacy laws, it stands out from the crowd with the ability of Vermonters to bring a private right of action (PRA) against large data holders. In...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

FCC CPNI Certification and Privacy Rules Update

Dear Clients and Friends, As a reminder, telecommunications carriers and interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers are obligated to file their annual certification documenting compliance with the Customer...more

Clark Hill PLC

[Webinar] Privacy Litigation & Mass Arbitration Demands: How to Mitigate Risks for your Business in 2024 - January 30th, 10:00 am...

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2023 saw a continued uptick in privacy litigation filings throughout the United States, with Plaintiffs counsel taking aim at cookies, session replay, video URLs, online “doxing” and the use of other online tracking...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

FTC Flags a New Form of Unsportsmanlike Conduct via Notice of Penalty Offense

The FTC recently sent five tax preparers a notice of its intention to pursue civil penalties (“Notice”) if they continue to use consumers’ data for purposes other than tax preparation (such as advertising) without first...more

Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP

Do You Know What Your Data is Doing?

The headline is a mouthful, but in the time you read this column your personal data has probably been collected by the more sophisticated vendors with whom you do business and is being used to target you for more purchases....more

McGlinchey Stafford

[Webinar] Deep Dive into Privacy and Bank Partner Programs - March 22nd, 10:00 am PT

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The next installment in McGlinchey’s Deep Dive Series covering all things privacy is a webinar featuring attorneys from McGlinchey’s Financial Institutions Compliance team....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Graduation Goods Settlement: A Good Reminder of AGs’ Data Security Priorities

The New York and Pennsylvania AGs settlement with Herff Jones from late last year provides guidance to businesses about expected security measures as we enter into 2023. The case arose after Herff Jones, producer and seller...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

A Look at Recent Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Initiatives Concerning Privacy and Data...

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Our discussion examines the FTC’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to what it describes as “commercial surveillance” and the CFPB’s circular confirming that covered persons and service providers may violate the...more

Bilzin Sumberg

FTC Lawsuit Reveals Fraught Issues Surrounding Sale of Consumer Data

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) on Monday, August 29, 2022, sued Idaho-based Kochava Inc., a data broker, in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho, seeking a permanent injunction and other relief for...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Federal Trade Commission Initiates Privacy Rulemaking to Curb Commercial Surveillance

In a long-anticipated action, the Democratic-led Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 on a party-line vote to issue an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which seeks to limit “commercial surveillance.”  The FTC asks if new...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Edible Bites Episode 9: Emerging Issues in Cannabis Privacy

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In episode 9 of McGuireWoods' Edible Bites video webinar series, healthcare attorneys Kate Hardey, Royce DuBiner and Janice Suchyta discuss issues pertaining to cannabis and privacy laws, such as HIPAA and the California...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Ten Health Care Imperatives for the Decade Ahead: Privacy Considerations in an Era of New Health Data Custodians -...

Learn How Seismic Changes in the Collection, Exchange and Use of Health Data Are Impacting Privacy—and Outpacing Policy—at a New Manatt Webinar... Over the past decade, the ways we gather, share and use health data have been...more

Butler Snow LLP

White House Guidance on Ransomware

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Ransomware has become the fastest growing type of cybercrime facing businesses today. In 2021, loss values were estimated to have reached at least 57 times those in 2015, exceeding $20 billion. Data and privacy issues are so...more

Spirit Legal

[Webinar] Datenintensive Technologien und Anwendungen rechtskonform gestalten - March 25th, 9:30 am - 3:00 pm CET

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Gerade für Juristen ist Begeisterung für und ein Verständnis von Branchen, Geschäftsmodellen und Technologien – gerade vor dem Hintergrund des Datenschutzrechts und des Gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes – unerlässlich und...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The Eleventh Circuit Finds that Potential Future Misuse of Personal Information Does Not Confer Article III Standing in Data...

On February 4, 2021, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a critical opinion addressing Article III standing in private data breach actions, which has been the subject of a closely watched circuit split. The case,...more

Clark Hill PLC

Data… the Good, the Bad and the Soon to be Regulated

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On this episode of Credit Eco to Go with Joann Needleman, Clint Lotz, President and Founder of TrackStar stops by to talk not only about data, but he weighs into the debate of data regulation. More and more states are...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Proposed CCPA Regulations Add Clarity to Consumer Opt-Out Rights

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On October 12, 2020, the California Department of Justice announced the release of a new, third set of proposed modifications to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations. The proposed modifications amend a final...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Residential Mortgage Regulatory Enforcement & Litigation - October 29th-30th, Dallas, TX

Attend the only forum designed to help you navigate the Residential Mortgage Industry’s evolving landscape. Now in its 26th installment, ACI’s Residential Mortgage forum has become a premier gathering of the key industry...more

Saul Ewing LLP

City of Los Angeles Sues Mobile App Maker

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A recent lawsuit that the Los Angeles City Attorney filed over data collection by the Weather Channel mobile application emphasizes the importance of privacy disclosures and may represent a new front in data privacy...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #172 – The Weather Company App Collects and Monetizes Users’ Geolocation Information

A lawsuit filed late last week by Los Angeles City Attorney Michael Feuer alleges that TWC Product and Technology LLC (TWC), the company behind The Weather Company App, is collecting, disclosing, selling and monetizing users’...more

BCLP

GeoLocation Tracking

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Smartphones, websites, and other connected devices (e.g., “wearables”) increasingly request that consumers provide their geo-location information. Geolocation information can refer to general information about a consumer’s...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Update on California Consumer Privacy Act

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Recently the state of California passed a data privacy and security law called the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) (Assembly Bill 375). The law, which takes effect on January 1, 2020, is aimed at establishing a...more

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California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018

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On June 28, a new law took effect in California that gives California residents greater control over the collection and processing of their personal information. The law, called The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018...more

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