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New Federal Initiatives Signal Digital Health Access as a Key Priority

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Recent activity among lawmakers and federal agencies signal that the government may be poised to undertake meaningful legislative and administrative efforts to harness the potential of digital health innovation and to expand...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Clock Ticking: DOJ’s New Data Security Rule Requires Compliance by July 8

U.S. companies are running out of time to comply with a sweeping new Department of Justice (DOJ) rule that limits sharing sensitive personal data with certain foreign countries—including China, Russia, and Iran. With a hard...more

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Washington State Enacts New Legislation to Define Employee Access to Their Personnel Records and Termination Information

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As many Washington employers are acutely aware, there exists sparse statutory guidance on how employers must respond to personnel file requests by their employees – and no statutory definition of what constitutes a “personnel...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Getting Too Personal? Illinois Court Says Family Medical History is Genetic Information

On May 15, 2025, a district court in Illinois denied a motion by defendant Hospital Sisters Health System and Saint Francis (HSHS) to dismiss a class action claim brought against the hospital system under the Illinois Genetic...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Data Breach Lawsuits Surge Against Chord Specialty Dental Partners

Pennsylvania-based Chord Specialty Dental Partners is under fire after a September 2024 data breach compromised the personal information of over 173,000 individuals. At least seven proposed class action lawsuits have been...more

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New Utah AI Laws Change Disclosure Requirements and Identity Protections, Target Mental Health Chatbots

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Key Takeaways - - Utah has introduced five new bills that further shape its existing Artificial Intelligence Policy Act and add new requirements. - Both the scope of disclosure requirements surrounding the use of AI...more

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Data Governance: Practical Considerations for a Reasonable Security Program

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Imagine receiving an email from an unknown actor claiming to have taken approximately 2 terabytes of data from your organization’s network. The threat actor provides a file tree and sample files to substantiate its claim....more

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DSIR: Deeper Dive into the Data

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Every year, BakerHostetler collects, analyzes and compares key metrics on the incident response matters we handled in the prior year. The Data Security Incident Response (DSIR) Report presents key findings and trends, along...more

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Training of Meta’s AI Systems and the Use of the European Users’ Data

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As of May 27, 2025, Meta (Facebook and Instagram) will start using some of the personal data of European users to train its artificial intelligence (AI) systems, including tools such as Meta AI and Llama language models....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FTC Order with GoDaddy Finalized Over Lax Data Security

On May 21, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized its order with GoDaddy over allegations that GoDaddy “failed to implement standard data security tools and practices to protect customers’ websites and data.” In a...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #444 – Best Phishing Campaigns are from HR or IT

Everyone thinks they can spot a phish. Whether it is an email, SMS text, or QRish phishing, people have an overinflated view of their capabilities to detect them....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Bipartisan Take It Down Act Becomes Law

On Monday, May 19, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the “Take It Down Act” into law. The Act, which unanimously passed the Senate and cleared the House in a 409-2 vote, criminalizes the distribution of intimate images of...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

California’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act Compendium

Does your state have its own version of the TCPA? Yes. California has what is known as the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, which is located in sections 1798.100 to 1798.199.100 of the California Civil Code. The...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Multistate Coalition Files Amicus Brief in Support of Anti-Doxing Law

This week, a bipartisan group of 42 attorneys general filed an amicus brief asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to uphold Daniel’s Law, a New Jersey statute enacted to protect public servants from ​“doxing”...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Florida Data Broker Fined $46,000 by California Privacy Watchdog

In yet another reminder that California takes data privacy seriously, this month, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) fined Florida-based data broker Jerico Pictures, Inc. (d/b/a National Public Data) $46,000 for...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Q&A on Cybersecurity and Family Enterprises: How to Navigate the Digital Frontier

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In an era where digital threats are more sophisticated than ever, cybersecurity has become a pressing concern for family enterprises. These businesses are attractive targets for cyberattacks and need to balance the critical...more

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AI Service Provider Faces Class Actions Over Catholic Health Data Breach

AI service provider Serviceaide Inc. faces two proposed class action lawsuits from a data breach tied to Catholic Health System Inc., a nonprofit hospital network in Buffalo, New York. The breach reportedly exposed the...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

The New Reality of Risk: Protecting Executives and Individuals in Today’s Political Climate

The tragic murder of two Israeli Embassy staffers in DC on May 21 is a sobering reminder that tensions between pro-Israel and pro-Palestine groups remain high after October 7, 2023. In the aftermath of that war, several...more

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Children’s privacy and online safety remain a focal point for regulators

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In case you missed it: Michigan’s Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against Roku, alleging that the company collects and shares children’s personal data and video viewership data in violation of COPPA and the VPPA,...more

A&O Shearman

FDPIC confirms direct applicability of data protection law to AI and outlines regulatory approach

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On May 8 2025, the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) confirmed that the Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) is directly applicable to AI-supported data processing. The FDPIC clarified...more

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Cybersecurity in mining: protecting infrastructure and digital assets

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The mining sector is increasingly at risk from cyber attacks, and many companies are racing to defend themselves against the backdrop of a rapidly changing threat landscape. Ross Phillipson and Anna Rudawski explore what is...more

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UK Pensions: Joint DB & DC trustee agenda update—June 2025

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Welcome to our monthly update on current legal issues for trustees of DB and hybrid pension schemes, designed to help you stay up to date with key developments between trustee meetings and to support the legal update item on...more

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2025 Arkansas Insurance Legislation Summary: P&C

This is the second article in a series of summaries of insurance legislation from the 95th Arkansas General Assembly. The 95th Arkansas General Assembly convened on January 13, 2025, and entered into an extended recess...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

College Student Behind Cyber Extortions

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts has charged a student at Assumption University with hacking into two U.S.-based companies’ systems and demanding a ransom....more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Bipartisan Coalition of State AGs Oppose Federal Effort to Block State AI Laws

If you’ve been keeping tabs on the AI legal landscape lately, one thing is clear: states aren’t waiting. Over the past year, lawmakers across the country have introduced—and in some cases passed—a flurry of bills aimed at...more

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