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Rhode Island Passes a Comprehensive Consumer Data Privacy Law

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On June 25, 2024, Rhode Island became the 20th state to enact a comprehensive consumer data protection law, the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act (“RIDTPPA”). The state joins Kentucky, Maryland,...more

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Kentucky Enacts Comprehensive Data Privacy Law

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On April 4, 2024, Kentucky joined the rapidly growing number of states adopting a comprehensive data privacy law, when Governor Andy Beshear signed, the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act ("Kentucky CDPA"). The law will...more

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Kentucky Gallops into the Privacy Race: Kentucky’s New Consumer Data Privacy Law

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On April 4, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act (KCDPA) into law, making Kentucky the sixteenth state to enact comprehensive data privacy legislation and the third state to do so in...more

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Nebraska Legislature Passes Consumer Data Privacy Bill

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Keypoint: Nebraska is the seventeenth state legislature to pass consumer data privacy legislation with a bill that largely tracks the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act. On April 11, 2024, the Nebraska legislature passed...more

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Breaking News: California Can Immediately Enforce CCPA Regulations – Your 7-Step Plan for Data Privacy Compliance

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A California appeals court just pressed fast-forward and ruled that the state can immediately begin enforcing new regulations governing the state’s cornerstone data privacy law instead of waiting until late next month. This...more

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HUB Talks: May The Enforcement Be With You: Reflections on Five Years of GDPR

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In this episode, Claude-Etienne Armingaud, Eleonora Curreri, and Camille Scarparo celebrate the fifth year anniversary of GDPR along with lawyers from our European offices; Thomas Nietsch and Andreas Müller (Berlin), Nóirín...more

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Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - November 2022

In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the California Privacy Protection Agency’s revised draft regulations for the California Privacy Rights Act, the Federal Trade Commission’s settlement with a...more

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Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 31, Number 43. Proposed Part 2 Rule Brings It Closer to HIPAA, Including Enforcement,...

A proposed HHS regulation on the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records under 42 C.F.R. Part 2 would bring it further in line with HIPAA, which is somewhat of a double-edged sword, attorneys say....more

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Hong Kong’s Anti-Doxxing Laws - the State of Enforcement One Year On

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Amended data privacy legislation enabled Hong Kong courts to convict doxxing offences, though their ability to enforce cessation notices remains unclear. In October 2021, Hong Kong amended its data privacy law, the...more

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HHS Office for Civil Rights Posts HIPAA Security Rule Security Incident Procedures

Every October, in recognition of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the federal government and its partners work to educate stakeholders on cybersecurity awareness and how best to protect the privacy and security of...more

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First CCPA Settlement Announced

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On August 24, the California Attorney General (“AG”) announced its first enforcement settlement under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). The $1.2M fine with an international retailer settled claims that the...more

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Liquidating Frozen Assets: When Foreign Policy Meets Sanctions Enforcement

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In their June 2022 report “The cost of complacency: illicit finance and the war in Ukraine”, the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee (the “FAC”) condemned the UK Government’s historic lack of commitment to tackling...more

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[Webinar] The FTC’s Changing Approach to Privacy - June 15th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) now has a full slate of Commissioners and it is expected to ramp up privacy and cybersecurity enforcement and rulemaking in a number of critical areas. Join us for a discussion of the FTC’s...more

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FTC Issues Policy Statement Expanding Interpretation of Health Breach Notification Rule’s Scope

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On September 15, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3–2 along party lines (with Republican commissioners dissenting) to issue a policy statement announcing an expansive interpretation of the FTC’s Health Breach...more

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FTC Warns Digital Health Industry to Comply with its Breach Notification Rule

The use of apps, wearables, and other devices used to track health and wellness data have continued to rise. The FTC again signaled its focus on this growing industry in a statement on the scope of the Health Breach...more

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There’s a New Regulator in Town: China Passes an Omnibus Data Privacy Law

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On August 20, the People’s Republic of China became the latest global economic powerhouse to pass an omnibus privacy law. Titled the Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”), the law was adopted by the Standing Committee...more

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The Colorado Privacy Act Joins List of Comprehensive State Privacy Laws

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On July 7, 2021, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”) into law. The CPA will take effect on July 1, 2023 and joins the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), the California Privacy Rights...more

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CPRA: 7 Key Changes to California’s Data Privacy Laws

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In November, California voters took a (yet another) sharp turn in the data privacy lane and passed Proposition 24, better known as the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). This replaces the California Consumer Privacy Act...more

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Brazil's LGPD Takes Effect—With Early Enforcement

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Brazil represents over half of all IT spend in Latin America, has the largest regional market for software outsourcing, employs a sizable IT workforce, manufactures consumer goods (including commercial airplanes and cars) and...more

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[Event] The California Consumer Privacy Act: What Do We Know and What Can We Expect? - March 3rd, Beverly Hills, CA

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California's sweeping new privacy law - the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) - went into effect on January 1, 2020. For companies subject to the CCPA, the law ushered in numerous obligations regarding personal...more

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Cybersecurity 2020 — The Year in Preview: Top 11 CCPA Developments to Watch Out for in 2020

Editors’ Note: This is the first in our fourth-annual end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity in the coming year. Up next: a look at trends in the energy space. Lists of “top” things...more

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OCR Clarifies Direct Liability for Business Associates under HIPAA

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On May 24, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a new fact sheet which lists the provisions of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification, and Enforcement Rules (HIPAA)...more

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Chapter 14: Data Protection Authorities – Unlocking the EU General Data Protection Regulation

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Why does this topic matter to organisations? National Data Protection Authorities ("DPAs") are appointed to implement and enforce data protection law, and to offer guidance. As set out in Chapter 16, DPAs have significant...more

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A Look Back at 2018 Privacy Shield Enforcement

Over the course of 2018, the FTC brought several actions against US companies for violations of the Privacy Shield program. The program, which as we have reported on previously gives participating US companies a mechanism to...more

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The Significance to Businesses of the California Legislature’s Last-Minute Revisions to the 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act

• The California Legislature passed SB 1121 to revise certain sections of the CCPA – the nation’s strictest privacy protection statute which provides Californians with a right to learn what personal information certain...more

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