No Password Required: Founder and Commissioner of the US Cyber Games, CEO of the Cyber Marketing Firm Katzcy, and Someone Who Values Perseverance Over Perfection
Biometric Litigation
Founder of Cyber Security Unity, Member of the Order of the British Empire, and Appreciator of '80s Soap Operas
Illinois Supreme Court Clarifies BIPA Violation Accruals, Opening the Door for “Annihilative” Damage
No Password Required: The Custom T-Shirt-Wearing CEO Who Not Only Appreciates Mega Man ... He Basically Is One
Hybrid Workforces and Compliance with Sheila Limmroth
Legislating Data Privacy Series: A Conversation with Massachusetts Representatives Dave Rogers and Andy Vargas
State Law Privacy Video Series | Privacy and Sensitive Information
Podcast: BIPA Trends in 2022
State Law Privacy Video Series | Applicability
Getting Personal—Wearable Devices, Data, and Compliance
Episode 8: Why brokers, not breaches, are America's greatest privacy threat (with Rob Shavell)
NGE On Demand: Personal Data Protection Travels: The New Standard Contractual Clause with John Koenigsknecht and David Wheeler
Inside Privacy Law: The Regulation of Personal Data
NGE On Demand: Cybersecurity Considerations for Emerging Companies with Michael Gray and David Wheeler
Oklahoma: Changing Data Privacy as We Know It?
The Convergence of AI and Data Privacy in eDiscovery: Using AI and Analytics to Identify Personal Information
Reducing Cybersecurity Burdens with a Customized Data Breach Workflow
Sitting with the C-Suite: Looking Ahead to Potential Compliance Issues Due to COVID-19
Sitting with the C-Suite: Information Governance and eDiscovery - Key Compliance Issues for In-House Counsel
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On April 7, 2024, Representative Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-WA) and Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) announced that Congress will once again consider a comprehensive federal data privacy bill that, if passed, would dramatically...more
The recent passage of H.R.7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (the “Act”), by the House of Representatives aims to restrict TikTok to U.S. users unless the platform’s parent...more
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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) have made a breakthrough by agreeing on a bipartisan data privacy legislation proposal. The legislation aims to address concerns related...more
On March 29, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) published a unanimous decision to deny an application by the Entertainment Software Rating Board, Yoti, and SuperAwesome (collectively, the “Applicants”) to add a...more
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On December 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced proposed revisions to its rules administering the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The updates both expand the universe of businesses subject...more
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On December 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced proposed changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) that would place significant new restrictions on companies that collect...more
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On July 20, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent a joint letter to approximately 130 hospitals, telehealth providers, health...more
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The Federal Trade Commission (”FTC”) continues to prove that failing to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) can be costly for technology firms. In the past month, the FTC, in conjunction with...more
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