Biometric building access controls (i.e., “smart access” technologies) have become increasingly popular among residential and commercial property managers for the enhanced security benefits that these solutions provide. The...more
11/2/2023
/ Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Class Action ,
Commercial Leases ,
Commercial Property Owners ,
Commercial Real Estate Market ,
Commercial Tenants ,
Landlords ,
Property Managers ,
Rental Property ,
Residential Real Estate Market ,
Risk Management ,
Tenants
On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted an adequacy decision for the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”), the revamped transatlantic framework designed to support transfers of personal data from the EU to...more
7/19/2023
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Binding Corporate Rules ,
Certification Requirements ,
Data Privacy ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
Framework Agreement ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Framework ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
Switzerland ,
UK
On August 20, the People’s Republic of China became the latest global economic powerhouse to pass an omnibus privacy law. Titled the Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”), the law was adopted by the Standing Committee...more
9/3/2021
/ China ,
Consent ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processing Rules ,
Enforcement ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
International Data Transfers ,
New Legislation ,
Personal Information ,
Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Sensitive Personal Information
On May 12, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. The order comes on the heels of a number of recent widely reported cybersecurity crises, including the Solar Winds and Microsoft...more
5/27/2021
/ Best Practices ,
Biden Administration ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Internet of Things ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
Private Sector ,
Software Developers ,
Supply Chain
The recent flurry of Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) activity in California and elsewhere has called into question the effectiveness of an increasingly common defense to BIPA litigation in Illinois: that federal...more
NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE PROPOSES BIOMETRIC PRIVACY ACT -
On January 6, 2021, the New York state legislature proposed the Biometric Privacy Act (AB 27) to regulate the collection of biometric information by companies...more