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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Texas Attorney General’s Office Zeroes In on Data Privacy and Entities Using Biometric Data

Recently, Texas Attorney General (AG) Ken Paxton announced the launch of a Texas data privacy and security law enforcement initiative by establishing a new unit focusing on Texas’ privacy laws. The AG’s Office made the...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Highlights from this week’s IAPP Global Privacy Summit

Since 2011, I’ve attended the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ Global Privacy Summit in Washington, D.C. Each year one session gets everyone talking; this year the honor went to “Direct Insights from U.S....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Eye on Privacy: 2023 Year in Review

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - What is the Privacy Impact of the White House AI Order for Businesses? Posted November 28, 2023 Biden’s sweeping AI Executive Order sought to have artificial intelligence used in accordance...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 1, January 2024

The Current Status of Privacy Laws Across the United States - Unlike the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union (EU), the United States does not have a nationwide comprehensive data privacy law....more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - V 4, Issue 3, March 2023

Amazon Sued for Not Telling New York Store Customers about Tracking Biometrics - “Thanks to a 2021 law, New York is the only major American city to require businesses to post signs letting customers know they’re tracking...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Illinois Supreme Court Eliminates Defense to Biometric Privacy Class Actions

Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has spawned a tsunami of class actions against employers who utilize biometric timekeeping or security systems. Now, the Illinois Supreme Court in McDonald v. Symphony...more

Perkins Coie

Rip Van Wrinkle: The Grandfather of Biometric Laws Awakens

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Biometric data is becoming increasingly pervasive in our daily lives—we use it to unlock smartphones, gain entry to entertainment venues, access secured locations, and record time and attendance on the job site....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

A Comparison Of The Virginia, Washington, And Florida Proposed Privacy Bills

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After a pandemic-related hiatus in 2020, a number of U.S. states have proposed new data privacy laws in 2021 – and several are very close to passage. Virginia’s proposed data privacy law appears to be the closest and is...more

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Vermont Amends Data Breach Notification Law with Focus on Biometric Data Protection

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Data privacy laws in two of the most populous US states have been transformed this year with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and New York’s Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act coming into...more

Perkins Coie

2020 Breach Notification Law Update: Vermont, District of Columbia, Maine, and California Expand Requirements

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States continue to enhance and expand their breach notification requirements, increasing the scope of breaches that require notice as well as the complexity of compliance. Four jurisdictions—Vermont, the District of Columbia,...more

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Data Privacy Bill Introduced in Washington State

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Washington may be the next state to enact its own data privacy law after a bill was introduced into the Washington State Senate earlier this month. Known as the Washington Privacy Act, the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Reuven Carlyle,...more

Hogan Lovells

New York Enacts New Data Security Laws

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On July 25, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a pair of bills establishing new requirements for businesses that process certain personal information related to New York residents. The changes include expanding...more

Alston & Bird

Legislative Roundup: New Laws Passed in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Maryland That Revise Cyber Security Measures

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Arkansas - In April, Arkansas’ Governor signed H.B. 1943 as Act 1030 expanding the scope of personal information, as used in the Personal Information Protection Act, to include “biometric data.”  ...more

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Proposed Washington Privacy Act Tracks GDPR and CCPA Protections and Emphasizes Facial Recognition

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Washington state has joined the growing ranks of states considering data privacy legislation in the wake of the European General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Senate Bill 5376,...more

King & Spalding

California Considers Rules For Data Security, Geolocation ­

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On Wednesday, August 24, the California state senate (the “Senate”) took action on a bill that would expand the definition of protected personal consumer data to include geolocation and biometric information while also...more

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