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Right To Know - May 2025, Vol. 29 | News & Events

Clark Hill PLC on 5/14/2025

Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed. State Action: Virginia Governor Signs Bill Restricting Minor’s Use of Social...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

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

Increasing insider threats and the importance of AI governance

A&O Shearman on 12/19/2024

China’s ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is seeking USD1.1 million in damages from a former intern accused of sabotaging its artificial intelligence (AI) large language model training infrastructure....more

Privacy Tip #401 – Cyberattack Against TikTok Targeted Brands and Celebrities

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 6/17/2024

TikTok has reported that it is responding to a cyber attack targeting a limited number of known brands and celebrity accounts. The BBC has identified that Paris Hilton’s account as being targeted, but TikTok says it was not...more

Hey Doc, Be Careful on TikTok - Legal Pitfalls of Healthcare Providers in the Social Media Age

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC on 3/4/2024

Imagine you are scrolling on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, or one of the multitude of other social media platforms that almost every one of us have on our devices, and you come across a video of a physician discussing medical...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

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

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

It May Be Time for TikTok to Change its Ways if State AGs Have Any Say

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 12/26/2022

While State Attorneys General have been clear that social media companies are generally on their radar for a variety of consumer protection concerns, TikTok has been the latest to make headlines in recent weeks. For example,...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

[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

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2020 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 8/21/2020

CYBERSECURITY - NSA + FBI Warn Defense Contractors of Russian Hackers - When the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) get together to issue a joint warning, you may wish to listen...more

Privacy Tip #248 – Social Media Data Leak Exposes Millions of User Profiles

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/21/2020

If you use social media frequently, especially TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, you may want to take note of a recent report by a security research team at Comparitech that an unsecured database has exposed 235 million...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - August 2020

Robinson & Cole LLP on 8/10/2020

CYBERSECURITY - Maze Continues to Strike Companies - It is being reported by ZDNet that the Maze ransomware group has attacked two companies that, apparently, refused to pay the requested ransom, so Maze, as it...more

Countries and Companies Cool on TikTok, As Microsoft Proposes US Solution

Womble Bond Dickinson on 8/5/2020

In early July, the Indian government banned many Chinese mobile applications, including TikTok, claiming they pose a “threat to sovereignty and integrity.” India’s Ministry of Information Technology acted “in defense of...more

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