Following an eventful 2023, we expect that many recent legislative and enforcement trends will persist, making 2024 a similarly impactful year in the development of U.S. privacy law. These trends include but are not limited...more
1/31/2024
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Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Acts ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Acts ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
State Legislatures ,
State Privacy Laws
In the wake of recent lawsuits brought under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), companies with websites that display video content should evaluate their use of tracking technologies. Recently, creative class-action...more
Texas recently became the tenth state to pass a comprehensive consumer data privacy law when its legislature voted in favor of the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA). The bill was signed by Governor Greg Abbott on...more
6/21/2023
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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Acts ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Personal Information ,
SBA ,
State and Local Government ,
State Legislatures ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Texas ,
Virginia
After two-plus years of mostly attending CLEs, webinars, and other knowledge-building events via Zoom, Teams or some other virtual platform, it was great to get together with like-minded privacy professionals in Washington,...more
The legal landscape is ever-changing, as new laws are passed or existing laws are interpreted or enforced differently. Brooks Pierce attorneys have identified some of the biggest potential legal issues that businesses need to...more
3/8/2022
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Interest Rates ,
Investigations ,
Labor Regulations ,
Mergers ,
Representations and Warranties ,
White Collar Crimes
The past 20 months have created a lot of transitions in how people work. Some companies still have the majority of their employees working remotely and intend to keep it that way permanently. Other businesses have tried to...more
1/31/2022
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
GAO ,
Insurance Industry ,
Popular ,
Ransomware
The past 15 months have been extremely challenging for every industry, but that is especially true of educational institutions. Every level of education—from local school districts to the largest universities—has had to work...more
6/17/2021
/ Colleges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Educational Institutions ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Universities
In March of 2021, Virginia became the second state to adopt a comprehensive data protection law. The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), which goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2023, borrows many concepts from the...more
3/31/2021
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Compliance ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Virginia
This article is part of a series in which Brooks Pierce highlights clients that are going above and beyond to help combat the effects of the COVID-19 crisis in their communities.
Lithios, a Raleigh-based mobile application...more
As COVID-19 has spread throughout the world and within the United States, companies of all sizes have had to make quick decisions about how to implement work-from-home procedures. While many businesses are accustomed to...more
In this day, data is often one of the most valuable assets companies have and it needs to be protected as such. Guarding data has become crucial for every business, no matter the size and industry. In the first half of 2019,...more
12/23/2019
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Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Retention ,
Data Security ,
Data Storage ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Information Security ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Security Risk Assessments
A ruling by the highest court in the European Union regarding the common practice of putting a Facebook “Like” button on a website could have repercussions for American companies doing business overseas.
In late July, the...more
8/25/2019
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Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Collection ,
Data-Sharing ,
EU ,
Facebook ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Germany ,
Likes ,
Popular ,
Risk Assessment ,
Social Media ,
Website Owner Liability ,
Websites
When news of a major data breach, like the recent one at Capital One, makes headlines, the first response of many business owners may be to breathe a big sigh of relief that it wasn’t them. However, it’s critical that...more
On Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law first-in-the-nation legislation requiring that manufacturers include “reasonable security features” on any device that is “capable of connecting to...more
10/8/2018
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Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Exclusions ,
Governor Brown ,
Internet ,
Internet of Things ,
Manufacturers ,
New Legislation ,
Private Right of Action ,
Software ,
Technology Sector
With the April 17 tax deadline fast approaching, businesses need to remain vigilant for employee reports (or more likely questions) about fraudulent tax returns being filed in their names. Multiple employee reports of...more