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Quantum Leap: Google Claims Its New Quantum Computer Provides Evidence That We Live in a Multiverse

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model on 1/8/2025

In the history of technological revolutions, there are moments that challenge not only our understanding of what is possible but the very nature of reality itself. Google’s latest refinement to its quantum computer, Willow,...more

Threat Groups Using Translation Tools in Phishing Attacks

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/24/2023

It used to be that one of the sure ways to identify a phishing email was to notice grammatical errors or broken English in the text of the communication. Thanks to new translation tools like Google Translate, that are...more

Google Analytics Runs Afoul of GDPR

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/8/2022

Recent reports from several European Data Protection Authorities (DPAs), the bodies empowered to regulate consumer privacy under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), have ruled that Google Analytics violates the...more

What Constitutes a Misleading Statement in a Company’s Response to a Data Breach?

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti,... on 6/28/2022

Takeaway: To ensure investor safety and emphasize a commitment to user privacy, corporate executives and similarly-situated high ranking officers must not provide any statements or omissions that affirmatively create a...more

Law Firm SEO: 10 Important Trends to Follow

Good2bSocial on 4/19/2022

2022 is well underway. Now is a great time to evaluate how SEO has been going: where should you focus more time, talent, and resources? What trends have you noticed and which ones do you need to pay attention to? Here, we...more

AI and Cybersecurity Issues Look Set to Dominate the Privacy Landscape in 2022

Cozen O'Connor on 4/15/2022

Meghan Stoppel, who spent over a decade serving as an Assistant Attorney General, and later a Consumer Protection Chief, to both Democratic and Republican state attorneys generals, talks to Andy Baer, Chair of Cozen...more

Recent Updates in Two Closely-Watched Cybersecurity and Privacy-Related Securities Fraud Class Actions

Alston & Bird on 4/4/2022

Observers have been awaiting decisions in a number of cybersecurity and privacy securities fraud class actions with potentially important implications for corporate liability. Over the last several weeks, critical...more

Beyond Lloyd v Google: Are class actions for data breach dead?

A&O Shearman on 11/30/2021

The decision of the UK Supreme Court in Lloyd v Google is a welcome relief for data controllers. However, is it the end of class actions for data breach?...more

UK Supreme Court Rules in Google’s Favor in Data Privacy Group Litigation with Major Implications for Data Breach Cases

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 11/16/2021

The below is a brief summary of the judgment handed down in Lloyd v Google LLC [2021] UKSC 50 by the Supreme Court on November 10, 2021 as potentially one of the most significant and anticipated data privacy judgments to...more

Practical Tips to Mitigate the Risk of Being Hacked by Fake IRS or Google Voice Scams

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 11/5/2021

Risk Management Question - What are some of the newest hacking scams that may affect law firms and other businesses? The Issue - On October 27, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued warnings to be on alert...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2021

Robinson & Cole LLP on 10/8/2021

CYBERSECURITY - Cyber Criminals Focusing on Clinics + Business Associates - As hospital systems become more hardened to cyber-attacks, cyber criminals are focusing their efforts on smaller providers, such as outpatient...more

Zoom Settlement Will Likely Mute Federal Class Action Lawsuit over Data Privacy

Bilzin Sumberg on 8/4/2021

After months of litigation, Zoom Video Communications has agreed to pay $85 million to settle a proposed class action pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California....more

"Hi Alexa, can I trust you?"?

Spirit Legal on 10/2/2020

My team and I regularly carry out Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) according to Art. 35 GDPR with regard to the deployment of Voice Assistants for private and public bodies in Germany. This article shows my...more

Alleged Privacy Law Violations Create Potential $5 Billion Issue For Google

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 6/22/2020

In a proposed class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Google is facing a potential $5 billion class action for alleged privacy law violations. The complaint alleges that...more

Hey Google: Are You Alone?

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 6/15/2020

Smart speakers – like Google Home and Amazon Echo – have changed the way our homes/offices function. Indeed, these voice-activated speakers execute simple commands provided by voice or smartphone application. With nothing...more

Privacy Tip #236 – Foreign Government-Backed Phishing Attacks Pose as Fast Food Chains

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/24/2020

Google has warned users in a blog article that nation state-backed hackers are using the COVID-19 crisis to ramp up phishing attempts and, in one example, are posing as American fast food franchises and sending malicious...more

CCPA - Adtech Update - Cybersecurity and Privacy Alert

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/26/2019

Have you recently received an update from Google or another adtech provider on their CCPA position? Some industry players are rolling out their approaches, and any business that uses website widgets needs to take note...more

Privacy and Data Security Alert | November 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 11/20/2019

EU Court Allows Class Action to Proceed, Sets Precedent for Future Data Breach Class Actions - A class action brought against Google will be allowed to move forward after the plaintiff’s appeal was permitted, allowing him to...more

German Privacy Regulators Flooded With Google Analytics Complaints

Fox Rothschild LLP on 10/31/2019

Google Analytics is in the crossfire in Germany. The data protection authorities of the German states are being flooded with complaints, approximately 200,000 in number, regarding deployment of the Google Analytics service...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2019 #4

Robinson & Cole LLP on 10/25/2019

Although Amazon and Google respond to reports of vulnerabilities in popular home smart assistants Alexa and Google Home, hackers continually work hard to exploit any vulnerabilities in order to listen to users’ every word to...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2019

Robinson & Cole LLP on 10/7/2019

Consistent with our experience, security firm McAfee has confirmed in a report that ransomware attacks have doubled in 2019. Medical providers have been hit hard this year, and one provider, Wood Ranch Medical, located in...more

Privacy and Data Security Client Alert | February 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 2/7/2019

Google Receives Record GDPR Fine - Marking the first major penalty against a U.S. tech company under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the French data-protection authority, CNIL, has fined Google a record $57...more

January’s Privacy Blizzard

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 2/5/2019

As predicted, the start of 2019 provided scant respite from the frenetic pace of privacy and cybersecurity developments during 2018. This past month alone, in a blizzard of activity, regulators amended regulations and...more

Privacy and Data Security Client Alert | January 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 1/29/2019

Going Deep on the California Consumer Privacy Act - The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has been called the beginning of America’s GDPR. As the most comprehensive privacy law in the United States, entities doing...more

Non-profit Activists’ Strategic Pursuit of Alleged GDPR Violations Spurs Compliance Developments

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/28/2019

• Non-profit organizations are testing companies’ GDPR compliance through targeted requests for information and other means and are filing complaints against allegedly non-compliant companies. • Main areas for non-profit...more

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