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Year in Review: 2024 BIPA Litigation Takeaways

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Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) continues to drive a wave of privacy-related litigation across the United States, though a 2024 amendment to the act—the first since BIPA’s enactment in 2008—may slow the...more

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The EEOC’s New Guidance on Wearable Tech: What Employers Need to Know

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Last year, many of our clients began asking us about the feasibility of requiring or, at the very least, providing their employees with the option of using “wearable technology” in the workplace. As wearable technologies...more

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Happy Privacy Day: Emerging Issues in Privacy, Cybersecurity, and AI in the Workplace

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As the integration of technology in the workplace accelerates, so do the challenges related to privacy, cybersecurity, and the ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI). Human resource professionals and in-house counsel...more

Perkins Coie

Privacy Law Recap 2024: Class Actions and Mass Arbitrations

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Claims involving the alleged collection and use of consumer data continued to drive trends in privacy class actions and mass arbitrations in 2024. Biometrics Litigation - The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act...more

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Colorado AG Proposes Draft Amendments to the Colorado Privacy Act Rules

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On September 13, 2024, the Colorado Attorney General’s (AG) Office published proposed draft amendments to the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) Rules. The proposals include new requirements related to biometric collection and use...more

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Congressional Leaders Cross the Aisle in Support of Data Privacy Legislation

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U.S. Senate and House committee chairs took a decisive step toward enacting national data privacy legislation with the release (in draft) of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) on March 31. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Eye on Privacy: 2023 Year in Review

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - What is the Privacy Impact of the White House AI Order for Businesses? Posted November 28, 2023 Biden’s sweeping AI Executive Order sought to have artificial intelligence used in accordance...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 1, January 2024

The Current Status of Privacy Laws Across the United States - Unlike the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union (EU), the United States does not have a nationwide comprehensive data privacy law....more

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FTC Signals Tough Line in First AI Discrimination Case Under Section 5

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its first enforcement action alleging that discriminatory use of artificial intelligence (AI) was an unfair practice under Section 5 of the FTC Act on December 19, 2023. According...more

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Privacy & Cybersecurity - June 2023

In our June Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we review new data privacy laws in Colorado, Connecticut, Florida and Montana; Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report; AM Best’s report on cyber insurance trends; and...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - V 4, Issue 6, June 2023

Generative AI has Its Risks, but the Sky isn't Falling - “The threat organizations face with GenAI is not new, but it could speed how quickly private data reaches a wider audience.” Why this is important: Generative...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

[Webinar] Data Beware! Defending Class Actions in the Privacy and Data-Sharing Space - June 13th, 10:00 am - 10:30 am PT

This presentation will discuss the recent surge in class actions challenging companies’ practices for collecting, sharing, and storing consumer data, including claims arising under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy...more

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New My Health, My Data Act Part 1: Washington State Joins the Biometric Litigation Fray

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Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law House Bill 1155, also known as the My Health, My Data Act (the Act), on April 27, 2023. The Act goes into full effect for “regulated entities” on March 31, 2024 (and later for...more

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Right To Know - May 2023, Vol. 6

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Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

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More Privacy, Please - April 2023

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Editor’s Note: Iowa became the sixth state in the nation to enact a comprehensive privacy law, and California’s latest privacy regulations came into effect. At the federal level, Congress experienced a leak of sensitive...more

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An Overview of Why Class Action Privacy Lawsuits May Have Just Gotten Bigger – Yet Again.

The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), enacted in 2008, was one of the first state laws to address commercial collection of biometric data. Biometric data includes an iris scan, a fingerprint, a voiceprint,...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

US Privacy Laws and Legislation: What You Need to Know

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“The times they are a-changin’,” Bob Dylan sang almost 60 years ago. And when it comes to consumers’ reasonable expectations of privacy, they are still a-changin. I recently participated in a panel hosted by Usercentrics...more

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The BR Privacy & Security Download: February 2023

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Welcome to this month's issue of The BR Privacy & Security Download, the digital newsletter of Blank Rome’s Privacy, Security & Data Protection practice....more

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The BR Privacy & Security Download: January 2023

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What We’re Watching in 2023 - Happy New Year from the BR Data Privacy and Security Download! 2022 was a busy year for data privacy and security. State and federal regulatory agencies flexed their enforcement muscle, we...more

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Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - December 2022

In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the European Commission’s draft adequacy decision on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, as well as guidance from the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office on...more

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October 2022 AFS Privacy Report: California Privacy Protection Agency Releases Updated Draft Regulations Ahead of October 28-29...

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California Privacy Protection Agency Releases Revised Regulations - With the effective date less than three months away, and ahead of a Board Meeting on October 28 and 29, the California Privacy Protection Agency released...more

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Data Protection Professionals Like it Hot: 7 Hot Topics and Trends in Data Privacy Today

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Please take note! 1.SchremsII and cross border transfers: Risk based, wherefore art thou? With the Google Analytics, Google Fonts, Amazon AWS, Google Workspace other cases, the SchremsII and DPA guidance is piling up....more

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[Webinar] Privacy Legislative Look Back and Look Ahead - September 21st, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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2022 has been a busy legislative year for privacy. Dozens of states considered consumer privacy bills, two states enacted privacy consumer bills and California released proposed California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)...more

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More Privacy, Please - August 2022

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Editor’s Note: In the U.S. laws and regulation space, federal lawmakers continued to push the American Data Privacy and Protection Act forward, and the FTC pledged to enforce the law against the illegal use of highly...more

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Congress Releases Draft Federal Privacy Law with Potential Traction To Pass

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The federal government has been trying to reach a consensus on data privacy and thus far has failed to pass legislation. On June 3, 2022, a bipartisan draft bill, titled the American Data Privacy and Protection Act was...more

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