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Domain Name News: February 2025

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This is the February 2025 edition of Anchovy News. Here you will find articles concerning ICANN, the domain name industry and the recuperation of domain names across the globe. In this issue we cover: Domain name industry...more

Polsinelli

Technology Transactions & Data Privacy - 2025 Report

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It is hard to believe that we are starting the 25th year of the 21st century. The rapid evolution that technology, privacy and data security have undergone these last 25 years is mindbending. Yet, as we enter 2025, it still...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Developments We Are Watching in 2025

The act of predicting what will become the dominating storyline of data privacy and cybersecurity in 2025 is a hazardous enterprise, as one is almost surely to get something wrong. Without fail, every year, regulators and the...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Unwrapping 2024’s Key Trends in Data Privacy Litigation

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Data breaches made headlines throughout 2024, affecting governments, health care groups, and telecoms. Follow-on litigation has kept pace. Nearly 4,000 class actions involving data privacy issues are estimated to be filed in...more

Alston & Bird

The Digital Download – Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Newsletter – November 2024

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Publications & Advisories - November 2024 – Kathleen Benway, Jennifer Everett, Alysa Austin, and Kristen Bartolotta published “Federal Trade Commission’s Updated Health Breach Notification Rule Is Now in Effect” in Employee...more

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Businesses Beware: California Trap & Trace Lawsuits Target Common Website Tools

These lawsuits make generalized allegations that business websites use software or tools to collect various types of device and browsing information from website visitors and that businesses then share such information with...more

Fisher Phillips

Disclosure of Data Through Website Cookies May Be a Data Breach – What A Recent Court Ruling Means for Healthcare Businesses

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A California federal court recently ruled that disclosure of certain data collected through website cookies that may qualify as health information could trigger a data breach under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) –...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Litigation Grows Around Website Technologies, With Focus on Sensitive Data

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Data privacy-related lawsuits have skyrocketed in recent years. Federal courts saw over 900 data privacy dockets in 2020 – but witnessed a surge to 1,767 dockets in 2023. At the halfway point in 2024, federal court data...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

New York Legislature Passes a Pair of Bills to Protect Children's Privacy Online

On June 7, 2023, the New York legislature passed the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act (SAFE Act or the Act) and the New York Child Data Protection Act (CDPA), both aimed at protecting children online. The...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

U.S. Privacy Litigation Update: May 2024

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Keypoint: The Central District of California issued several wiretapping decisions in May while two decisions on the VPPA illustrate how claims fail or succeed at the pleading stage. Welcome to the fourteenth installment in...more

Jenner & Block

Websites and Wiretap Laws: Emerging Trends in Privacy Class Action Litigation Risks

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As an onslaught of recent class actions allege, companies may be liable for eavesdropping and wiretapping based on the use of common analytics software on their platforms. For instance, in California, plaintiffs have filed...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: May 2024

Kaiser Permanente is notifying 13.4 million current and former members that their personal information may have been compromised when it was transmitted to tech giants Google, Microsoft Bing and X (formerly Twitter) when...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

A Measured Approach - US Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Review and Update: Looking back on our 2023 articles and planning ahead...

Technological advances, especially in Artificial Intelligence and quantum computing, will continue to amaze in the coming years. They will open up vast new opportunities while presenting profound regulatory, litigation, and...more

Kilpatrick

California Online Tracking Lawsuits Shift Away from Wiretap Theory Toward Pen Register Theory

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Class-action lawyers are adapting their legal tactics, moving away from suing companies under California's wiretap law and instead focusing on a new legal claim: the pen register theory....more

WilmerHale

Year in Review: 2023 Web Tracking Litigation and Enforcement

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This post is part of a series of articles we are doing on 2023 data protection litigation trends. 2023 saw a rise in class action litigation related to internet tracking technology employed by companies to enhance user...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

California Privacy Protection Agency Launches New Website with Privacy Rights Resources

Last week, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) launched a new website dedicated to providing resources to California residents about their privacy rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The...more

King & Spalding

FTC Proposes Stricter Children’s Privacy Rules in First COPPA Update since 2013

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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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

CPPA Votes in Favor of Web Browser

Last week, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) voted in favor of a legislative proposal that would require web browsers to include a feature that allows web users the ability to exercise their privacy rights under...more

BakerHostetler

Data Revolution: How U.S. Privacy Laws Change the Way Data Should be Managed by Retail and Tech Industries

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This breakout series will discuss the latest U.S. privacy compliance programs, and how trends such as sale opt-out and cookie banners are part of the “data revolution”. The series will also cover the intersection of...more

BakerHostetler

2023 DSIR Deeper Dive: Pixel & Other Website Technologies

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We’re back with a deeper dive into the 2023 Data Security and Incident Response Report, which features insights and metrics from 1,160+ incidents in 2022. This episode dives deeper into Pixel & other website technologies. ...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Extracting Lessons from the Joint Statement on Data Scraping and Protection of Privacy

The United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office and data protection authorities from Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Mexico, Switzerland, Norway, New Zealand, Colombia, Jersey, Morocco, and Argentina have released a...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Privacy Authorities Press Platforms to Protect Publicly Posted Personal Information

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The Privacy Commissioner of Canada and other international data protection authorities recently issued a joint statement urging websites and social media platforms to do more to protect personal information from unlawful data...more

Benesch

Q2 - 2023: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Quarterly Briefing

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Efforts to Address the Lack of Federal Data Privacy Legislation in the U.S. Have Continued - The need for federal data privacy legislation was reiterated in the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on...more

Woods Rogers

Tips for Healthcare Organizations Handling Negative Online Reviews

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A healthcare organization’s online presence is an important component of its reputation. Occasionally, dissatisfied patients will post negative reviews about healthcare services on social media and customer review platforms...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

U.S. Privacy Litigation Update: July 2023

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Keypoint: In July 2023, plaintiffs have been busy opposing motions to dismiss in chat wiretapping, session replay, and VPPA cases while testing claims against a new technology....more

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