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Big Tech, Biometrics and BIPA: Meta’s Recent $68.5M Class Action Settlement

In July, Instagram’s parent company Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) agreed to a $68.5 million class-action biometric privacy settlement in connection with the company’s alleged violation of Illinois’ Biometric Information...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2021

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CYBERSECURITY - Cyber Criminals Focusing on Clinics + Business Associates - As hospital systems become more hardened to cyber-attacks, cyber criminals are focusing their efforts on smaller providers, such as outpatient...more

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The Robins Kaplan Privacy Pulse - Big Tech Aims to Increase Privacy Protections for Teens and Children

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Facing pressure from Congress and a groundswell of complaints by parents, many of the biggest technology companies are taking belated action to improve privacy protections for their teenage users. Though the Children’s Online...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.15.2020 | Top Story: Moderates Push Skinnier Covid Relief Bill that Strips Out Sticking Points

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The latest lame-duck Covid relief package proposal would trim about 150 billion dollars (and a number of key sticking points, including funds “to bolster state and local governments, and a temporary coronavirus liability...more

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Privacy Perils: Beware Brand Phishing

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We often think of phony financial institution emails as a bad actor’s phishing scheme of choice to capture confidential bank account numbers or other private financial information. While those phishing emails certainly do...more

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The European Court of Justice Issues Two Important Decisions Clarifying the Scope of the Right to Be Forgotten and ISPs' Liability

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We routinely hear from United States citizens who want advice on how to remove photographs, newspaper articles, videos or personal information about themselves from the internet. Originally published by the European...more

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Privacy and Data Security Client Alert | February 2019

Google Receives Record GDPR Fine - Marking the first major penalty against a U.S. tech company under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the French data-protection authority, CNIL, has fined Google a record $57...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Cybersecurity Update: 2018 — A Year in Review

This Update highlights key legal and policy developments in cybersecurity and privacy law that may impact important trends for 2019 and beyond. A central takeaway from 2018 is that regulators in the U.S. and abroad are...more

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Australia Takes Steps to Tighten Data Security Laws

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Australia has recently taken significant action in the realm of data security that will potentially have global impact. In December 2018, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (“ACCC”) released recommendations on...more

Holland & Hart LLP

GDPR Starts with a Bang: NOYB Sues Google and Facebook

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Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) became effective last Friday, May 25. That same day, the non-profit NOYB (from the colloquial “none of your business”) filed lawsuits against Google, together with...more

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EU e-Privacy Regulation Raises Stakes for Compliance

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The European Commission's proposed e-privacy regulation sets forth obligations on handling electronic communications and clarifies obligations for seeking consent for the use of cookies. Meant to bring the e-privacy directive...more

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Caution Ahead: Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act Puts Companies in the Crosshairs

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Although healthcare entities are exempt from BIPA’s requirements because of HIPAA, they are likely next in line for lawsuits because of their rapid adoption of biometric authentication measures for employees and contractors....more

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Three Trending Topics in IoT: Privacy, Security, and Fog Computing

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Cisco has estimated that there will be 50 billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected to the Internet by the year 2020. IoT has been a buzzword over the past couple of years. However, the buzz surrounding IoT in the...more

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PRIVACY POLICIES AND THE SALE OF CORPORATE ASSETS: It pays to plan ahead to preserve the value of your data assets

Personal data is a valuable corporate asset. At times, the personal information collected from customers (such as email address, mailing address, phone number, etc.) can be a company’s most valuable asset. Unfortunately,...more

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Privacy, Security, Risk: What You Missed At IAPP Conference

Earlier this month, privacy and security professionals from around the globe gathered for “Privacy. Security. Risk. 2015”—the second joint conference between the International Association of Privacy Professionals and the...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

Ashley Madison and Coming to “Terms” with Data Protection

A recent massive data hack of an online dating site Ashley Madison once again proves that what one publishes, says, or does online, even in seemingly private forums, is never completely private. It’s also a reminder that the...more

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EU Council Confirms the Forthcoming Strong Enforcement of Fundamental Right to Data Protection

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A recent leaked draft proposal reveals the position of the E.U. Council as regards to the fines system that will come into force under the proposed new General Data Protection Regulation in the E.U. member states. The huge...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Privacy Tuesday – June 3, 2014

The first Tuesday in June is also the first Tuesday of meterological summer -and a welcome sight after a brutally-long winter for many of our readers. So, here’s to a happy Summer! Google Receives 12,000 Take-Down...more

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Kentucky Enacts Data Breach Notification Statute

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On April 10, 2014, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear signed H.B. 232 into law, making Kentucky the 47th state to enact data breach notification legislation. Prior to H.B. 232, Kentucky was one of only four states—including...more

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Time to Change that Facebook Password

If you haven’t been paying attention to “password hygiene” preached by this blog and others, perhaps it’s time. Jose Pagliery from CNNMoney reports of a large-scale hack that has compromised over 2 million passwords at...more

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