On July 1, 2024, Florida, Oregon, and Texas will join California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia by adding privacy laws governing the collection, use, and transfer of consumer personal data. Montana will follow...more
As the intersection of technology and healthcare becomes increasingly nuanced, the field of genomic medicine is rapidly evolving and expanding. Genomic medicine, or personalized medicine focusing on the data holding...more
While the eyes of the nation were keenly focused on the Presidential race, California voters passed Proposition 24, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), which will further reinforce and redefine the state’s California...more
Today’s gaming and hospitality companies are complex businesses and data driven processes and systems that collect significant and various types of customer information to provide unsurpassed customer service. ...more
12/10/2019
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
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Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
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Hospitality Industry ,
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Right to Delete
The California Consumer Privacy Act Could Be Expensive for the Gaming and Hospitality Industry -
Today’s gaming and hospitality companies are complex businesses with data driven processes and systems that collect...more
12/6/2019
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Gaming ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Sports Betting
At the close of its 2019 legislative session, the California Legislature passed five amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which now head to the Governor’s desk for signature by October 13, 2019 to be...more
9/20/2019
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action ,
Right to Delete
Individuals who use healthcare apps such as fitness trackers, weight loss, wellness, exercise, etc., BEWARE! A couple of recent developments have highlighted the fact that most apps are not subject to HIPAA, which means that...more
There are three states with biometric privacy laws. Texas, which passed its law in 2009, and Washington, which passed its law in 2017, followed Illinois’ passage of its 2008 law, the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)...more
Just as U.S. companies were settling into the idea of the EU’s General Protection Act (GDPR), California just passed the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.100 et seq. (CCPA), which will require...more
7/13/2018
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Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
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Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Private Right of Action ,
State and Local Government
Given the ever-expanding landscape of privacy laws and regulations, employers are becoming increasingly aware that they are responsible for data breaches caused by their employees. ...more
Is it okay to scrape data from another website? This is a frequently asked question that almost always leads to an ambiguous and equivocal answer. Legal practitioners are quick to point out the risks of civil and criminal...more