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Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Data At Issue: FTC Focus on Browsing Information and Location Data

Since the start of the year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has brought actions against – and reached proposed settlements with – three business ventures engaged in the collection, use and sharing of certain consumer...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Are You Ready? How CCPA-Regulated Businesses Can Plan for Compliance with California’s Forthcoming Cybersecurity Regulations

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released initial draft regulations for cybersecurity audits (which have since been amended) and risk assessments late this summer. The agency’s board of directors addressed the...more

Ius Laboris

Geolocation: employees must be informed

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France’s highest court has intervened in a case involving an employee dismissed based on the geolocation information of his work vehicle. ...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Not-So-First State: Delaware Becomes Twelfth State to Enact Data Privacy Legislation

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On September 12, 2023, Delaware governor John Carney signed the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (the “DPDPA” or the “Act”) into law. The DPDPA protects the privacy rights of consumers in Delaware and regulates the...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Diving into the Washington My Health My Data Act - Part Two: Consumers Covered by WMHMDA

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This is Part Two in a series of legal updates on the Washington My Health My Data Act (“WMHMDA”) where Quarles is doing a deep dive into the various factors and intricacies of the Act that are shaping up to create a sea of...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Minor Keys: Major Takeaways from New California Online Children’s Privacy Law

The California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (the “Act”) recently became law and includes a number of online privacy-related requirements related to individuals under the age of 18. The statute is similar to, and expressly...more

Bilzin Sumberg

FTC Lawsuit Reveals Fraught Issues Surrounding Sale of Consumer Data

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) on Monday, August 29, 2022, sued Idaho-based Kochava Inc., a data broker, in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho, seeking a permanent injunction and other relief for...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Tim Hortons Wants to Settle Data Privacy Lawsuits with Free Breakfast

The breakfast chain Tim Hortons is defending four class action lawsuits in Canada for allegedly collecting user geolocation data without user consent. According to a regulatory report, the Tim Hortons mobile app secretly...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

[Webinar] Moving Targets While Under Fire – Aligning with New Data Laws While Hackers and Customers Bring Pressure - April 5th,...

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In the past 5 years businesses felt the increasingly intricate data management rules (GDPR, CCPA, BIPA) pressed against an explosion in hacking and ransomware. Companies experience pressure from legislators, regulators,...more

Snell & Wilmer

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

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

FCC Enforcement Coming over Alleged Privacy Violations for Disclosure of Consumers’ Geolocation Data

On January 31st, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai transmitted a letter in response to a prior inquiry from a number of House members regarding the status of the Commission’s investigation into reports that the major wireless carriers...more

Polsinelli

The Privacy Survival Guide - July 2019

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Polsinelli is pleased to share The Privacy Survival Guide. This newsletter is a designated source of news, information and guidance on the constantly evolving health care privacy industry. ...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

New Jersey Bills Would Give Consumers Control Over Their Personal Data Privacy

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New Jersey has joined a growing list of states considering legislation on data privacy to promote transparency, accountability, and individual choice. One bill would create new obligations for commercial entities whose online...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #172 – The Weather Company App Collects and Monetizes Users’ Geolocation Information

A lawsuit filed late last week by Los Angeles City Attorney Michael Feuer alleges that TWC Product and Technology LLC (TWC), the company behind The Weather Company App, is collecting, disclosing, selling and monetizing users’...more

BCLP

GeoLocation Tracking

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Smartphones, websites, and other connected devices (e.g., “wearables”) increasingly request that consumers provide their geo-location information. Geolocation information can refer to general information about a consumer’s...more

Williams Mullen

Federal Trade Commission’s Uber Consent Agreement Designates Geolocation Information as Personal Information

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently entered a Consent Agreement with Uber that includes “precise geolocation information” in the list of personal information that is to be protected. While the Consent Agreement only...more

Morgan Lewis

Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act Introduced in US Congress

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On February 15, the Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act (GPS Act) was introduced by a bipartisan group of US Congress members. Designed to enact comprehensive rules for both government agencies and commercial service...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Your Uber Driver Might Not Be the Only One Who Knows Where You Were Picked Up and Dropped Off….

Did you know that if you’ve taken a New York City taxi since 2009, your pick-up and drop-off locations were recorded and published (through June of 2016) on the internet for anyone to find? Now, New York City officials want...more

King & Spalding

Meteoric Rise Of Pokémon Go Spurs Privacy Concerns

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2.7 Million Dollar HIPAA Settlement –  Last week, Oregon Health & Science University (“OHSU”) agreed to pay $2.7 million to resolve potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Social networking service, MeetMe, Inc., settles minors’ privacy violations for $200,000

On August 19, 2015, MeetMe, Inc. (MeetMe), a social networking website and mobile app, agreed to pay $200,000 and to change its privacy policies to settle a lawsuit alleging that MeetMe distributed teenagers’ geolocation and...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Warrantless access to cell phone location data may be heard by the Supreme Court

A number of courts have considered whether the Fourth Amendment requires the government to obtain a warrant to access historical and/or real time cell phone geographic location information, known as CSLI. CSLI is cell site...more

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