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Privacy Policy Basics

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC on 4/23/2025

In today’s digital landscape, privacy policies have evolved from obscure legal documents into essential corporate governance tools. As data privacy regulations expand globally, organizations face increasing compliance...more

Use of Tracking Tools Requires Notice and Consent!

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP on 4/11/2025

When browsing the internet, consumers are accustomed to being presented with advertisements for products for which they previously had searched. Through use of third-party tracking tools, companies are able to monitor visitor...more

Valid Consent: General Public vs. Gamblers

Fox Rothschild LLP on 1/31/2025

A new decision by the United Kingdom’s high court says that even if you have cookie and marketing consent mechanisms that are sufficient for valid consent under privacy laws for the general public, they may not be enough for...more

[Webinar] Notable Trends in US Privacy Law - January 17th, 12:00 pm EST

HaystackID on 12/4/2023

Join privacy and compliance expert Chris Wall from HaystackID as he leads an insightful webcast exploring the key developments and trends impacting privacy laws and regulations across the United States. Companies face new...more

Recent Developments in Data Privacy

Cranfill Sumner LLP on 1/27/2023

For American companies doing business in Europe and European businesses relying on U.S. vendors and service providers, 2023 may be the year when Europe and the United States finally come together to implement a viable and...more

Going Once, Going Twice, Sold: Real Time Bidding Data Privacy Breach

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 7/11/2022

The ongoing massive data breach in the world of advertising: real time bidding ("RTB"). You likely are, or have been, a target of RTB without your knowledge. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties ("ICCL") found that the...more

New State Data Privacy Requirements Continue to Pile On: Virginia Is on the Verge of Passing Its Own Consumer Data Protection Act

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 3/3/2021

California is no longer the lone state with a consumer data privacy law. Virginia is now on the verge of joining, pending a formal reconciliation between the Virginia House and Senate versions, as well as the governor’s...more

WhatsApp – An Example of How Companies Compete Based on Privacy

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C. on 1/12/2021

Facebook, the parent company to WhatsApp, is reporting near-record low revenue growth. Thus, presumably in an effort to monetize WhatsApp more heavily, WhatsApp recently announced changes to its privacy policy: as of...more

Undergoing Bankruptcy Proceedings? Here’s How to Make Sure PII Maintains Its Value

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 12/3/2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some businesses are considering potential liquidation or restructuring through bankruptcy. Companies in this situation should keep privacy concerns in mind, because the handling of personal data...more

Privacy During Bankruptcy Proceedings: Why It Matters

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 11/6/2020

During these particularly trying times resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses of all sizes have been concerned about the future. As a result, considering potential liquidation or restructuring through bankruptcy is...more

California Consumer Privacy Act Guide

White & Case LLP on 8/20/2020

The recently passed California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the "CCPA") is set to create a significant new compliance burden for most businesses that collect personal information about California residents....more

Eclipsed by Evolving Law, Policy and Technology, Seminal Mobile Location Data Case Settled

Proskauer - New Media & Technology on 8/18/2020

This past week, the operator of the popular Weather Channel (“TWC”) mobile phone app entered into a Stipulation of Settlement with the Los Angeles City Attorney, Mike Feuer (“City Attorney”), closing the books on one of the...more

DSAR Best Practices and Workflows an Organization Should Follow

Association of Certified E-Discovery... on 6/23/2020

In my latest post, I outlined the process involved in the actual response to DSAR requests. In my last article of this series, I will discuss the best practices and workflows that your organization should follow when...more

Does Accidental Listening by Smart Speakers Raise Compliance Concerns?

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 2/21/2020

That sixth sense you have that someone is listening – could it be your smart speaker? There’s a chance the answer is yes, even when you don’t ask it to. A new study from Northeastern University finds that smart speakers...more

Data Privacy Is Not a Law, It’s a Lifestyle

NAVEX on 2/10/2020

The words “hodgepodge” and “patchwork” are overused in the world of risk and compliance, but they’re certainly appropriate for describing the myriad data privacy regulations popping up around the world. In 2018, the world...more

CCPA is Here – Is Your Privacy Notice Ready?

Stoel Rives - Global Privacy & Security Blog® on 12/11/2019

Last year towards the end of May, a barrage of emails and pop-ups informed online users about how companies use cookies – small bits of software that track website activity – in accordance with a requirement under the...more

May 2019 IP Update: The California Consumer Privacy Act: More Relevant Than You Think

Sunstein LLP on 5/29/2019

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which we discussed last year, goes into effect on January 1, 2020. Its record-keeping requirements become effective on July 1, 2019. If your small- or medium-size business is based...more

Chapter 9: Rights of data subjects – Unlocking the EU General Data Protection Regulation

White & Case LLP on 4/16/2019

Why does this topic matter to organisations? EU data protection law provides data subjects with a wide array of rights that can be enforced against organisations that process personal data. These rights may limit the...more

FTC Not Kidding Around with TikTok’s Record-Setting COPPA Fine - Five Steps to Reduce Your Risk Now

Fenwick & West LLP on 3/12/2019

On February 27, 2019, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced a record-setting $5.7 million fine to popular short-form video sharing platform TikTok, formerly known as Musical.ly, as part of a consent order over...more

Start Aiming Now: The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Is A Moving Target, And GDPR Compliance Isn’t Enough

King & Spalding on 2/14/2019

The CCPA is an unprecedented privacy law that grants California residents sweeping rights concerning the collection and use of their information. Once the law becomes effective on January 1, 2020, covered businesses can...more

Forecasting The Future: What to Learn from The Weather Channel App's Geolocation Lawsuit

Williams Mullen on 1/25/2019

The Los Angeles City Attorney has filed a complaint against the company behind The Weather Channel App (the “TWC App”) claiming its collection of geolocation information violates the state's Unfair Competition Law. The...more

City Attorney of Los Angeles Sues Popular Weather App Claiming Deceptive Collection and Sharing of Geolocation Data

Proskauer - New Media & Technology on 1/7/2019

Yesterday January 3, 2019, Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer filed an unfair competition lawsuit on behalf of the People of the State of California against the operator of the popular Weather Channel app (“TWC app”) for...more

Are You Prepared for the California Consumer Privacy Act? Get Ready for European-Style Privacy in the U.S.

Troutman Pepper Locke on 9/10/2018

With California enacting a sweeping new data privacy law on June 28, now is the time for companies to review and adjust to how the California Consumer Privacy Act will impact their business. The act, which has broad...more

“We’ve Updated Our Privacy Policy” - How the EU’s New Data Protection Law is Changing Data Policy Considerations for American...

Goulston & Storrs PC on 8/15/2018

If you have ever made an online purchase, chances are that you have received at least one email in the last month notifying you that a company’s privacy policy has changed. ...more

Getting to Data Nirvana: Data lakes and GDPR - A User's guide

Hogan Lovells on 8/9/2018

A data lake is an infrastructure that permits different data sets from within a group to be combined and analysed together. To analyse a data lake under GDPR, it is helpful to think of a data lake in two phases, which we...more

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