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Washington State Expands Privacy Protections for Health Data

On April 27, 2023, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed the My Health My Data Act (the “Act”) into law, establishing new limits on the collection, use and sharing of “consumer health data” and creating numerous compliance...more

Lawmakers Unveil Landmark Bipartisan Privacy Proposal

Key Points - Three of the four bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate committees with jurisdiction over data privacy have struck a deal on a comprehensive federal bill, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act,...more

Connecticut Data Privacy Act—What Businesses Need to Know

The Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA), which will go into effect July 1, 2023, is now the fifth and latest comprehensive state consumer privacy law, giving companies doing business in the state less than two years to...more

Utah Consumer Privacy Act: What Businesses Need to Know

With the recent signing of the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA) by Gov. Spencer J. Cox on March 24, 2022, Utah has become the fourth state to enact a comprehensive law addressing consumer data privacy, joining California,...more

Pending Proposed Rule Would Make Far-Reaching Changes to HIPAA Privacy Regime

On January 21, 2020, the far-reaching HIPAA Privacy Proposed Rule, initially released on December 10, 2020, was published in the Federal Register. Despite speculation that the publication timeline would be altered when the...more

Understanding What the Revised Draft CCPA Regulations Mean for Business

- The California Attorney General Office (AGO) issued revised proposed regulations (Version 2) regarding the California Consumer Privacy Act on February 7, 2020. The AGO will collect comments on the revised regulations until...more

A Business Guide to the Draft CCPA Regulations

• The Draft Regulations introduced by the California Attorney General’s Office on October 10, 2019 are subject to a public comment period and public hearings that will close on December 6, 2019. Now is the time to act to try...more

Landmark FTC Settlement Offers Important Lessons for Businesses That May Collect or Use Children’s Information

On September 4, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or the “Commission”) announced a settlement with YouTube and its parent Google that resolves allegations that the companies violated the Children’s Online Privacy...more

New York Enacts SHIELD Act with Expansive Data Breach Notification and Data Security Requirements

• New York recently enacted the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act, which expands data breach notification requirements and imposes new data security obligations on businesses that own, license or,...more

Summary of Sacramento AGO Public Forum on CCPA Regulations

The 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires the California Attorney General’s Office (AGO) to promulgate regulations related to the CCPA by July 1, 2020. The AGO is holding seven public forums and accepting...more

Deadline Approaching to Submit Comments on Potential Updates to HIPAA in Response to Agency Request for Information

There are less than two weeks left to submit comments regarding potential updates to the privacy, security and breach notification regulations adopted under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and...more

Upcoming February and March Deadlines Under New York DFS Cybersecurity Regulation, Including New Third-Party Service Provider...

This client alert will briefly outline key upcoming deadlines under the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Cybersecurity Regulation (the “Regulation”). These include annual filing deadlines coming up in...more

Non-profit Activists’ Strategic Pursuit of Alleged GDPR Violations Spurs Compliance Developments

• Non-profit organizations are testing companies’ GDPR compliance through targeted requests for information and other means and are filing complaints against allegedly non-compliant companies. • Main areas for non-profit...more

Summary of First AGO Hearing re CCPA-Related Regulations

The 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires the California Attorney General’s Office (AGO) to promulgate regulations related to the CCPA by July 1, 2020. The AGO is holding a series of six public forums and...more

California Passes Landmark Consumer Privacy CCPA—What it Means for Businesses

• California recently passed the landmark California Consumer Privacy Act that goes into effect in 2020, which grants California residents new privacy rights. • The CCPA creates a private right of action for California...more

New German Data Protection Law Enables a German Version of “Class Actions”

Germany has enacted a new data protection statute, which came into force on February 24, 2016, and enables business associations and consumer groups to enforce violations of German data protection laws against businesses....more

FTC Suffers a Setback in its Quest to Challenge Lax Corporate Cybersecurity Practices: ALJ Dismisses FTC’s LabMD Complaint

On November 13, 2015, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chief Administrative Law Judge Michael Chappell dismissed a suit brought by the FTC alleging that LabMD’s failure to implement reasonable and appropriate data security...more

SEC OCIE Sharpens Focus on Cybersecurity

If you read one thing... - On September 15th, the SEC OCIE announced in a Risk Alert it will launch a second round of cybersecurity examinations of registered broker-dealers and investment advisers, which will be more...more

White House Releases Report on “Big Data”

The White House released its report on “big data” today, making several policy recommendations for the use of personal data in the commercial, educational and health care sectors. The report was spurred at the request of...more

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