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On April 2, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency's (CPPA) Enforcement Division issued its first enforcement advisory, titled "Applying Data Minimization to Consumer Requests," to further emphasize the importance of...more
On February 1, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had reached a proposed settlement with that would require Blackbaud Inc. (“Blackbaud”) to delete personal data it does not need to retain and upgrade...more
On January 8, 2024, after multiple amendments, the New Jersey Legislature passed a comprehensive data protection bill (SB 332). Gov. Philip Murphy has 45 days to execute SB 332, making New Jersey the 13th state to adopt...more
A new Illinois data privacy law specifically tailored to motor vehicle-secured financing transactions becomes effective on January 1, 2024, and is likely to lead to similar laws in other states. ...more
On October 10, Governor Newsom signed the Delete Act ( SB 362) into law, which amends California's current data broker law to impose extensive additional disclosure and registration requirements on data brokers, and to...more
On October 10, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law California’s most recent foray into the world of consumer data privacy: the Delete Act. Targeting so-called data brokers, the Act expands on regulations already in place...more
This week, California’s governor signed a first-in-the-nation law that will impose new regulations on data brokers, requiring such entities to delete personal data pursuant to consumer requests. Data brokers specialize in...more
This year, Indiana joined several other states to pass a comprehensive consumer privacy law, that becomes operative on January 1, 2026. Like other consumer privacy laws, Indiana’s law requires businesses to establish...more
Legislation requires data brokers to register with the California Privacy Protection Agency and comply with a one-stop consumer deletion mechanism by 2026 - The wave of data privacy legislation in California continues as...more
Providers in the mobility space take note. The Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate, Andmekaitse Inspektsioon, conducted a short term vehicle rental sweep that could be important in light of a declared connected vehicle...more
For decades, medical providers and other covered entities have satisfied their health-data privacy obligations by complying with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) — but this is changing...more
In April and May, the NAIC Privacy Protections Working Group held the first three of its biweekly calls to discuss its recipe for a new privacy model, “Insurance Consumer Privacy Protection Model Law #674.” During the...more
While the federal government attempts to move forward with a more uniform national law, Connecticut joined California, Colorado, Utah, and Virginia in passing a comprehensive consumer privacy law....more
Our 2022 Data Security Incident Response Report discussed how businesses can be better positioned to meet the tight data breach notification deadlines now imposed in dozens of countries worldwide. In particular, we...more
Danske Bank, Denmark’s largest bank, faces a fine of approximately $1.5 million from the Danish Data Protection Agency (DPA) for a failure to comply with the GDPR’s data deletion requirements. The GDPR requires all personal...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), considered one of the most expansive U.S. privacy laws to date, went into effect on January 1, 2020. The CCPA placed significant limitations on the collection and sale of a...more
This article is the second in a multi-part series covering concepts that can be applied to your company’s process for managing privacy rights requests, as required by various modern privacy laws. The first article in this...more
Microsoft Teams has offered “a new way to work and learn for a new digital age” throughout the rollercoaster that is the pandemic. Bridging the gap between the office and the remote work environment, Teams enables users to...more
You know that cleaning out the garage is a good idea. You would have more storage space and would even be able to put the car into the garage, which is better for security, for keeping it clean, and for ensuring an easy start...more
Colorado has now joined California and Virginia to become the third US state to pass a comprehensive data privacy legislation when Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act (the “CPA”) into law on July 8, 2021. The...more
There are many similarities between the Colorado Privacy Act (ColoPA), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), the Virginia Consumer Data privacy Act (VCDPA), and Europe’s GDPR,...more
Please join Epiq and Microsoft Canada for an interactive roundtable discussion on the impact of digital transformation, compliance, data protection and Information Governance in Canada's Healthcare Sector. This 60-minute...more
New York City tenants harboring “big brother” concerns over landlords abusing data collected through smart access (i.e., keyless entry) systems will soon be able to rest easier. Following California, Virginia, and the British...more
Participate in thoughtful discussions with Epiq and Microsoft Canada on challenges, learnings and best practices on privacy, risk and compliance. Epiq and Microsoft Canada would like to personally invite you to join a...more