Corporate Use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools
One Month to More Effective Written Standards: Day 17 – Policies for Third-Parties
Third Party Observation in Patent Prosecution in China
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Recent Federal and State Debt Collection Developments
Thobekile Cynthia Khumalo on Third Party Due Diligence
Protecting Trade Secrets When Facing Lawsuits or Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures
Education Data Privacy and Security Laws: Best Practices for School Districts
Episode 162 -- Jessica Sanderson on How to Conduct a Remote Third Party Audit
VIDEO: Update on Third Party Workers’ Compensation Settlements in Pennsylvania
Episode 120: Interview of NAVEX Global Third-Party Risk Officials: Chris Bailey and Stephen Gooding
Subro Sense Podcast - Unpacking Product Claims Against Amazon
Business Succession Planning: Strategies for the Transition
E17: Carpenter Decision Builds Up Privacy from #SCOTUS
Day 17 of One Month to More Effective Continuous Improvement-Financial Health Monitoring
Day 6 of One Month to More Effective Continuous Improvement-Data Analytics and the Monitoring of Third Parties
FCPA COMPLIANCE REPORT-EPISODE 337, JAMES GELLERT ON ASSESSING 3RD PARTY FINANCIAL HEALTH FOR COMPLIANCE
FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 274, Scott Lane on an holistic approach to third party management
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 169-the First Mailbag Issue
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 95-interview with Scott Killingsworth on Private to Private Compliance Solutions
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 88, Internal Controls for Third Parties Under the FCPA, Part I
Keypoint: California district courts continue to split over whether “knowledge” is required to plead liability under Section 631(a)’s fourth prong while two decisions show courts taking different approaches to VPPA claims at...more
On August 23, 2024, a proposed class action lawsuit was filed by Kamilah Jolly, against FurtherEd, Inc., doing business as Lawline, which centers on allegations that Lawline violated the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA)....more
Keypoint: Courts have started to issue Pixel-based wiretapping decisions, the Seventh Circuit weighs in on when a manufacturer can be forced to pay arbitration fees, and three courts showed different approaches to dismissing...more
The American reverence for entrepreneurial spirit and free enterprise is reflected in the profound influence of capitalism on our healthcare system. In contrast to many other advanced industrialized countries with state-run...more
The case of Popa v. Harriet Carter Gifts, Inc. “began with a quest for pet stairs.” Plaintiff Ashley Popa searched Harriet Carter Gifts’ website, added pet stairs to her cart, but never completed the purchase. During her...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), considered one of the most expansive U.S. privacy laws to date, went into effect on January 1, 2020. The CCPA placed significant limitations on the collection and sale of a...more
To start with the headline, on April 21, 2021, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a debt collector sending personal identifying information to dunning letter vendors states a claim under the Fair Debt Collection...more
Keypoint: While the Washington Privacy Act appears poised to pass the Senate, a competing bill introduced in the House of Representatives would require opt-in consent for processing, create an Illinois-like biometric...more
In line with the recent wave of regulations governing the use of personal data, the Personal Information Protection Act of Japan restricts the provision of personal data to third parties, with a particular focus on the...more
On January 6, 2020, Andrew Smith, Director of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection, announced three significant improvements to the FTC’s approach to data security enforcement cases....more
Keypoint: Maryland lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow Maryland residents to opt-out of certain types of personal information transfers but that would stop far short of creating CCPA-like rights for Maryland...more
Synopsis: On January 6, 2020, Andrew Smith, director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, outlined in a blog post the agency’s new approach to data security orders. The agency implemented this...more
To get prepared for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), get a grasp of the basic jargonese and terms involved. The CCPA will impact hundreds of thousands of businesses worldwide. In “A Glossary Guide to the CCPA”,...more
Data scraping is a technique by which automated tools are used to extract data from a website and format the data for analysis. Many companies mine website users’ publicly accessible data in order to tailor products and...more
The Federal Trade Commission announced its settlement with Facebook on the same day that Robert Mueller testified before the House Judiciary Committee. While this may have been calculated to take Facebook off the front page,...more
It’s been a tough week for the healthcare industry. Just days after Quest Diagnostics reported a breach at a third-party vendor affecting approximately 11.9 million of its patients, LabCorp disclosed that a breach at the...more
It’s ba-ack: The Do Not Track bill has returned to Congress, this time sponsored by Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.). As proposed, the Do Not Track Act would prohibit “first parties”—defined to include websites that users...more
According to reports, bank customers in Australia (yes, data breach notification requirements exist down under) have been affected by “an industry-wide” data breach experienced by a third-party service provider to the banks –...more
New state laws that took effect January 1, 2019, likely will have a broader impact on how U.S. companies collect, process, and secure consumers’ personal information, in addition to how and when they report data breaches....more
In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the European Data Protection Board's published opinions on data protection impact assessments, an Ohio court's ruling that bitcoin is covered insured...more
Words matter. Nowhere is this truer than in legislation, where word choices—often the product of long debate and imperfect compromise—determine the scope and impact of a law. ...more
Many of our readers questioned me after the Wall Street Journal article this week entitled: “Facebook to Banks: Give Us Your Data, We’ll Give you Our Users.” The questions ranged from “Can they really do this?” to “This is...more
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect on May 25th. As most organizations are aware, the GDPR applies not only to EU businesses but also many companies in the U.S. While the deadline is quickly...more
The Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”) was passed in 1988 in reaction to a fear that people other than a consumer and a video rental store could collect information on a consumer’s video rental history. This was not an...more
In Yershov v. Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc., a user of the free USA Today app alleged that each time he viewed a video clip, the app transmitted his mobile Android ID, GPS coordinates and identification of the...more