Amid ongoing policy shifts in Washington, the federal government’s interest in pursuing civil cyber-fraud cases appears to be here to stay. In October 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) initiated its Civil Cyber-Fraud…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Science, Computers, & Technology, Government Contracting
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) has issued its first Order of Decision to American Honda Motor Co. in an enforcement action under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CPPA). Although the investigation arose from…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy
Please visit here to visit our Mintz Matrix page with the latest edition of the Mintz Matrix, which is a 50-state resource we have maintained since 2009 to break down and summarize requirements of U.S. state data breach…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
In response to an alarming increase in the size and frequency of large-scale data breaches involving protected health information, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) dropped a bit of a…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Privacy
2024 was a busy year for state consumer data privacy laws in the United States. Seven states enacted comprehensive data privacy statutes throughout the year, and laws enacted in 2023 went into effect in Montana, Florida, Texas,…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
It’s the season of lists and next on ours: Minnesota! This state joined 18 others to enact comprehensive data privacy legislation in recent years. To avoid being on the “naughty” list, make sure to review your compliance…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy
Every year, Mintz provides analysis of the regulatory developments that impact public companies as they prepare for their fiscal year-end filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and their annual shareholder meetings…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Securities Law
Any chancery you might be impacted by the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA)? (See what we did there?) Impacted companies need to gear up and prepare for compliance as the DPDPA becomes effective on January 1, 2025. The…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
We are moving westward this week from Iowa to Nebraska in our series of articles providing in-depth summaries of state consumer privacy laws taking effect across the nation.
Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen (R) signed the…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Iowa is next up in our series of articles providing in-depth summaries of state consumer privacy laws taking effect across the nation.
On March 28, 2023, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds (R) signed into law Senate File 262 (the…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy
Comprehensive consumer privacy laws continue to hit the desks of governors in states across the country, with nineteen state laws now on the books. Since we wrote our 2023 Round-Up on State Consumer Data Privacy Laws article…
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/ Business Torts, Consumer Protection, Privacy
Dark Patterns come into focus as the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) issues September 4 Enforcement Advisory.
Recently, I attempted to cancel a digital subscription. While I expected the cancellation function to…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Torts, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy
In June, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a social media company’s summary judgment win on BIPA claims, in a sophisticated ruling providing a plausible path forward for technology companies and others…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee allowed the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act (“RIDTPPA”) to pass on June 25, 2024 when he transmitted the bill back to the legislature without signature, making Rhode…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy
On June 24, 2024, the SEC issued five new Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) relating to the materiality assessment and disclosure requirements of material cybersecurity incidents under Item 1.05 of Form 8-K…
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/ Business Organizations, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
