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On February 23, 2024, the Office of the Information Commissioner (“ICO”), the U.K.’s data privacy regulator, issued new guidance for employers about the use of biometrics in the workplace. Along with this new guidance, the...more
Last year proved to be a big year in data protection with U.S. state data protection laws popping up across the country, the FTC updating its guidance and regulations on everything from data breaches and biometric...more
On 18 August 2023, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) published draft guidance on biometric recognition (the “Draft Guidance”) for public consultation. The Draft Guidance explains how data protection law...more
FTC Settles with Experian for Alleged Customer Spamming - On August 14, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a proposed settlement involving Experian Consumer Services (“Experian”). A federal court entered...more
WorldCoin is a cryptocurrency project which uses iris scanning technology to issue a “World ID” as a digital identifier. Privacy concerns over WorldCoin have been voiced by several data protection authorities worldwide....more
For most large companies, a frictionless flow of information and the ability to transfer customer data, employee files, financial records and other information around the world quickly and cost-effectively is a critical...more
As part of its topic-specific guidance on employment practices and data protection, the ICO has released its draft guidance for monitoring employees at work for consultation. This blog sets out our initial thoughts on the...more
As part of its topic-specific guidance on employment practices and data protection, the ICO has released its draft guidance for monitoring employees at work for consultation. It will remain open until 11 January 2023 for...more
We are delighted to introduce Dechert Cyber Bits, brought to you by members of our top-ranked, global Privacy & Cybersecurity practice. Cyber Bits is a bi-weekly publication that will provide a short summary of key...more
2021 promises to be an exciting year in the data and privacy space. With the adoption of technologies that collect, analyze, aggregate, distribute and share data, and the implementation of new laws and regulations in...more
On January 6, 2021, the European Union (EU) Commission’s Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers published its Report on the implementation of specific provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the Report). The Report...more
Introduction - The past year was an active one for data privacy and security legislation and enforcement. Protection for certain personal data was enhanced internationally by the EU General Data Protection Regulation...more