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FTC Releases 2023 Privacy and Data Security Update

Troutman Pepper on 4/12/2024

On March 28, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a Privacy and Data Security Update, highlighting the FTC’s activities in recent years through December 2023. The FTC underscored its work on issues related to...more

More Privacy, Please – February 2024

Troutman Pepper on 3/7/2024

Editor’s Note: In recent regulatory and enforcement developments, the White House announced a new executive order aimed at strengthening cybersecurity at U.S. ports, and another executive order was issued to protect sensitive...more

Marking Data Privacy Week With Four 2024 Predictions

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 2/1/2024

Data Privacy Week is always ongoing! Here are some of Hinshaw's top data privacy law predictions for 2024. 1. New State Data Laws Will Continue to be Adopted in 2024, Varying in Scope and Enforcement Mechanisms - There will...more

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Announces Sweeping Rulemaking for Companies That Collect and Furnish Personal Data

Jones Day on 8/28/2023

On August 15, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") announced it was launching a rulemaking aimed at subjecting any company or entity that collects and sells consumer data to the Fair Credit Reporting Act...more

White House to Host Meeting on Data Brokering Industry as CFPB Promises New Regulations

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/18/2023

The White House hosted a roundtable meeting Tuesday on the data brokering industry as a part of an administration-wide push toward strengthening America’s consumer privacy landscape. The meeting brought together researchers,...more

Mintz May Madness: Comprehensive Data Privacy Laws Sweeping the Nation

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 5/4/2023

Indiana's New Law is on the Books - Last month, three more state legislatures passed comprehensive data privacy laws. Just this week, Indiana’s governor signed one of them - the Indiana Consumer Data Privacy Act (“ICDPA’) -...more

Enforcement of U.S. Consumer Data Privacy Laws Part 1: Federal Agency Enforcement

Pierce Atwood LLP on 4/26/2023

A threshold consideration for businesses trying to understand the actors that enforce U.S. consumer privacy laws is an analysis of which laws apply to that business. This is because U.S. consumer privacy laws exist as a...more

Iowa Is The Sixth U.S. State That Enacts Data Privacy Law

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 3/31/2023

Iowa is now the sixth state in the U.S. to adopt a comprehensive privacy law that aims to give consumers more control over protecting their personal data. Signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) on Tuesday, Senate File 262 was...more

Data Privacy in 2023: Expectations, Responsibilities & Cyber Security Tactics to Safeguard Your Information

J.S. Held on 2/9/2023

INTRODUCTION - As more of our lives and work become digitized, an inherent overlap continues to grow between data privacy and cyber security programs. Think of two similarly sized circles: in the past, data privacy and cyber...more

[Webcast Transcript] The State of US Privacy Law: What to Expect in 2023 and Beyond

HaystackID on 10/12/2022

Editor’s Note: On September 29, 2022, HaystackID shared an educational webcast on the topic of US privacy law. As privacy continues to move to the forefront of not only information consideration but of business concern for...more

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 17

Dechert LLP on 7/22/2022

California Privacy Protection Agency Proposes CPRA Regulations as the ADPPA Continues to Advance in Congress - On July 8, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) filed a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...more

Commercial Litigation Outlook - 2022

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/15/2022

Welcome to the second annual installment of Seyfarth Shaw’s Commercial Litigation Outlook. Our nationally recognized team provides keen insights about what to expect in 2022. In short, it will be a busy year that will call...more

Senators Urge FTC to Craft Data Privacy and Security Rules

Troutman Pepper on 9/30/2021

On September 20, nine Democratic senators wrote a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), requesting that it create new rules to protect consumers’ personal data and privacy....more

2019 Year in Review for Financial Services Class Actions

BCLP on 3/9/2020

Focus areas included FCRA, Fair Lending, ancillary fees and services (such as lender placed flood insurance), TCPA, privacy and data security and other topics. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Director Kathleen...more

CCPA Amendments – What did California Actually Do?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/18/2019

The rush for California to get all of the “rules of the road” ready for next year has seemed to cause a bit of confusion with California’s privacy law. Draft regulations were published the same day the Governor signed into...more

State Legislature Hears Concerns About Proposed Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Bill

Pierce Atwood LLP on 10/14/2019

On October 7, 2019, the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure held a hearing on pending legislation, including An Act Relative to Consumer Data Privacy (S.120). Modeled on the California Consumer...more

The Results Are in: Modest Changes to CCPA Await the Governor’s Signature

Hogan Lovells on 9/25/2019

Since the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (CCPA) hasty passage in June last year and minor changes last September, the CCPA has vexed businesses working on compliance. Among many practical challenges, the CCPA often...more

NAIC Cybersecurity Task Force Adopts Cybersecurity Bill of Rights

Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/5/2015

On October 14, 2015, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Cybersecurity Task Force adopted the Cybersecurity Bill of Rights, a document meant to inform consumers of the services they can expect from...more

NAIC Adopts Cybersecurity Bill of Rights

BakerHostetler on 11/4/2015

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) continued its efforts to advance cybersecurity in the insurance industry when it recently adopted the Cybersecurity Bill of Rights. The Cybersecurity Bill of Rights...more

Data privacy in the Americas - At a glance

FordHarrison on 10/16/2015

As multinational employers are aware, data privacy laws can vary greatly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Ensuring compliance with the different requirements can be challenging, and the penalties for noncompliance can be...more

Evolving Litigation of Data Breach Claims

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx on 9/25/2015

An Illinois circuit court judge has dismissed five of six claims in a consolidated class action against Advocate Health and Hospital Corporation arising from a data breach in July 2013. The judge’s dismissal with prejudice...more

Financial Services Report, Fall 2015

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 9/18/2015

BELTWAY - Straight Out of the Seventh Circuit The Seventh Circuit recently affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the SEC cannot be sued in district court to stop it from bringing an administrative action. Bebo v. SEC, No....more

Seventh Circuit rules hospital system is not a Consumer Reporting Agency under FCRA

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/20/2015

Is a hospital a “consumer reporting agency”? Can a health care provider be liable under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) in the event of a data breach? The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently considered these...more

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