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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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Rhode Island Becomes First State to Implement PDNS in All School Districts

My home state of Rhode Island may be the smallest in the union, but it has taken on a significant initiative to implement the Protective Domain Name Service (PDNS) in all 64 public school districts. PDNS, an initiative...more

J.S. Held

The Dark Side of Artificial Intelligence: Scams and Frauds

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AI is technology that enables computers to simulate human intelligence and problem-solving skills, whereas deepfake is synthetic media that has been digitally manipulated to replace and mimic one person’s likeness. AI has...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

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Cookie Cutter: NY AG Announces Cookie Scrutiny with Business Guide to Website Privacy Controls

Website privacy controls—in the form of banners and pop-ups asking visitors to agree to, or reject, a website’s use of cookies, pixels, and similar technologies used to track their behavior—are becoming ubiquitous. In the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

CrowdStrike Customers Targeted by Threat Actors Using Fake Help Websites

If you are a customer of CrowdStrike, you are working on recovering from the outage that occurred on July 19, 2024. As if that isn’t enough disruption, CrowdStrike is warning customers that threat actors are taking advantage...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

We Don’t Use Dark Patterns!? FTC and Consumer Protection Networks Review Suggests You Might

In its ongoing concern with “dark patterns,” the FTC recently announced results of two reviews of sites and apps purportedly engaging in the practice. As a reminder, the FTC views as “dark patterns” practices or web designs...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: July 2024

Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health System said it experienced a breach impacting more than 1.27 million patients when a former employee of vendor Nuance Communications Inc., a Microsoft Corp. subsidiary, accessed patient...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

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

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

Lerman Senter PLLC

FTC Proposes Updates to COPPA Rule

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The FTC is proposing significant changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) rule to place new restrictions on the use and disclosure of children’s personal information. The COPPA Rule requires websites...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

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

Amundsen Davis LLC

“Pixels” and “Cookies,” Charming Terms for Tracking Technology, Can Lead to Ugly Data Privacy Headaches

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Companies in all industries and of all sizes are evaluating sophisticated and useful technology for their websites and applica- tions (their “apps”) in an effort to enhance and develop their image or brand and to support...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

Kilpatrick

5 Key Takeaways - US Privacy Law

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Kilpatrick Townsend’s John Brigagliano recently participated in the “US State Privacy Law” panel at the 37th Annual Privacy & Technology Law Forum. Mr. Brigagliano moderated the discussion with Jason Loring (Vialto Global...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, Number 2. Privacy Briefs: February 2023

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 2 (February 2023) DCH Health Systems, based in Tuscaloosa, Ala., said it fired an employee in December after a routine privacy audit revealed evidence that the worker had accessed some...more

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