Join industry leaders and legal professionals as they step through a cyber incident response scenario and give real-time perspectives from the viewpoint of forensic investigation and mitigation, legal, cyber insurance, and...more
10/12/2023
/ Crisis Management ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Events ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Risk Mitigation
The Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA) takes effect January 1, 2025. Delaware generally followed the Connecticut model, but has some unique terms. We provide a non-exhaustive list of some of Delaware’s requirements...more
2023 is shaping up to be a landmark year for data privacy, on both sides of the Atlantic. In the US, four new state laws go into effect – two on July 1 – while California is expanding its already robust requirements, and...more
7/18/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biometric Information ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Mapping ,
Data Privacy ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Geolocation ,
Information Reports ,
International Data Transfers ,
Privacy Framework ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Strategic Planning ,
Surveys ,
UK ,
UK Data Protection Act
On July 10, 2023, the EU Commission approved the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“EU-US DPF”) as a valid transfer mechanism for sharing personal data from European Economic Area countries (those in the EU plus Iceland,...more
7/13/2023
/ Adequacy Requirement ,
Data Privacy ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Framework Agreement ,
Iceland ,
International Data Transfers ,
Liechtenstein ,
Norway ,
Popular ,
Self-Certification ,
Switzerland ,
UK
US state legislatures continue to consider and pass consumer privacy laws. Many of them have similarities, but they also have significant differences. The divergence in the laws can create issues in your data strategy and...more
2023 is shaping up to be a landmark year for data privacy, as comprehensive consumer privacy laws take effect in four states and a fifth state expands its already robust privacy compliance requirements. As part of Womble Bond...more
In May 2017, the world of data privacy was irreparably changed when four members of the Chinese military hacked into credit-reporting company Equifax, exposing the personal information of nearly 150 million Americans. The...more
6/22/2022
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Compliance ,
Compliance Dates ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Popular ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Surveys
This article amends our prior article on new US state omnibus privacy laws coming in 2023: January 1: the California Consumer Privacy Rights Act (which amends the existing CCPA) (CPRA) and the Virginia Consumer Data...more
Utah has just become the fourth state to pass an omnibus consumer privacy law. The Utah Consumer Privacy Act (“UCPA”) was signed into law on March 24, 2022.
UCPA is modeled after Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act...more
In the past 5 years businesses felt the increasingly intricate data management rules (GDPR, CCPA, BIPA) pressed against an explosion in hacking and ransomware. Companies experience pressure from legislators, regulators,...more
3/15/2022
/ Biometric Information ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Data Use Policies ,
Geolocation ,
Hackers ,
New Legislation ,
Privacy Laws ,
Ransomware ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Webinars
Why don’t our new privacy laws really protect our privacy? Are we going about this the wrong way?
The topic was raised in the recent Capital Forum of state and federal enforcement agencies by FTC Chair Lena Kahn, who...more
12/15/2021
/ Analytics ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Big Tech ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Mobile Devices ,
Notice and Comment ,
Personal Data ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Smart Devices ,
Surveillance
This week I read a worried headline claiming that, in a recent consumer data breach, the hackers had managed to access consumers’ telephone numbers. This was treated as an important and troubling revelation....more
11/19/2021
/ ATDS ,
Bots ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Digital Wallets ,
Hackers ,
Mobile Apps ,
Multi-Factor Authentication ,
Online Banking ,
Phishing Scams ,
Phone Numbers ,
Popular ,
Spyware
Most biometric readings require your presence in the same space as the measuring tools. Facial recognition, retinal capture, fingerprints or hand geometry, even biomarked scents are measured in close physical proximity. The...more
Our personal technology is so complex that making a change in one aspect is likely to affect us in many ways. When tech companies step into social issues, we are likely to see unintended consequences....more
8/11/2021
/ Apple ,
Child Abuse ,
Child Protection Laws ,
Communications Decency Act ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Electronic Devices ,
Encryption ,
FOSTA ,
iPhone ,
Minor Children ,
Photographs ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Safe Harbors ,
Sex Trafficking ,
Sexual Abuse ,
Technology Sector ,
Vulnerable Victims
AI is hungry for data.
Training and testing the machine-learning tools to perform desired tasks consumes huge lakes of data. More data often means better AI....more
Colorado’s governor, Jared Polis, signed the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”) into law on July 7th, 2021.
Colorado joins California and Virginia as the third state with a comprehensive privacy law in the United States. ...more
We always suspected that the Amazon Echo resting quietly in your family room was more insidious than it seemed. Now we have confirmation. We know that the Echo can hear us. We also know that it records private conversations...more
6/23/2021
/ ALEXA ,
Amazon Echo ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Connected Items ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Internet of Things ,
Oral Communications ,
Personal Assistants ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Security Systems ,
Wifi
The recent spate of apparently eastern European cyberattacks on important U.S. commercial interests—from SolarWinds to Colonial Pipeline—should force all of us to step back and review how we organize our world. Many crucial...more
Stephanie Lambert, Chief Compliance Counsel with NetScout Systems, Inc., and Womble Bond Dickinson partner and veteran cyber attorney Ted Claypoole talk with host and business litigator, Mark Henriques, about the current...more
3/22/2021
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Storage ,
Information Governance ,
International Data Transfers ,
Privacy Laws ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
Technology Sector
We had started getting (sort of) comfortable with the CCPA—California’s omnibus privacy legislation—when the state decided to change the law again. The CCPA just began to be enforced in July of 2020 when a mere 4 months...more
This may be the year when the limitation of biometric capture goes national. Right now, companies using biometrics are driven by one state law, but others could soon join....more
Your body may be a wonderland or a wasteland, but it is a goldmine of data. Collectors of information have noticed.
In our midwinter exploration of the economic and legal foundations of data regulation, we next turn to a...more
Stung by Brexit and set adrift by a neglectful U.S. foreign policy, the European Union has started to explore new ways of breaking away from the rest of the world, including taking steps to cordon EU data into locally managed...more
12/4/2020
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Localization Law ,
Data Privacy ,
E-Commerce ,
First Amendment ,
Foreign Policy ,
Free Speech ,
International Data Transfers ,
Internet ,
New Regulations ,
UK Brexit
Meet the Euro-crats who think that the European Union needs to behave more like Russia and China.
More like Nigeria, Kazakhstan, and Indonesia.
These leaders are pushing not just to punish U.S. firms for successfully...more
Privacy, the gig economy, and access to digital information in our cars were all issues on ballots Tuesday for direct response of the voters. U.S. technology companies will be affected by the results of these...more
11/9/2020
/ Ballot Measures ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Privacy Laws ,
State and Local Government ,
Technology Sector