#WorkforceWednesday®: New DOL Guidance - ERISA Plan Cybersecurity Update - Employment Law This Week®
What's the Tea in L&E? Can You Share An Employee's Medical Info?
New HIPAA Final Rule: Key Changes to Reproductive Health Care Privacy - Thought Leaders in Health Law®
The Privacy Insider Podcast Ep. 7: David, Goliath, and Data Privacy Part II: Max Schrems
AGG Talks: Women in Tech Law Podcast - Episode 4: Preparing for a Transaction? What Emerging Growth Companies Need to Know
The CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Rules
When AI Meets PI: Assessing and Governing AI from a Privacy Perspective
John Wick - What You Need To Know about the Corporate Transparency Act
Seeing into the Future: Moving Beyond AI to Visual Intelligence with Oculi CEO Charbel Rizk
A Brief Overview of Colorado’s Recently Enacted AI Law
Navigating Emerging Privacy Issues in Financial Services — The Consumer Finance Podcast
No Password Required: USF Cybercrime Professor, Former Federal Agent, and Vintage Computer Archivist
AGG Talks: Women in Tech Law Podcast - Episode 3: Cybersecurity and FCA Compliance: Essential Insights for Tech Leaders
Back to School: 3 Essential Employee Trainings
A Sneak Peek into Data Mapping: What Implementation Really Looks Like
Implications of the SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rule
Safeguard your Business: Dinsmore's Craig Horbus on Combatting the Rising Threat of ACH Fraud
The Privacy Insider Podcast Episode 4: Don't Be Evil: In the Hot Seat of Data Privacy, Part 1
It's Time to Think About Data Mapping Differently
Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the second quarter of 2024. In this edition, there can be only one claim form for many, broiler chickens are coming home to...more
There have been some highly publicized privacy statement revisions. Here are some lessons we are discussing with clients: •Regulators are putting a high value on transparency and they are looking specifically at privacy...more
Governor Gavin Newsome signed AB2863 into law on September 24, 2024, amending California’s automatic renewal law – making it the most stringent state measure in the United States. As businesses that operate online are aware,...more
Dutch data privacy officials recently imposed a staggering penalty on Uber – €290 million ($324 million) – for allegedly breaching the European Union’s comprehensive data privacy and security law. This groundbreaking fine is...more
Over the past two decades, innovation has shifted from the physical to the digital world. Data has become the lifeblood not only of e-commerce, but also of the full range of economic and social activity, including in the...more
Employers with Illinois workers should be aware of several new employment laws and amendments to existing laws that were enacted during the state’s 2024 legislative session. Below are summaries of the new requirements,...more
On September 28, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newson signed into law AB-2013, requiring developers of generative artificial intelligence (AI) models, under certain conditions, to make specific disclosures regarding those...more
On September 24, 2024, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced the publication of an AI & Inclusive Hiring Framework (the “Framework”). As discussed below, the Framework sets forth ten “Focus Areas” for...more
Readers of this blog may recall a prior piece in which we discussed the return of email marketing in the wake of intense regulatory action in the telemarketing space. However, because of Section 17529.5 of the California...more
California Governor Gavin Newsom approved an amendment to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) extending privacy rights to a person’s neural data. Neural data is defined as information that is generated by measuring the...more
Employers are increasingly using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the hiring process. For example, chatbots can answer candidates’ questions, tools can screen resumes and profile candidates, and software can score interviews....more
On 12 September 2024, the long awaited statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy has been revealed in Schedule 1 to the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Cth) (the Privacy Bill). Please see our previous...more
On May 17, 2024, Colorado’s Governor Jared Polis signed into law The Colorado AI Act (SB205). SB205 will take effect on February 1, 2026, and regulates the use of certain high-risk artificial intelligence (AI) systems....more
Welcome to this month’s issue of The BR Privacy & Security Download, the digital newsletter of Blank Rome’s Privacy, Security, & Data Protection practice....more
Since the passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in 2018, and in the absence of a comprehensive data privacy law at the federal level, states have increasingly sought to enact their own privacy legislation. ...more
China published the finalized Regulation for the Administration of Network Data Security (Network Data Regulation) on September 30, 2024. This regulation was first released as a draft version dated November 2021. Throughout...more
As our world becomes increasingly digital, the importance of cybersecurity has never been more critical. From personal devices to enterprise networks, cyber threats are evolving at an alarming pace, targeting...more
A letter or three per year, alerting of a data breach at a company with which you’ve interacted, is now par for the course. Hackers, and the companies whose data they seek, are engaged in a near-daily volley of attacks and...more
On September 13, 2024, the Colorado Attorney General’s office (the Colorado Department of Law) proposed draft amendments (draft regulations) to its Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) regulations, which took effect in 2023. The draft...more
On September 10, 2024, the European Commission (EC) offices in charge of the enforcement of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the European Data Protection Board (EDPB)—the European body composed of all EU data protection...more
On July 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a significant settlement with Western Pennsylvania’s Heritage Valley Health System following potential HIPAA...more
Effective June 25, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (HHS) issued a Final Rule modifying the HIPAA Privacy Rule to enhance reproductive health care privacy. This change follows the...more
California is set to amend the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) with two recent amendments that have been signed into law. Assembly Bill (AB 1008) and Senate Bill 1223 (SB 1223) aim to clarify how the law...more
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed AB 2505 (Gabriel). Consequently active members of the California Bar will be required, with certain exceptions, to report annually whether they have provided pro bono legal...more
On April 14, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) Employee Benefits Security Administration (“EBSA”) issued its first cybersecurity best practices guidance for retirement plans. The EBSA guidance was highly...more
