On May 30, the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) released the Federal Cybersecurity Risk Determination Report and Action Plan (the “Report”). The Report is the result of investigations ordered by President Trump...more
On Friday, May 4, 2018, the Deputy Director of the United Kingdom’s (“UK”) Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”), James Dipple-Johnstone, stated in a blog post that the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) would...more
On February 23, 2018, Elizabeth Denham, the Information Commissioner for the United Kingdom (“U.K.”), gave a speech at the Direct Marketing Association’s (“DMA”) Data Protection 2018 event outlining her plans for enforcing a...more
On August 15, 2017, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) updated its Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations guidance (the “Guidance”) for federal information systems....more
On July 25, 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released a Report of Investigation (“Report”) warning market participants that offers and sales of digital assets (“Tokens”) by “virtual” organizations...more
On Monday, June 5, 2017, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that a Cameroonian citizen, Eric Donys Simeu, had been sentenced to four years and ten months in prison for phishing campaigns targeting...more
On May 18, 2017, Representative Marsha Blackburn (R. TN) introduced H.R. 2520 (the “Bill”) to the House of Representatives, which purports to shift online privacy regulation authority from the Federal Communications...more
On March 6, 2017, Major League Baseball (“MLB”) announced that it has officially approved a wearable biometric monitoring device (the “Device”) for in-game use by athletes. Created by WHOOP Inc. (“WHOOP”), the Device is the...more
The U.S. Department of Transportation (“DOT”) issued a proposed rule on Tuesday, December 13, 2016, that would advance the deployment of connected vehicle technologies throughout the U.S. light vehicle fleet. The aim of the...more
On Thursday October 7, 2016, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), Tom Wheeler, announced a proposal for new privacy rules for broadband providers in a post on the FCC’s website. Chairman Wheeler...more
On Friday September 2, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled against Gannett Company, Inc. (“Gannett”) in a case where Gannett allegedly violated the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”) by...more
On Wednesday, August 24, the California state senate (the “Senate”) took action on a bill that would expand the definition of protected personal consumer data to include geolocation and biometric information while also...more