The United States privacy landscape becomes more cluttered by the week. While most of the legal media is focusing on federal legislation coming out of Washington, the most significant privacy development in the United States...more
For the past several years, website owners that gather data from California residents have faced a surge in class action lawsuits and threatened lawsuits alleging violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA)....more
Class-action lawyers are adapting their legal tactics, moving away from suing companies under California's wiretap law and instead focusing on a new legal claim: the pen register theory....more
You may be feeling overwhelmed with the thought of having to comply with yet another state privacy law. However, New Jersey’s privacy bill is chock-full of significant exemptions that may ease your organization’s compliance...more
Artificial intelligence (“AI”) and complex credit models may help lending institutions make decisions on credit applications more efficiently, but they’re also inviting increased scrutiny from regulators. On September 20,...more
Given the increasing number of data privacy laws in the U.S., entering into appropriate data processing agreements (“DPAs”) with vendors has now become a critical component of vendor management. It can also be one of the most...more
In March of this year, we wrote about “secondary use” consent requirements under the CCPA and Colorado’s CPA. Since that post, the number of U.S. state privacy laws has roughly doubled. Determining consent requirements under...more
Kilpatrick Townsend’s Meghan Farmer, Alex Borovsky, Jennie Cunningham, and Zain Haq recently presented “Navigating the New Data Privacy Landscape” at an event sponsored by the Association of Corporate Counsel Nation Capital...more
Kilpatrick Townsend’s Meghan Farmer, Alex Borovsky, Jennie Cunningham, and Zain Haq recently presented “Navigating the New Data Privacy Landscape” at an event sponsored by the Association of Corporate Counsel Nation Capital...more
On March 28, 2023, Iowa became the sixth state to enact a comprehensive consumer privacy law. If the thought of having to comply with yet another state privacy law is causing a sense of panic, fret not. Iowa’s bill is largely...more
One internet search of the CCPA or the CPA reveals a plethora of articles outlining standard data protection requirements under those laws, from privacy notice requirements to new mandatory contractual provisions. But the...more
Attorneys Amanda Witt and Zain Haq recently participated in a panel discussion hosted by Kilpatrick Townsend and organized by the International Association of Privacy Professionals. The discussion provided practical insights...more
While there is no comprehensive, federal United States law governing privacy, there are several major state laws that are currently in place. To help our clients assess their compliance posture, we have published a quick,...more
3/16/2023
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Kilpatrick Townsend Partner Amanda Witt (Co-Chair of the firm’s Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Governance Practice and the firm’s Technology, Privacy & Cybersecurity Team) and Associate Zain Haq recently participated in a...more
Attorneys Barry Benjamin, Vita Zeltser, John Brigagliano, and Zain Haq discuss how anti-wiretap class actions against website operators surge, but how proper consent can reduce the risk....more
Website session replay technology continues to fuel class action litigation alleging violations of anti-wiretap laws in all-party consent states. In 2021, we issued an alert highlighting that session replay lawsuits were...more
In January of 2022, we recommended adding “updating privacy contracts” to your list of New Year’s resolutions. With 2023 around the corner and a number of new privacy laws and regulations going into effect, we have another...more
12/16/2022
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