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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

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Biden Directs Attorney General to Restrict Transfer of Sensitive Personal Data to Countries of Concern

On February 28, 2024, President Biden issued Executive Order 14117, calling for new regulations to prohibit or restrict transactions that enable countries of concern to access sensitive U.S. personal and government data. The...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FTC, DOJ sue health app over data sharing and privacy practices

On May 17, the DOJ filed a complaint on behalf of the FTC against a health app for violating the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR) by allegedly sharing users’ sensitive personal information with third parties, disclosing...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

DOJ Withdraws Support for Healthcare Policy Statements and Increases Information Exchange Scrutiny

On February 2, 2023, Doha Mekki, Principal Deputy Attorney General (DAAG) for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division, announced the agency’s withdrawal of three enforcement policy statements related to...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

FTC to Twitter: Do What You Say (Or Pay $150M If You Don’t)

Privacy law 101 includes a simple but important basic concept that organizations may only use personal information they collect for what they say they will, and how they say they will. According to the Federal Trade...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FTC Orders Company to Delete Algorithms Made with Data Alleged to be Improperly Obtained

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached a settlement with weight loss company WW International (formerly known as Weight Watchers) requiring the company to pay a $1.5 million penalty, delete the personal information of...more

Alston & Bird

The Digital Download – Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Newsletter – November 2020

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Selected Developments in U.S. Law - Alston & Bird Analyzes New California Privacy Rights Act - California voters approved a ballot initiative containing the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020. ...more

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CCPA Update: Third Time is the Charm

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The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is the landmark privacy law in the US that formally went into effect this year and provides California residents with various rights regarding the collection, use, and sharing of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - August 2020

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the National Institute of Standards and Technology's four principles of the "explainability" of artificial intelligence and the U.K. Information...more

Troutman Pepper

Voter Information Guide and Proposition 24 (CPRA)

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The draft of the Official Voter Information Guide for California’s November 3, 2020 General Election has been released for public display and examination before publication and distribution to voters. Included with this...more

McDermott Will & Emery

The California Consumer Privacy Act and ‘Reasonable Security’: A Game Changer

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The potential statutory damages under the CCPA dwarf almost every previous large data breach settlement in the United States. To mitigate the risk of this increased exposure, companies need to take key steps to ensure they...more

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