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Privacy Tip #439 – Government Officials’ Venmo Accounts Publicly Accessible

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 4/11/2025

Wired has reported that several government officials involved in the Signal chat exposing sensitive national security plans have also exposed their Venmo accounts by not adjusting their account privacy settings to prohibit...more

Inside TikTok’s U.S. Data Security Operation: A Rare Look at the Battle Over User Data

HaystackID on 3/14/2025

The controversy surrounding TikTok has dominated political discussions for years. Critics claim the app is a national security risk, a data funnel to the Chinese Communist Party, and a vehicle for foreign propaganda. TikTok,...more

Three States Ban DeepSeek Use on State Devices and Networks

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 2/14/2025

New York, Texas, and Virginia are the first states to ban DeepSeek, the Chinese-owned generative artificial intelligence (AI) application, on state-owned devices and networks....more

Pause on Enforcement of TikTok Ban

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/22/2025

This EO instructs the Attorney General to delay enforcement of the TikTok ban for 75 days. The Attorney General will issue a letter to each provider stating that there has been no violation of the statute and that there is no...more

Privacy Tip #427 – Ahead of the TikTok Ban, Users are Turning to Another Chinese App with Similar Privacy Concerns – What you...

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 1/17/2025

TikTok users are seeking alternate platforms to share and view content as the U.S. is set to ban the popular social media app on January 19, 2025. Instead of turning to U.S.-based companies like Facebook or Instagram, users...more

Deck the Halls with Cyber Walls: Navigating National Security in the Digital Age

Ropes & Gray LLP on 12/20/2024

Cybersecurity and national security collided in significant ways in 2024, with governments and private-sector entities grappling with the legal, technical, and policy challenges of a rapidly evolving cyber landscape....more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - January 2024

Robinson & Cole LLP on 1/9/2024

CYBERSECURITY - TechRadar's Cyber Predictions for 2024 are Spot On - Because technology develops so rapidly, and “trends” are fast and furious, it is always hard to predict what the big issues will be for the next...more

Estafas Navideñas Impulsadas Por La Inteligencia Artificial

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on 12/12/2023

El 22/11/23, la Oficina de Ciberseguridad y Protección de Infraestructura Crítica del Departamento del Tesoro de los EE. UU. publicó un Aviso que brinda consejos a los consumidores para evitar convertirse en víctimas de...more

Holiday Scams Propelled By Artificial Intelligence

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on 12/12/2023

On 11/22/23, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection office released an advisory providing tips to consumers to avoid becoming the victim of cyber or online...more

U.S. government bans the use of TikTok under government contracts

Hogan Lovells on 6/13/2023

On June 2, 2023, the U.S. Government issued an interim rule that bans the use of the popular social media application, TikTok, from government contracting. The Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration...more

Meta Fined €1.2 Billion in Facebook Data Privacy Case: Should US Companies Be Concerned?

Woods Rogers on 5/24/2023

It has been a long time coming, but the other shoe has finally dropped. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta Platforms Ireland (parent of Facebook Ireland) €1.2 billion, the highest fine to date under the...more

Will the U.S. Ban TikTok? New Legislation That Could Impact Your Data Privacy

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 3/20/2023

A new bill was introduced last week that would ban TikTok and other foreign technology. The bipartisan bill would provide the federal government with the authority to restrict or ban the Chinese-owned video app TikTok, along...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - December 2022

Robinson & Cole LLP on 12/2/2022

CYBERSECURITY - South Dakota Governor Bans State Workers from Using TikTok - It is estimated that some 80 million Americans and more than one billion people use TikTok. It is well known that TikTok has a direct...more

South Dakota Governor Bans State Workers from Using TikTok

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 12/1/2022

It is estimated that some 80 million Americans and more than one billion people use TikTok. It is well known that TikTok has a direct connection to the Chinese Communist Party, which is a foreign adversary of the U.S. This...more

Biden Administration issues New Executive Order to protect Americans’ sensitive data

Hogan Lovells on 6/15/2021

On January 9, 2021, the Biden Administration issued Executive Order (EO) 14034, to further address the declared national emergency with respect to the information and communications technology and services (ICTS) supply...more

[Virtual Event] U.S. Export & Reexport Compliance For Canadian Operations - January 26th - 27th, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm EST

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 11/30/2020

For a whole decade, ACI’s U.S. Export & Reexport Compliance for Canadian Operations conference continues to stand apart as the only practical, comprehensive event of its kind for the export compliance community in Canada. ...more

Jones Day Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update | Vol. 25

Jones Day on 4/1/2020

UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - Cybersecurity Standards Issued for Government Contractors - On January 31, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 16

Jones Day on 11/21/2017

UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - United States and China Renew Promise Not to Hack - On October 4, U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to not engage in targeted hacking. Per a...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 14

Jones Day on 6/5/2017

New York Attorney General Announces Record Number of Data Breach Notices in 2016 - On March 21, 2017, the New York Attorney General's Office announced that it received 1,300 reported data breaches in 2016—a 60 percent...more

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