Using AI in HR - Hire or Hover? Hiring executives are asking if the compliance costs and discrimination risks outweigh the anticipated benefits of using artificial intelligence (AI) tools for hiring and employment-related...more
9/18/2024
/ Algorithms ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Machine Learning ,
Title VII
I work for a public company that recently experienced a ransomware attack. Fortunately, we were able to restore our business operations quickly by obtaining a decryption key from the threat actor. Given that we managed to get...more
9/11/2024
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Ransomware ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Reputational Injury ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
“Dear Mary” is Troutman Pepper’s Incidents + Investigations team’s advice column. Here, you will find Mary’s answers to questions about anything and everything cyber-related — data breaches, forensic investigations, how to...more
“Dear Mary” is Troutman Pepper’s Incidents + Investigations team’s advice column. Here, you will find Mary’s answers to questions about anything and everything cyber-related — data breaches, forensic investigations, how to...more
“Dear Mary” is Troutman Pepper’s Incidents + Investigations team’s advice column. Here, you will find Mary’s answers to questions about anything and everything cyber-related — data breaches, forensic investigations, how to...more
Each of the 50 states has its own definition of what constitutes a reportable data breach. For some, it requires “unauthorized access” to personal information. For others, it requires “unauthorized acquisition.” And then,...more
7/25/2024
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Data Theft ,
Identity Theft ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Unauthorized Access
In this episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast, Chris Willis is joined by Partners Ron Raether and Tim St. George to discuss a landmark victory in a major data breach class action multidistrict litigation. The team delves...more
‘Dear Mary,’ is Troutman Pepper’s Incidents + Investigations team’s advice column. Here, you will find Mary’s answers to questions about anything and everything cyber-related – data breaches, forensic investigations, how to...more
On July 5, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding Data Broker Registration pursuant to Senate Bill 362 (the Delete Act). The Delete Act requires the CPPA to...more
‘Dear Mary,’ is Troutman Pepper’s Incidents + Investigations team’s advice column. Here, you will find Mary’s answers to questions about anything and everything cyber-related – data breaches, forensic investigations, how to...more
‘Dear Mary,’ is Troutman Pepper’s Incidents + Investigations team’s advice column. Here, you will find Mary’s answers to questions about anything and everything cyber-related – data breaches, forensic investigations, how to...more
‘Dear Mary,’ is Troutman Pepper’s Incidents + Investigations team’s advice column. Here, you will find Mary’s answers to questions about anything and everything cyber-related – data breaches, forensic investigations, how to...more
‘Dear Mary,’ is Troutman Pepper’s Incidents + Investigations team’s advice column. Here, you will find Mary’s answers to questions about anything and everything cyber-related – data breaches, forensic investigations, how to...more
‘Dear Mary,’ is Troutman Pepper’s Incidents + Investigations team’s advice column. Here, you will find Mary’s answers to questions about anything and everything cyber-related – data breaches, forensic investigations, how to...more
‘Dear Mary,’ is Troutman Pepper’s Incidents + Investigations team’s advice column. Here, you will find Mary’s answers to questions about anything and everything cyber-related – data breaches, forensic investigations, how to...more
On May 13, Senator Joseph P. Cryan (D) introduced an amendment to New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law, which would broaden the law’s coverage. An identical amendment was introduced by Assemblywoman Annette Quijano (D) in the Assembly...more
Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, seeking public comment on its proposal to amend existing regulations that govern admission to public housing and...more
4/16/2024
/ Comment Period ,
Criminal Records ,
HUD ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Property Owners ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Public Housing ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rental Assistance Programs ,
Rental Property ,
Section 8 ,
Tenants
On March 28, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a Privacy and Data Security Update, highlighting the FTC’s activities in recent years through December 2023. The FTC underscored its work on issues related to...more
4/12/2024
/ Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
COPPA ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Do Not Call List ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Machine Learning ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Risk Management
On March 6, 2024, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed Senate Bill 255 into law, making New Hampshire the 14th U.S. state to enact a comprehensive privacy law. The law, which becomes effective on January 1, 2025, is...more
Editor’s Note: In recent regulatory and enforcement developments, the White House announced a new executive order aimed at strengthening cybersecurity at U.S. ports, and another executive order was issued to protect sensitive...more
3/7/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Executive Orders ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
FCC ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
UDAAP
In a recent alert, we reported that California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta announced a settlement with DoorDash over allegations that the company violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California...more
3/5/2024
/ California ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
CalOPPA ,
Data Privacy ,
DoorDash ,
Marketing ,
Mobile Apps ,
Personal Information ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
Statutory Violations
In the second settlement under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta announced a settlement over allegations that DoorDash sold consumers' personal information in a manner that...more
3/4/2024
/ California ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
CalOPPA ,
Data Privacy ,
DoorDash ,
Marketing ,
Mobile Apps ,
Personal Information ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
Statutory Violations
NIST Publishes Report on the Cybersecurity of Genomic Data. On December 20, 2023, the NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) published Final NIST IR 8432, Cybersecurity of Genomic Data. Informed by direction...more
2/13/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Fraud ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
NIST ,
Personal Information ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Putative Class Actions
On February 8, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service (USDA) v. Kirtz, holding that the Fair Credit Reporting Act’s (FCRA) clear statutory text...more
2/12/2024
/ Borrowers ,
Consumer Reporting Agencies ,
Consumer Reports ,
Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v Kirtz ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Government Agencies ,
Loans ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Violations ,
USDA
In recent regulatory and enforcement developments, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) proposed a regulatory framework for automated decision-making technology (ADMT) and revisions to the California Consumer...more
2/7/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
COPPA ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Data Breach ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Protection ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Robocalling ,
Social Media ,
State Attorneys General ,
Vulnerability Assessments ,
Website Owner Liability