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Perkins Coie

Oklahoma and Alabama Headline a Busy Spring for Privacy Legislation

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Spring has arrived, and privacy laws are sprouting alongside the crocuses. Oklahoma and Alabama became the 20th and 21st states to enact comprehensive consumer privacy laws in March and April. ...more

TNG Consulting

Love, Breakups, and Harm in the Digital Age

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Technology has significantly expanded the reach, permanence, and amplification of student harm. As students navigate relationships in digital spaces, emerging concerns such as online threats, image-based sexual abuse (IBSA),...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

AI News Roundup – White House weighs vetting AI models before release, AI energy demands revive infamous Three Mile Island nuclear...

To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following....more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Drafting a GDPR -compliant Data Processing Agreement

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Service providers often receive or access a customer’s personal information when performing contracted services. In the employment context, service providers may include payroll processors, Human Resource Information System...more

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Laptops at the Ballpark: Concerns for Employers Managing Remote Workers

Baseball is often referred to as “America’s pastime,” but for some baseball fans, it may double as worktime. While employers have long known that workers occasionally play hooky to attend afternoon ballgames, viral videos and...more

K&L Gates LLP

ICO Publishes Soft Opt-in Electronic Marketing Guidance for United Kingdom Charities

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The UK’s data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published guidance for charities to use the new charitable purposes soft opt-in for electronic marketing. The new version of the soft...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Deconstructing the Canvas (Instructure) Data Breach: What Happened and What Should Your Institution Do Next?

On May 7, 2026, Canvas, a popular cloud-based education platform used by over 8,000 K-12 schools and higher education institutions across the United States, was shut down by a cyberattack. Universities, colleges and school...more

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FTC Workshop Signals More “Empirical” Focus on Consumer Harms and Benefits in the Digital Marketplace

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), in its ongoing efforts to refine its approach to data privacy enforcement, convened a workshop earlier this year titled “Measuring Injuries and Benefits in the Data-Driven Economy,” a...more

Butler Snow LLP

AI in Health Care Is Scaling Quickly—As Regulation Lags, Internal Controls Need to Keep Pace

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Recent developments suggest that major health care and life sciences organizations are expanding their use of AI beyond trial initiatives and targeted applications, while federal and state policymakers struggle to develop...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

AI Regulatory Roundup: Recent Developments in Colorado, Connecticut, and California

State legislatures continue to move aggressively on artificial intelligence regulation in 2026, with Colorado, Connecticut, and California each advancing significant and distinct AI governance frameworks....more

Maynard Nexsen

What Businesses Need to Know About the New Federal Privacy Bill

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On April 22, 2026, House Republicans introduced H.R. 8413, the Securing and Establishing Consumer Uniform Rights and Enforcement over Data Act — the "SECURE Data Act" — (the “Act”) marking the most significant attempt at...more

Blank Rome LLP

The BR Privacy, Security & AI Download: May 2026

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STATE & LOCAL LAWS & REGULATIONS - CalPrivacy Seeks Preliminary Comments on Privacy Notices, Employee Data, and Data Broker Audits: The California Privacy Protection Agency (“CalPrivacy”) has issued two invitations for...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Proposed State Privacy and AI Law Update: May 11, 2026

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Last week, Connecticut’s legislature passed a bill to amend the state’s consumer data privacy law and establish a data broker registration law, Iowa’s governor signed a chatbot bill into law, Colorado’s legislature passed a...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Court rules in favor of furnisher in FCRA identity theft dispute

On April 13, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant and dismissed a plaintiff’s claims alleging negligent and willful violations of the FCRA’s §...more

Hogan Lovells

CMS Health Tech Ecosystem moves from vision to deployment - AI Summit to focus on evolving health data access

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The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently hosted its “HealthTech Ecosystem Live! First Wave” Launch, during which the agency announced the first apps that it is recommending to Medicare through the...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: AI is Already in Your Organization – Your Acceptable Use Policy Can't Wait

Whether or not your organization has formally adopted artificial intelligence (AI) tools, the reality is that AI is already being used internally. This article explains what an AI Acceptable Use Policy (AIAUP) is and why...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Human Resources at the Intersection of Data and Digital Risk – What Every Executive Needs to Know

The landscape of human resources (HR) data management has fundamentally shifted. Data no longer lives in a locked filing cabinet, IT no longer handles cybersecurity alone, and artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer science...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

ShinyHunters Target Medical Device Company Medtronic

Global medical device company Medtronic recently confirmed that it had been attacked by the threat actor group, ShinyHunters. According to Bleeping Computer, Medtronic is “the largest medical device maker in the world by...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

No Standing in the Parking Lot: Court Dismisses DPPA Suit

The Driver’s Privacy Protection Act (DPPA) may not draw as much regular attention as statutes like the VPPA, CCPA, or TCPA, but it remains a source of privacy litigation risk where motor vehicle record information is...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

From Future Requirement to Present Risk: California Privacy Audit Readiness

California companies may have less time than they think to prepare for privacy audits. The California Privacy Protection Agency’s (CPPA) new Audits Division, created in February 2026, is expected to begin assessing companies’...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Trends Fashion, Beauty, and Wearable Tech Brands Need to Watch

Fashion, beauty, and wearable technology brands are heading into 2026 with a lot more to think about concerning data privacy. What used to feel like a back-end legal issue is now shaping how companies design products,...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #490 – Dating App Hijacks + Repurposes College Student’s TikTok Video

In the category of how technology can be fun, yet dangerous, a 19 year old college student alleges that the dating app Meete took a video she innocently posted on TikTok of her high school graduation, then “overlayed it with...more

Fisher Phillips

The Canvas Breach: What Educational Institutions Need to Know and How You Can Respond

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The public learned on May 7 that Instructure, the company that manages Canvas, suffered a massive data breach that could impact a huge swath of schools and students across the country. Canvas is the most widely employed...more

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Canvas Breach Moves from Disclosure to Demand as ShinyHunters Sets May 12 Deadline

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The extortion group ShinyHunters defaced Canvas login pages at universities across North America on Thursday, opening what appears to be a second wave of pressure against learning-platform parent Instructure ahead of a May 12...more

DLA Piper

Supreme Court rules for First Choice in landmark donor privacy decision: Key takeaways

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On April 29, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Davenport, holding that a faith-based nonprofit organization has Article III standing to...more

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