Womble Bond Dickinson’s content series—Innovation Interchange: The Power of Cross-Industry Insight—explores emerging challenges from the viewpoint of trendsetting industries. ...more
On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued Executive Order 14110: Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence. It seeks to confirm America’s global leadership in AI and...more
11/10/2023
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USPTO
Join industry leaders and legal professionals as they step through a cyber incident response scenario and give real-time perspectives from the viewpoint of forensic investigation and mitigation, legal, cyber insurance, and...more
10/12/2023
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California was the first US state with a comprehensive privacy law the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), 4 more states followed with omnibus privacy laws effective this year and state legislatures passed 8 more this...more
10/11/2023
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Continuing Legal Education ,
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Demand Letter ,
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Invasion of Privacy ,
Personal Data ,
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Targeted Digital Advertising ,
Web Tracking ,
Websites ,
Wiretapping
The Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA) takes effect January 1, 2025. Delaware generally followed the Connecticut model, but has some unique terms. We provide a non-exhaustive list of some of Delaware’s requirements...more
2023 is shaping up to be a landmark year for data privacy, on both sides of the Atlantic. In the US, four new state laws go into effect – two on July 1 – while California is expanding its already robust requirements, and...more
7/18/2023
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Biometric Information ,
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Compliance ,
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Data Mapping ,
Data Privacy ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Geolocation ,
Information Reports ,
International Data Transfers ,
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Regulatory Oversight ,
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Strategic Planning ,
Surveys ,
UK ,
UK Data Protection Act
On July 10, 2023, the EU Commission approved the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“EU-US DPF”) as a valid transfer mechanism for sharing personal data from European Economic Area countries (those in the EU plus Iceland,...more
7/13/2023
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US state legislatures continue to consider and pass consumer privacy laws. Many of them have similarities, but they also have significant differences. The divergence in the laws can create issues in your data strategy and...more
2023 is shaping up to be a landmark year for data privacy, as comprehensive consumer privacy laws take effect in four states and a fifth state expands its already robust privacy compliance requirements. As part of Womble Bond...more
In May 2017, the world of data privacy was irreparably changed when four members of the Chinese military hacked into credit-reporting company Equifax, exposing the personal information of nearly 150 million Americans. The...more
6/22/2022
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This article amends our prior article on new US state omnibus privacy laws coming in 2023: January 1: the California Consumer Privacy Rights Act (which amends the existing CCPA) (CPRA) and the Virginia Consumer Data...more
Utah has just become the fourth state to pass an omnibus consumer privacy law. The Utah Consumer Privacy Act (“UCPA”) was signed into law on March 24, 2022.
UCPA is modeled after Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act...more
In the past 5 years businesses felt the increasingly intricate data management rules (GDPR, CCPA, BIPA) pressed against an explosion in hacking and ransomware. Companies experience pressure from legislators, regulators,...more
3/15/2022
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Data Collection ,
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Data Privacy ,
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Data Security ,
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Geolocation ,
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Colorado’s governor, Jared Polis, signed the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”) into law on July 7th, 2021.
Colorado joins California and Virginia as the third state with a comprehensive privacy law in the United States. ...more
The shift to a work-from-home economy has enabled companies and employees to continue functioning during the pandemic but one unintended consequence of this overnight transition has been the increased risk of cyberattacks....more
2/23/2021
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Hackers ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
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Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Remote Working ,
Risk Mitigation
As the CCPA enforcement date of July 1, 2020 approaches next week, California privacy rights were already on the minds of many businesses. However, just as organizations wrap up month and year-long projects to address those...more
Don’t wait to implement your California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) compliance as it could require changes to your operations. CCPA can apply to businesses even if they do not have offices or employees in California. It can...more
9/16/2019
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Covered Entities ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws