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In 2020, Daniel Anderl, the son of Federal Judge Esther Salas, was shot and killed by a man targeting the judge. It is believed the man found the judge’s home address online. In reaction to the murder, New Jersey enacted...more
The American reverence for entrepreneurial spirit and free enterprise is reflected in the profound influence of capitalism on our healthcare system. In contrast to many other advanced industrialized countries with state-run...more
Keypoint: There were a number of notable developments this week: the Washington Privacy Act passed out of a house committee after adding a private right of action, there was more movement on the Florida and Connecticut bills,...more
After several years of anticipation, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has filed its first enforcement action under the agency's groundbreaking and first-in-the-nation 2017 cybersecurity regulation...more
Lawyers or business people who feel they have been hearing about a lot more consumer protection class actions lately have good reason for that feeling. A recent report by Lex Machina, part of LexisNexis, highlights an...more
In line with the recent wave of regulations governing the use of personal data, the Personal Information Protection Act of Japan restricts the provision of personal data to third parties, with a particular focus on the...more
In our May blog post, we took issue with the broadcast statement that ‘consumer privacy law was sweeping the country and that other states were jumping on the California Consumer Privacy Law (CCPA) bandwagon to enact their...more
In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the European Parliament's report on whether and how the use of blockchain technology can comply with the General Data Protection Regulation, as well as...more
In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine New York's new laws expanding consumer protection for data breaches, the D.C. Circuit's two rulings deepening the split regarding standing in data...more
New York’s state legislature is considering a new data privacy law that would set the standard for data privacy in the U.S. The New York Privacy Act (the “NYPA” or the “Act”), which is currently being considered by the state...more
On May 29, 2019, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed into law Senate Bill 220 (SB 220), which allows a Nevada consumer to “opt-out” of the sale of his or her personal information to a third party. ...more
In this episode, partners and Akin Gump retail initiative co-leaders Gregory Knopp and Meredith Slawe discuss the retail sector, its promises and its pitfalls. Among the topics covered: • technological innovation in retail ...more
On February 27, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it settled with the operators of a video social networking app for a record civil penalty of $5.7 million under the Children’s Online Privacy...more
Ok it’s not as great as your birthday, but it comes once a year—Data Privacy Day, which was celebrated worldwide this week on January 28, 2019....more
Recent developments show that momentum is building for the United States to enact a national privacy law that would govern how businesses handle consumers’ personal information. High-profile data breaches, recent...more
California has long been a trailblazer in consumer protection, including in the cyber and privacy spheres. In 1972, the California Constitution was amended to include an explicit and inalienable right to privacy. It was the...more
On December 29, 2017, the Standardization Administration of China, jointly with the PRC General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, issued the Information Security Technology – Personal...more
On September 25, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a report on its sources and uses of data. This report was followed by a Request for Information regarding its data collection practices, published in the...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the “CCPA” or the “Act”), which we reported on here and here continues to make headlines as the California legislature fast-tracked a “clean up” bill to amend the CCPA before the...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) is arguably the most comprehensive - and complex - data privacy regulation in the United States. The CCPA was designed to emulate the European General Data Protection...more
On June 28, 2018, the California Legislature unanimously passed, and the Governor immediately signed, a sweeping expansion of data privacy protections for residents of California. Assembly Bill No. 375, entitled the...more
California recently, and quickly, passed the strictest data privacy law in the land: the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (AB-375). Businesses now have less than 18 months to reassess their consumer privacy policies...more
California has now enacted the strictest data privacy law in the nation. The Consumer Right to Privacy Act of 2018 ("California Privacy Act"), which is set to go into effect on January 1, 2020, seeks to give consumers more...more
The Situation: Unanimously passed by the California state legislature, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 introduces the nation's most wide-ranging consumer data privacy laws. The Result: New consumer protections...more
On June 28, 2018, California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). CCPA, unlike any other law, requires companies to honor specific privacy rights of California consumers granted under CCPA....more