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Legal Uncertainty for Database Defendants? Appeal Courts Assess Privacy Causes of Action With Varying Outcomes

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The past year has introduced some uncertainty for institutional defendants facing privacy breach class actions in Canada. While Ontario’s Court of Appeal has been consistent in its approach to class actions against “database...more

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Data Spring Cleaning: Minimize Your Liability

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When we are retained by clients to guide them through a cyber-attack in which information has been stolen by a threat actor, we almost always find that the client has unnecessarily stored sensitive information far beyond the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

If You Are Uptight About AI, This May Relax You

While AI has many people uptight, Aescape has developed technology to help you relax – AI robotic massage. Aescape touts that it combines the timeless art of massage with robotics and artificial intelligence to deliver an...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Section 230 Survives the Grindr (Again)

Social media safety is very much in the news these days, with policymakers unleashing a torrent of legislation to protect children online, such as age verification measures, parental consent mandates, data privacy...more

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Hospital Websites Transfer Browser Data to Google and Facebook, But Escape Liability Under Wiretap Statute

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To date, 19 states have adopted comprehensive data privacy laws, but Massachusetts is not among them. Thus, Massachusetts residents whose web browsing activities result in an unexpected loss of privacy sometimes base their...more

A&O Shearman

Zooming in on AI - #7: AI under financial regulations in the U.S., EU and U.K. - a comparative assessment of the current state of...

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This is the final note in a three-part series on the regulation of artificial intelligence in the financial services sector in the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom. Our first note, we provided a...more

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Continuing Forward: Senate Leaders Release an AI Policy Roadmap

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The US Senate’s Bipartisan AI Policy Roadmap is a highly anticipated document expected to shape the future of artificial intelligence (AI) in the United States over the next decade. This comprehensive guide, which complements...more

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10 Legal Issues for Nonprofit and Association Leadership in 2024

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As 2024 gets underway, the nonprofit sector will continue to face new challenges in addition to grappling with ongoing challenges that continue to impact the sector. Our interdisciplinary team, serving thousands of nonprofits...more

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DSIR Deeper Dive: Data Processing Addendums: Indemnities, Limitations of Liability and the Cost of a Data Breach

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When negotiating technology or data services contracts, businesses of all sizes and industries are now spending more time and attention on privacy controls. The increasing prevalence of comprehensive U.S. state privacy laws...more

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Illinois Federal Judge Says Privacy Act Damages Are Discretionary, Vacates $228M Award

A federal judge in the Northern District of Illinois vacated a $228 million damages award issued following the first-ever jury verdict in an Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (Privacy Act or BIPA) class action and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - May 2023

In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we review new consumer privacy laws in Tennessee and Indiana, three GDPR rulings by the Court of Justice of the European Union, updates regarding future California Privacy...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

And Then There Were Three: Colorado Passes Privacy Law, Effective July 2023

Colorado recently joined Virginia and California in passing a more comprehensive privacy law. The Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) will go into effect July 1, 2023. This is six months after Virginia’s law (CDPA) and California’s...more

McDermott Will & Emery

State Privacy Patchwork Spreads with Signing of Colorado Privacy Act

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On July 7, 2021, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) into law, the latest in the recent wave of state privacy legislation but unlikely to be the last. The CPA will take effect July 1, 2023, six...more

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Colorado Becomes the Third US State to Enact Comprehensive Privacy Legislation

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Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) into law on July 7, 2021, making it the third comprehensive state privacy law enacted in the United States. California led with the California Consumer...more

McAfee & Taft

New year to ring in nation’s most comprehensive privacy law

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In a June tIPsheet article titled “Privacy Gone Public: How growing push for privacy laws may affect U.S. Businesses,” we gave an update on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and some pending amendments that could...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Business Guide to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: Five Steps in Preparation for Compliance

In June 2018, California enacted one of the most comprehensive privacy laws in the country, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the “CCPA”). Although the CCPA will not go into effect until January 1, 2020, businesses...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - June 2019

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we reflect on the GDPR's one-year anniversary while also examining the EU's new Cybersecurity Act. We also take a look at HHS' new guidance on direct liability of...more

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