On March 10, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an investigative sweep targeting the location data industry for potential non-compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”)....more
3/12/2025
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
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Data Privacy ,
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Location Data ,
Location Privacy ,
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State Privacy Laws
On February 28, 2024, President Biden announced he was signing an Executive Order intended to protect Americans’ sensitive personal data. The Executive Order focuses on large-scale transfers of (i) genomic data, (ii)...more
3/5/2024
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Federal Contractors ,
Geolocation ,
International Data Transfers ,
PHI ,
Privacy Laws ,
Public Agencies ,
Sensitive Personal Information
FTC Publishes Blog Post That Could Expand Data Breach Notification Requirements –
On May 20, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a blog post suggesting that, in certain instances, a company may have to do...more
6/17/2022
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Federal Breach Notification Standard ,
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Request for Proposals ,
U.S. Commerce Department
On April 12 and 13, the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) hosted their 2022 Global Privacy Summit in Washington, DC. It was another jam-packed event, with fantastic speakers discussing a wide range of...more
2021 promises to be an exciting year in the data and privacy space. With the adoption of technologies that collect, analyze, aggregate, distribute and share data, and the implementation of new laws and regulations in...more
2/25/2021
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Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Canada ,
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Customs and Border Protection ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
EU ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
International Data Transfers ,
NPRM ,
PIPEDA ,
Privacy Laws ,
Ransomware ,
UK
The state of California recently passed privacy legislation that imposes stringent requirements on organizations that collect personal information from California residents. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA)...more
7/6/2018
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Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Governor Brown ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
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Security and Privacy Controls
Imagine that one of your employees uses his or her iPhone to take some pictures of work being done at a construction site. The employee captures several images that include teenagers sunbathing by a pool on the adjacent...more