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Pandora’s Bots: Autonomous Agentic AI as Enterprise Risk

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Executive Summary: A major new study by researchers at Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, Northeastern, and other leading institutions tested what happens when AI agents — the kind that can send emails, run software,...more

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California Privacy Enforcement: What’s New Since Our Mid-Year Privacy Report

This update is intended as a follow-up to the Coblentz 2025 Mid-Year Privacy Report’s discussion of California privacy enforcement themes. Since our 2025 mid-year privacy report highlighted the CPPA’s (now CalPrivacy’s)...more

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AI Glasses Enter the Workplace: FAQs For Employers

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AI-enabled smart glasses – which combine eyewear with real-time audio, video, and AI functionality – are now entering the workplace. They provide productivity and accessibility benefits by allowing users to capture...more

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Compliance Considerations for GDPR Consent in Biotech Clinical Research - How One EU Framework Can Lead to Divergent Data...

Biotech and digital health teams working in Europe sometimes find that the hardest General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) question in clinical research is not whether the law applies (it does), but how the different views...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #483 – Whistleblower Alleges DOGE Employee Stole Social Security Data on a Thumb Drive

The Washington Post has published a report detailing a whistleblower complaint alleging that a former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee stole two complete databases from the U.S. Social Security...more

BakerHostetler

California Privacy in 2026: Regulations, Enforcement, AI and More

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California continues to drive national privacy and data governance standards, and with only three months into 2026, the new year is proving to be an active regulatory, enforcement and litigation year. ...more

Troutman Amin LLP

HERE IT IS: THAT BEAUTIFUL SMS TCPA MAP YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR

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Don’t hate me but I actually really like when the time changes. I feel weird waking up at 4 am. Now I wake up at 5 am like a normal person. And when I woke up this morning I was so happy to see this beautiful map had been...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Privacy Litigation Report: Takeaways From February 2026 Decisions

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Key point: (1) Courts grapple with nonstatutory damage claims in “broken banner” cases; (2) Courts dismiss CIPA claims where plaintiffs failed to explain delays; (3) New privacy litigation trend takes off as two courts deny...more

Troutman Amin LLP

MISSING THE POINT: FCC Issues New NPRM To Address Number Rotation– But The Commission is Focused On The Symptom and Not the...

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Illegal call blocking and labeling by the carriers and analytics engines must stop. The end. R.E.A.C.H. filed a petition with the FCC last year seeking to accomplish just that. To date, however, no action by the Commission....more

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FTC Encourages Use of Technologies for Age Verification in COPPA Statement

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The FTC recently issued a COPPA enforcement policy statement regarding age verification. This statement adds to the children’s patchwork, which we recently wrote about. The statement also comes in advance of the April 22,...more

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FTC Settles with Data Brokers Over Unlawful Sale of Sensitive Location Data

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In December 2024, the FTC announced two separate settlements against Mobilewalla, Inc. and Gravy Analytics, Inc., asserting that the two companies were unlawfully tracking and selling sensitive location data from users...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

California Continues to Actively Enforce Privacy Opt-Out Rights

Last week, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA” or the ​“Agency”) continued its active enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) with its announcement of two new settlements – the first with PlayOn...more

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Should CCPA Set a Cookie Banner Standard in Private Cases?

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A recent order in Shah v. MyFitnessPal, Inc. suggests that some courts may be looking at CCPA to understand California consumers’ privacy expectations. The case arises from the increasingly common allegations focused on...more

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AEPD Publishes Guidance On Agentic Artificial Intelligence From A Data Protection Perspective

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On February 18 2026, the Spanish supervisory authority (the AEPD) published guidance on Agentic Artificial Intelligence systems (the Guidance)....more

White & Case LLP

California Privacy Protection Agency Issues $1.10 Million Fine Against Youth Sports Media Platform Over CCPA Opt-Out And Consumer...

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On March 3, 2026, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA or "Agency") Board issued a decision requiring PlayOn Sports to pay a $1.10 million fine and change its practices following a settlement reached by the Agency's...more

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Reverse Logistics - the Key To Parcel And E-Commerce Deliveries

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The staggering rise of parcel and e-commerce volumes has increased the need for effective reverse logistics programs, and more importantly, quality services to execute on those programs. We live in a world where what happens...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Interoperability Meets Litigation: What Epic v. Health Gorilla Means for Mass Torts

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The recently filed complaint in a California district court by Epic Systems and several large health systems against Health Gorilla and other entities places healthcare interoperability at the center of a broader debate about...more

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[Webinar] Meaningful Transparency in AI: What Privacy Laws Actually Require - March 25th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm CDT

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As AI becomes embedded across business operations, regulators and consumers are increasingly focused on how organizations explain the use of AI in clear, accurate, and legally defensible ways. From state consumer privacy...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

[Webinar] CLE Last Dash | Consumer Products Claims: Defending False Advertising, Privacy-Tracking, and Accessibility Litigation -...

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Consumer products companies are increasingly facing litigation that blends traditional false advertising claims with emerging privacy-tracking and website accessibility theories. In this one-hour CLE, Ira Steinberg and...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Delaware Supreme Court Expands Cyber Liability Exposure for SaaS & Managed Service Providers

A recent decision by the Delaware Supreme Court in Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America v. Blackbaud, Inc. materially shifts the litigation landscape for cybersecurity incidents involving Software as a Service...more

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AI Security and Access Controls: Best Practices for 2026 and Beyond

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Artificial intelligence has rapidly shifted from experimental tooling to embedded enterprise infrastructure. In 2025, organizations across industries moved AI systems into production environments that influence regulated...more

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California Risk Assessments: Seven Steps for Employers

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Effective January 1, 2026, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires certain employers to complete detailed, documented risk assessments before engaging in many routine data processing practices. Because the...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

CCPA Cybersecurity Audits: Part 1 – The Who, What, and When of CCPA Cyber Audits

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This five-part series provides an introductory roadmap to the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (CCPA) new cybersecurity audit requirement and the California Privacy Protection Agency’s (CalPrivacy) implementing regulations....more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

What Pennsylvania’s RUFADAA means for your digital assets

Many of today’s most valuable and sensitive assets exist primarily in digital form and may include communications such as emails, digital media such as photos, operational materials such as business records and licensing...more

Holland & Knight LLP

From Statute to Supervision: Preparing for New York's New BNPL Regulatory Regime

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Gov. Kathy Hochul and the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) on February 23, 2026, issued a Draft Proposal that would, for the first time, establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for buy-now-pay-later...more

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