Businesses need to remain vigilant regarding recent developments in consumer-based data privacy class actions. In recent weeks, the plaintiff class action bar has filed several lawsuits against The Trade Desk Inc. related to...more
4/25/2025
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
CIPA ,
Class Action ,
Consent ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cookies ,
Data Privacy ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Targeted Digital Advertising ,
Web Tracking
The hospitality industry will need to focus on several key areas to ensure compliance and minimize risk in the year ahead, including data privacy and cybersecurity protections, employment and labor law compliance, and even...more
1/31/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Compliance ,
Construction Industry ,
Contract Terms ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Domain Names ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Green Initiatives ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Hotels ,
Insurance Industry ,
Joint Employers ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Sustainability ,
Unions ,
Vulnerability Assessments
The hospitality industry is a prime target for cyber criminals, due in part to the high volume of sensitive guest data, including financial information, that companies maintain. Almost one-third of hospitality organizations...more
11/22/2024
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hackers ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Private Commercial or Financial Information ,
Ransomware ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Sensitive Personal Information
On August 1, 2024, the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) took a major leap forward as the EU AI Act officially entered into force. While the Act is enforced within the EU, its extraterritorial scope has important...more
Last year saw a flurry of website tracking technology litigation sparked by a broad interpretation of invasion of privacy laws that were not originally intended to apply to online technologies. Unfortunately, hopes of clarity...more
On October 30, 2023, recognizing that Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds both extraordinary promise for its commercial applications and advancements and treachery and harm caused by its misuse, the White House issued an...more
11/3/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Cybersecurity ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Industry Standards ,
Governance Standards ,
Innovation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventors ,
NIST ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Popular ,
Training ,
USPTO
On July 10, 2023, the European Commission concluded that the US ensures an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred from the European Union to US companies under the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Based...more
7/13/2023
/ Biden Administration ,
Data Privacy ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Executive Orders ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Transparency ,
U.S. Commerce Department
On Friday, February 17, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) claims accrue each time a biometric identifier is unlawfully collected and disclosed rather than simply the first time....more
Last week, the Biden administration issued an Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets. As Blockchain/Web3.0/Metaverse innovations advance, the administration is taking initial steps to examine...more
NGE Corporate & Securities partner John Koenigsknecht recently interviewed Data Privacy & Information Governance partner David Wheeler about the new standard contractual clauses and the complex task of assessing and...more
7/15/2021
/ Binding Corporate Rules ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Subjects Rights ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses
On June 4, 2021, the European Commission (“EC”) published its final Implementing Decision adopting new Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCCs”) for the transfer of personal data outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). ...more
NGE Corporate & Securities partner Michael Gray recently interviewed Data Privacy & Information Governance partner David Wheeler about the cybersecurity needs for small and emerging companies. The discussion focused on the...more
In this segment NGE Intellectual Property partner David Wheeler provides an overview of basic cybersecurity hygiene and insight about how the law is developing around cyber threats. He presents some of the standard by...more
NGE Data Privacy and Information Governance partner David Wheeler addresses employers managing remote employees, who may be interested in understanding the legal basis and appropriate privacy and security safeguards for...more
On October 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an advisory to highlight the sanctions risks associated with ransomware payments related to malicious cyber-enabled...more
10/8/2020
/ Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Ransomware ,
SDN List ,
TWEA
U.S. companies will face restrictions on transferring and storing information about European residents after the European Court of Justice ruled that such transfers exposed Europeans to American government surveillance...more
7/29/2020
/ Data Protection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework