On April 22, FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak delivered the opening keynote at the IAPP Global Summit, where she emphasized the importance of vigorously enforcing privacy laws while warning against stretching the FTC’s...more
Automated decision-making, or ADM, is used for a wide range of use cases that impact individuals — from processing insurance claims and credit scoring, to ranking job candidates and offering personalized pricing or targeted...more
3/27/2025
/ Algorithms ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Privacy ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process
On March 10, the California attorney general’s office announced an “ongoing investigative sweep into the location data industry” (“investigative sweep”) for compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (“CCPA”)...more
3/17/2025
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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Information Governance ,
Location Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Privacy Laws
On Jan. 16, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced long-awaited and significant updates to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule, the first revisions since 2013. These updates apply to online...more
On Nov. 8, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Board voted to advance several significant privacy regulations, including new provisions under the CCPA affecting data brokers, as well as the initiation of the...more
Online tracking technologies are used by healthcare and hospital systems throughout the United States to analyze their website traffic, personalize content, and provide relevant information to website visitors, some of whom...more
6/28/2024
/ Covered Entities ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Hospitals ,
OCR ,
PHI ,
Tracking Systems ,
Web Tracking
An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a unique identifier assigned to a device that is connected to a computer network. In the internet ecosystem, the IP allows a network host to communicate with a network participant and...more
Enforcement of Washington’s My Health My Data Act (MHMDA or the Act) starts now. Passed by the Washington state legislature last year and designed broadly to protect “consumer health data,” the Act is one part of a larger...more
4/1/2024
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
FERPA ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
PHI ,
State Legislatures
Regulators and plaintiffs’ attorneys are increasingly focused on privacy harms related to the collection and use of personal data. Could privacy enhancing technology (PETs) be a solution to these concerns?...more
2023 saw a continued uptick in privacy litigation filings throughout the United States, with Plaintiffs counsel taking aim at cookies, session replay, video URLs, online “doxing” and the use of other online tracking...more
1/24/2024
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CIPA ,
Consumer Information ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cookies ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data-Sharing ,
Defense Strategies ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Privacy Laws ,
Risk Mitigation ,
URLs ,
Video Privacy Protection Act ,
Web Tracking ,
Webinars ,
Wiretap Act
This webinar will offer insight into the Biden Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence, with a specific focus on: (1) scope of EO and stakeholder views on privacy in the EO; (2) alignment with existing privacy standards...more
In a surprise turn of events, the Superior Court of California for the County of Sacramento sided with the California Chamber of Commerce and held that the California Privacy Protection Agency (“Agency”) is stayed from...more
Clark Hill is proud to invite you to its inaugural, in-person program, where legal, in-house and technical professionals will delve into the latest cyber and privacy topics and trends. Panelists will share insight into...more
Despite predictions otherwise, 2022 will not be the year that a federal data privacy law is enacted. While the bipartisan American Data Privacy Protection Act (ADPPA) proposal made it to the House Committee on Energy and...more