With the ongoing BIPA litigation activity in Illinois surrounding collection of biometrics, it can be easy to forget that other issues might surround this practice. Last month the FTC reminded companies not to forget general...more
6/14/2023
/ Biometric Information ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Machine Learning ,
Privacy Laws ,
Section 5 ,
Tracking Systems ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Maine’s internet privacy law has survived its first challenge from internet service providers earlier this month. As we previously discussed... this law prohibits the sale of certain information about customers’ internet use...more
The Network Advertising Initiative, which provides guidance to advertisers who engage in personalized advertising, updated its Code of Conduct (2020 Code) earlier this year to address, inter alia, data collected offline and...more
One of the amendments we’ve been watching over the past months is one that impacts rights of employees -both the company’s and other company’s employees. Under AB25, which passed the California Senate and is now awaiting...more
New York recently passed the SHIELD Act, which, among other things, newly establishes data security requirements for companies that collect private information about New York residents. The data security protections required...more
8/27/2019
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
New Legislation ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Security Risk Assessments ,
SHIELD Act ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
Maine entered the privacy fray last week when Governor Janet T. Mills signed legislation targeting internet service providers by prohibiting the sale of information about customers’ internet use. The new restriction covers,...more
6/13/2019
/ Consent ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Customer Information ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Data Use Policies ,
Governor Mills ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
New Legislation ,
Notice Requirements ,
Privacy Legislation ,
Privacy Policy
“Internet of Things” devices are listening. And now the federal government is taking notice. As we reported in our Government Contracts and Investigations blog, to date, federal cybersecurity regulations for government...more
5/23/2019
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Federal Contractors ,
Government Agencies ,
Hackers ,
Information Security ,
Internet of Things ,
NIST ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Vendors