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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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Year in Review: CCPA Litigation Trends from 2023

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This post is part of a series of articles we are doing on 2023 data protection litigation trends. While the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is most known for its onerous privacy compliance obligations, the law also...more

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Florida House Passes Consumer Data Privacy Legislation

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Keypoint: Florida moved one step closer to passing consumer data privacy legislation although differences between the House and Senate bills need to be resolved if the legislation is to pass the legislature. On April 21,...more

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[Webinar] The California Consumer Privacy Act: Are You Ready? - August 25th, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT

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Join in-house counsel, chief privacy and information officers, and C-suite leaders for an in-depth program featuring Carlton Fields' Cybersecurity and Privacy attorneys. For companies subject to the CCPA, the law ushered...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CCPA: Impacts and Significance for Business

Akin Gump cybersecurity, privacy and data protection co-heads Natasha Kohne and Michelle Reed discuss the California Consumer Privacy Act and its implications for business in this episode recorded in mid-March....more

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CCPA Notice Requirements for Statutory Damages

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Beginning on Jan. 1, 2020, companies that collect personal information of California residents need to be prepared to prevent and defend against potentially catastrophic litigation if such personal information becomes...more

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CCPA: Implementing the Right Cybersecurity Plan Is Now a Legal Issue

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Addressing cybersecurity risks invariably involves very technical matters. As a result, in many companies the IT department has been responsible for developing and implementing cybersecurity plans and procedures....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

A Closer Look at the CCPA’s Private Right of Action and Statutory Damages

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has significantly altered the potential consequences of a data breach under California law by permitting California consumers to bring civil suits for statutory damages, Cal. Civ....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Ding Dong the CCPA Private Right of Action is (Mostly) Dead!

Whether your favorite movie is The Wizard of Oz or The Princess Bride, we can all agree there is some good news about the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) this Friday afternoon! SB 561 appears to have (mostly) died in...more

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Proposed Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Law Takes Lessons From Illinois’ Biometric Law

After Illinois passed its Biometric Information Privacy Act in 2008 (“BIPA”), other states have begun enacting legislation regulating business activities relating to biometric information. Texas and Washington were next,...more

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California’s New Landmark Data Privacy Regulation and What Companies Need to Do to Comply

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What You Need to Know Now - • The new law takes effect January 1, 2020, but there’s a lot to do so you need to start work now. • The new law expands the definition of personal information and gives California consumers...more

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What’s Unique About the California Consumer Privacy Act

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The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) offers a new, very broad framework for data protection with increased obligations for businesses, and its reach is far and wide. It was passed in a whirlwind seven days. On...more

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Biometrics: Facebook Files Motion to Dismiss Privacy Suit over Facial Recognition Technology

As discussed in a previous post on facial recognition technology, a putative class action has been filed against Facebook over the collection of “faceprints” for its online photo tagging function, Tag Suggestions. (See e.g.,...more

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Amendment to the Personal Information Protection Act Passed in the National Assembly July 6, 2015

On July 6, 2015, the Korean National Assembly passed a bill containing several amendments to the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). This bill (the Amendment Bill) combines a number of major provisions from nine...more

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