In a surprising twist, the California legislature rushed last week to pass one of the most comprehensive privacy laws in the country. The bill was introduced only a week prior, and within hours of passage, it was signed into...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently released its highly anticipated decision in the long-running case pitting the now-defunct medical laboratory LabMD against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC),...more
On April 12, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it was withdrawing its proposed August 2017 privacy and data security settlement with Uber Technologies and issuing a new and expanded proposed settlement....more
On February 27, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had reached an agreement with PayPal to settle allegations that its peer-to-peer payment service, Venmo, engaged in deceptive acts and practices and...more
On August 15, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had reached an agreement with Uber Technologies to settle allegations that the ride-sharing company had deceived consumers by failing to live up to its...more
The last two months certainly have been eventful in the world of privacy. In this issue of The WSGR Data Advisor, we examine the Court of Justice of the European Union’s recent and highly significant Schrems decision that...more
11/20/2015
/ Comcast ,
Cybersecurity ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
HIPAA Audits ,
PCI-DSS Standard ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Security and Privacy Controls ,
Technical Conference ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
In this issue of The WSGR Data Advisor, we examine the FCC’s recent TCPA declaratory ruling and order addressing issues regarding calling and texting consumers, and discuss the new privacy, data security, and transparency...more
9/11/2015
/ Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Declaratory Rulings ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Drones ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
EU ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
New Legislation ,
Online Privacy Protection Act ,
Security and Privacy Controls ,
TCPA ,
Technical Standards ,
Text Messages