On March 13, 2024, Utah enacted the Utah Artificial Intelligence Policy Act (UAIP), which imposes certain disclosure requirements on entities using generative AI tools with their customers, and limits an entity’s ability to...more
4/8/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Fines ,
Machine Learning ,
New Legislation ,
Penalties ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Popular ,
Reporting Requirements
Both the EU and Germany are taking significant steps to accelerate digitalization in the health sector and facilitate the exchange and use of health data for research and innovation purposes.
They aim to improve...more
4/4/2024
/ Analytics ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data-Sharing ,
Digital Health ,
EU ,
Germany ,
Healthcare ,
Life Sciences ,
Machine Learning ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Research and Development
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently approved a voluntary Internet of Things (IoT) Labeling Program, which allows manufacturers of IoT products to earn the FCC’s approval to display a “U.S. Cyber Trust Mark”...more
3/22/2024
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
FCC ,
Internet of Things ,
Internet Retailers ,
Labeling ,
NIST ,
Online Marketplace ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Telecommunications ,
Wireless Technology
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules in 2023 that are intended to enhance and standardize disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance and incident reporting by...more
12/20/2023
/ Corporate Governance ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
FBI ,
Form 8-K ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Popular ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Key Points The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technology across the economy has raised a number of novel legal issues. In this article, we discuss five key issues to track in 2024, including:...more
On October 30, 2023, the SEC filed a litigated complaint against SolarWinds, a software development company, and Timothy Brown, its chief information security officer (CISO). The SEC alleges that from October 2018, when...more
11/7/2023
/ Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Disclosure ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Information Security ,
Information Technology ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
SolarWinds
On October 30, the U.S. government released its long-awaited, sweeping executive order (the AI EO or Order) on artificial intelligence (AI). The Order directs various U.S. government departments and agencies to evaluate AI...more
11/6/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Compliance ,
Copyright ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Executive Orders ,
Healthcare ,
Innovative Technology ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Life Sciences ,
Machine Learning ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Technology Sector
On September 20, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security released a report outlining the varied and sometimes conflicting reporting requirements that private entities face when they are victims of a cyber incident. The...more
10/17/2023
/ CIRC ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Popular ,
Public-Private Entities ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine Delaware’s new comprehensive data privacy law, a joint statement by 12 data protection authorities on data scraping and data protection, a district court ruling on a...more
10/3/2023
/ California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
State and Local Government ,
State Data Privacy Laws ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Web Scraping
In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we analyze the Biden administration’s proposed cybersecurity labeling program for smart devices, NIST’s extensive overhaul of its cybersecurity framework, and data privacy law...more
9/6/2023
/ Biden Administration ,
California ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Colorado ,
Compliance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Labeling ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Smart Devices ,
State Privacy Laws
In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the newly established data privacy framework between the EU and U.S. and new consumer privacy laws in Oregon and Texas. We also review a court ruling that delayed...more
8/2/2023
/ Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
California ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Framework ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Transfers ,
Disclosure ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
NYDFS ,
Oregon ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Texas
In our June Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we review new data privacy laws in Colorado, Connecticut, Florida and Montana; Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report; AM Best’s report on cyber insurance trends; and...more
7/6/2023
/ Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Enforcement ,
Investigations ,
Liability ,
Negligence ,
New Amendments ,
New Legislation ,
New Regulations ,
Opt-Outs ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
State and Local Government ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Technology Sector ,
Verizon
In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we look at Washington state’s passage of the first-ever state-level health data privacy law and the finalized California Consumer Privacy Act regulations. We also examine a...more
5/2/2023
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Fraudulent Wire Transfers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Insurance Industry ,
Medical Devices ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
State Privacy Laws
In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine Iowa’s new data privacy law (the sixth state to enact a privacy law), the Biden administration’s new national cybersecurity strategy, the U.K. government’s revised...more
4/4/2023
/ Amended Regulation ,
Biden Administration ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
State Privacy Laws ,
UK
In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we analyze recent fines against Meta and their impact on the future of behavioral advertising, the timeline for the California Privacy Rights Act’s regulations to become...more
2/1/2023
/ Advertising ,
California ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Class Action ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
FCC ,
Fines ,
Investigations ,
Metaverse ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Settlement Agreements ,
State and Local Government ,
State Privacy Laws ,
UK
In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the European Commission’s draft adequacy decision on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, as well as guidance from the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office on...more
1/3/2023
/ Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Employee Monitoring ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
International Data Transfers ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Risk Assessment ,
UK
In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the California Privacy Protection Agency’s revised draft regulations for the California Privacy Rights Act, the Federal Trade Commission’s settlement with a...more
12/6/2022
/ California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Direct Marketing ,
Electronic Communications ,
Enforcement ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Notice Requirements ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
UK
In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we review California’s settlement of the first-ever enforcement action under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as well as the state’s new child-focused privacy law and...more
In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we review the FTC’s proposed data privacy and cybersecurity rulemaking and the European Data Protection Board’s draft guidelines on the calculation of GDPR administrative fines....more
9/7/2022
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Popular ,
Public Comment ,
Rulemaking Process
A flurry of legal and enforcement activity has arisen over the last two weeks across a wide range of areas in the Web3 space, including actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Office of Foreign Assets Control,...more
8/25/2022
/ Bitcoin ,
Blockchain ,
CFTC ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Currency ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
FDIC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Markets ,
FinTech ,
OCC ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Smart Contracts ,
Virtual Currency
In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we review Connecticut’s passage of a comprehensive privacy law (making it the fifth state to do so), the newly enacted federal Better Cybercrime Metrics Act, New York’s new law...more
6/3/2022
/ COPPA ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
State Privacy Laws
In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the FTC chair’s comments suggesting a potential shift in its approach to data privacy regulation, the European Data Protection Board’s request for comment on its...more
5/4/2022
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Medical Devices ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular
On March 9, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules that are intended to enhance and standardize disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy and governance, as well as cybersecurity...more
In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the Illinois Supreme Court’s decision in a case involving workers compensation and the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act, U.K. data transfer regimes before...more
3/2/2022
/ Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
COPPA ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
IL Supreme Court ,
International Data Transfers ,
Internet of Things ,
NIST ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Standard Contractual Clauses
In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we review the TSA’s new cybersecurity requirements for critical U.S. infrastructure, the White House OMB’s new guidance on cyber incident reporting procedures and the U.S.-U.K....more