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Is Your Business’s Privacy Policy a Bull's Eye?

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We work with many US-based businesses that ask us to update their privacy policies to make sure they comply with current data protection laws that apply to them. These businesses are usually referring to their website privacy...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

[Webinar] Keeping Up With and Staying Ahead of FCC Actions on Data Privacy and Security - October 22nd, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

Carriers have an obligation to protect customer proprietary network information (CPNI) and personally identifiable information (PI). Several recent FCC consent decrees resolving breaches of CPNI and PI show the FCC will hold...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

California Protects Neural Data

California Governor Gavin Newsom approved an amendment to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) extending privacy rights to a person’s neural data. Neural data is defined as information that is generated by measuring the...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

AT&T Consent Decree Underscores Telecommunications Carriers’, Vendors’ Obligations to Protect Customer Data

On Sept. 17, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it has reached a Consent Decree with AT&T Services Inc. to resolve an investigation into a data breach that occurred in January 2023. AT&T's vendor...more

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[Webcast Transcript] From Breach to Insight: Incident Response & PII Recovery

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Editor’s Note: In this informative webcast, Christopher Wall, DPO and Special Counsel for Global Privacy and Forensics at HaystackID, moderates a compelling discussion titled “From Breach to Insight: Incident Response and PII...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Congress Proposes New Comprehensive Privacy Legislation: The American Privacy Rights Act

On April 7, 2024, Representative Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-WA) and Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) announced that Congress will once again consider a comprehensive federal data privacy bill that, if passed, would dramatically...more

The Volkov Law Group

Data Privacy Update — Keeping Up with Developments

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When it comes to data privacy and regulation of personal information, United States companies face a number of major challenges.  Compliance is not easy when you have fast-moving targets.  The single biggest cause of this...more

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New California Law Imposes Significant Data Management Requirements for Sensitive Health Data

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On January 1, California's Assembly Bill No. 352 (AB 352) went into effect, introducing significant changes to the handling and sharing of sensitive health information — particularly information related to reproductive health...more

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[Webinar] Privacy and AI Governance - February 15th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Partner Martin Zoltick ("Marty") and Privacy Ref's Benjamin Siegel will team up for a Rothwell Figg and Privacy Ref co-hosted webinar, "Privacy and AI Governance," taking place Thursday, February 15, 2024, at 1 pm ET. The...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - January 2024 #2

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CYBERSECURITY - SEC’s Hacked X Account Leads to Tumultuous Bitcoin Market - The Securities and Exchange Commission has confirmed that its X account “was compromised, and an unauthorized post was posted.” The SEC...more

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The California Attorney General and the California Privacy Protection Agency Are Accelerating Enforcement on CCPA/CPRA...

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California businesses, including employers, who have not already complied with their statutory data privacy obligations under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA),...more

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Summary and Comparison of U.S. Data Privacy Laws Since California's CCPA and CPRA

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California started the process of individual U.S. states enacting individual privacy laws with its California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which currently is in effect, as supplemented and amended by the California Consumer...more

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3 Expert Predications on Where International Privacy Regulations Are Heading in 2023 and Beyond

The world of privacy is constantly changing. New legislation is passed and new regulations come into effect on a regular basis. Data protection authorities update their guidance, new threats and threat actors emerge, and new...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - May 2022

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CYBERSECURITY - Education Sector Continues to Get Hit with Ransomware Attacks - According to Emsisoft, the education sector continues to experience ransomware attacks, with a whopping 1,043 schools affected by ransomware...more

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Connecticut Set to Enact Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law

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Connecticut is poised to become the fifth state to pass comprehensive consumer privacy legislation, after California, Virginia, Colorado, and Utah. Senate Bill 6, the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (“CTDPA”), passed the...more

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Virginia Amends New Privacy Law

Governor Glenn Youngkin of Virginia recently approved legislation to amend the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA). In a time when data privacy bills creep through state legislatures only to die in committee,...more

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Last Week Tonight Host Pokes at Congress Over Data Brokering Regulation

John Oliver, comedian and host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight, called on Congress to issue broad data privacy legislation by making it elegantly personal – he bought their data. Following a 25-minute segment on the ubiquity of...more

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United States Privacy Laws – Do You Know If You Are In Compliance?

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Is your business one that has not prioritized compliance with data privacy laws because you do not collect personal data about your customers? If so, you are in good company, but it is time to reframe your approach on data...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Meeting of Congressional Aides Signals Interest in Comprehensive Federal Privacy Legislation

Recently, the offices of various Members of Congress announced that their Members would be meeting to discuss comprehensive federal privacy legislation. This meeting among the aides could represent a sign of growing...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Four and Counting: Utah on Verge of Becoming the Fourth State to Adopt a Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law

The Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA) is on the verge of becoming law after recently passing both chambers of the Utah legislature with no dissenting votes. Unless Utah’s governor vetoes the bill, Utah will become the fourth...more

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Utah Set to Enact Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law

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Utah is poised to become the fourth state to pass comprehensive consumer privacy legislation, after California, Virginia, and Colorado. The Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA) was approved by the Utah House of Representatives on...more

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Kennedys cybersecurity and privacy (US) 2021 year in review

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As the world emerged from lockdown, it should come as no surprise that cybersecurity and data privacy remained dominant topics in the media and legal industry. Some of 2021 was much like 2020 – ransomware attacks continued to...more

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An Overview of the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act

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In the midst of what is becoming a national patchwork of data privacy laws, on March 2, 2021 Virginia became the second state to enact a comprehensive data privacy law....more

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[Webinar] Data Privacy for eDiscovery Pros: Strategy and Execution - March 17th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

This webinar is intended for eDiscovery professionals interested in the overlap between data privacy and eDiscovery capabilities, workflows and use cases. The tools to tackle the protection of personal data already exist...more

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European Commission Proposes Legislation Facilitating Data Access and Sharing

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On February 23, 2022, the European Commission ("Commission") published a proposal for a Data Act which aims at enhancing data access and use within the European Union ("EU")....more

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