In today’s data-driven sports industry, teams, leagues and sponsors increasingly rely on biometric and performance data to enhance player performance, prevent injuries and optimize contract negotiations. Such data collection...more
In just the last two weeks, the Illinois Supreme Court dealt two significant blows would be defendants (i.e., employers and consumer-facing companies) under Illinois’ exacting Biometric Information Protection Act (BIPA). The...more
On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its anxiously-awaited judgment in the Schrems II case. The CJEU’s decision upheld the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) but, somewhat surprisingly,...more
7/21/2020
/ Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FISA ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personal Data ,
Safe Harbors ,
Standard Contractual Clauses
On January 25, 2019, the Illinois Supreme Court handed down a key ruling that will make it significantly easier for consumers and workers to sue and recover damages for mere non-compliance with the requirements of the state’s...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
1/11/2019
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Consumer Protection Act ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Digital Service Providers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
State and Local Government ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes ,
Third-Party
...On June 28, 2018, California passed AB 375, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), which will become effective January 1, 2020. Introduced just a week earlier in an effort to defeat a much stricter...more
7/3/2018
/ Consumer Protection Laws ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Governor Brown ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Portability ,
Right to Be Forgotten ,
State and Local Government
Security incidents, loss of customer data, exposure of confidential corporate assets, demands of ransom, and similar stories are becoming daily headlines with the impacts being felt across a wide variety of industries. We...more
10/24/2017
/ Confidentiality Policies ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Data Transfers ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Assessment ,
Third-Party Service Provider
Enacted in 2008, Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (740 ILCS 14/1 or BIPA), generally requires companies to obtain a person’s consent before collecting, capturing, or purchasing a person’s “biometric identifier” or...more
The European Union Article 29 Working Party (Article 29) issued an opinion on the proposed EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework agreement (Privacy Shield) last month, stating that although the Privacy Shield was a “great step...more
5/3/2016
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Automotive Industry ,
Binding Corporate Rules ,
Data Collection ,
Data Processors ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Policy ,
Standard Contractual Clauses