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Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Curbside Pickup and Geofencing – How Your Favorite Retailer Knows You’ve Arrived

It’s that shopping time of year again and we are in the midst of a pandemic, so some of us are shopping differently than in the past. Curbside pickup is an option that has become more popular and for good reason. It’s quick,...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 3, August 2020

The Editors' Note - Welcome to the third issue of Decoded, Spilman's e-newsletter focusing on technology law, including data security, privacy standards, financing technologies, and digital-based means of conducting...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Up Close & Personal: Contact-Tracing Apps & Employee Privacy

Our proximity and “close contact” with other humans is on the front lines in the war against coronavirus. Yet tracking 6 feet of distance from every human we encounter for a 14 day period is nearly impossible without the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Republicans and Democrats Introduce Competing Privacy Bills to Protect Consumers’ Health Information Related to the COVID-19...

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As the federal government, state governments, businesses and other entities continue their response efforts related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the privacy and security of consumers’ personal health information remains a top...more

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COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act introduced in the U.S. Senate

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On May 7, 2020, in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and as some states are “opening up”, U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; John Thune...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Senators Reveal a Privacy Bill for COVID-19

This is the fifth alert in a series of Bradley installments on privacy and cybersecurity developments arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 7, 2020, five United States senators introduced a bill aimed at protecting...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act of 2020 Introduced

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On May 7, Republican members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee formally introduced the COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act of 2020 (the Act), which would put temporary rules in place regarding the...more

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COVID-19 and Data Protection Compliance in the Czech Republic

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Following the outbreak of COVID-19 and its development into a global pandemic, organizations have been implementing exceptional measures to safeguard the health of employees, customers and others. Organizations are also...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

COVID-19 Data Privacy Risks from Return to Work and Geolocation Tracing

New technology solutions and recordkeeping may help as restrictions are lifted but do not free companies from privacy concerns. As states and countries around the world start to lift COVID-19 lockdowns, businesses need to...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Federal “COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act” Proposed

A group of Republican senators has proposed a new privacy law to govern the collection and use of certain personal information thought to be both important and at risk during the current coronavirus crisis....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Federal COVID-19 Privacy Legislation to be Introduced

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On April 30th, U.S. Senators from across multiple committees joined together to announce legislation that would protect consumer privacy rights in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), Chair of the...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act of 2020 Seeks to Regulate Collection, Use of Geolocation, Personal Health Information

Contact tracing is recognized by health systems and governments as an effective method to identify individuals an infected person may have exposed to disease in order to notify those individuals and take action to prevent...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

US Senators Propose COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act

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At the beginning of 2020, a Federal privacy law, similar to that of GDPR or PIPEDA, was a faint and distant reality. However, in light of some mobile device and other monitoring being considered because of the COVID-19...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Federal Privacy Bill to Focus on COVID-19

This is the fourth alert in a series of Bradley installments on privacy and cybersecurity developments arising from the COVID-19 pandemic... Four United States senators announced Thursday that they would soon introduce the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Senators Announce Plans to Introduce COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act of 2020

Thursday, April 30th, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS), Majority Whip John Thune (R-SD), and Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) announced plans to soon introduce the COVID-19...more

White & Case LLP

COVID-19 and Data Protection Compliance in France

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Following the outbreak of COVID-19, organizations have been implementing exceptional measures to maintain "business-as-usual" to the extent allowed by their particular circumstances and to protect their employees, customers...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Using Mobile Apps and Location Data to Combat COVID-19

A number of private and government entities have released apps and software development kits (SDKs) relying on location tracking data to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. While the use of such technologies are being hotly...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

EDPB Announces Scope of COVID-19 Guidance

Following its 20th plenary session on April 7, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) selected geolocation and health data to focus on in its upcoming COVID-19 guidance. This follows in response to the EDPB’s earlier broad...more

Alston & Bird

BREAKING: Location and Mobile Data in the Fight against COVID-19 – An Overview of U.S. and Global Efforts

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Governments are increasingly seeking to leverage consumer geolocation and other mobile device data to assist with fighting the spread of COVID-19, as cases continue to mount globally. Location data can be of significant...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Key Considerations and Guidance for Employers on How to Comply with GDPR During the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic

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As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues its march across the globe, particularly in Europe, and countries take increasingly drastic actions to counter the threat, employers are implementing measures across their...more

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Legal Risks in Sharing Geolocation Data with Government Agencies

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According to published reports, federal, state and local government agencies are receiving anonymized geolocation data (geolocation data) from businesses to monitor the movements of individuals to address COVID-19. Similar...more

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Location,Location, Location: What Will Your Personal Data Reveal Besides Whether of Not You #StayHome?

As more and more Americans are learning the ins and outs of Zoom, receiving baptisms by fire in the world of homeschooling or simply catching the latest episode of "Tiger King," we are now on more screens than ever....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - March 2020

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine comments from the California attorney general's office regarding the start date for enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act in light of...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Security and Privacy Urgent Care: COVID-19 Is a Threat to Your Health and Your Network

COVID-19 is first and foremost a threat to our health, but as many organizations are quickly discovering, it also raises novel questions about privacy and security. We recognize that privacy and security are two of many, many...more

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Privacy In The Time of COVID-19: Engendering Customer Trust When Governments Ask For Smartphone And Other Data To Track Virus...

With the advent of COVID-19, countries around the world are facing a novel challenge that affects them in unprecedented ways economically, socially, and otherwise. From a public health perspective, now perhaps more than ever...more

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