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Session Replay Enforcement, but in French

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Following a wave of “session replay” wiretapping lawsuits in the United States, France’s Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) has launched a consultation on tools for recording and replaying browsing...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Virginia Enacts Amendments to Consumer Protection Act

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Virginia recently amended its Consumer Protection Act (the Act) to provide enhanced protection for reproductive and sexual health information. These protections take effect on July 1, 2025. The amendment prohibits a...more

Foley Hoag LLP

23andMe Bankruptcy Update: U.S. Trustee and Texas Seek Consumer Privacy Ombudsman, While Debtors Aim for Less Oversight with...

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As noted in our last two client alerts, the issue as to who should be the watchdog to protect consumer personal data is coming to a head in the chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of 23andMe Holding Co and its affiliated debtors...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Virginia Strengthens Reproductive Health Data Protections

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On March 24, 2025, the governor of Virginia signed into law Senate Bill 754, which amends the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (VCPA) to restrict the collection, use, sale, or sharing of personally identifiable reproductive...more

Ius Laboris

New Data Protection Law Comes Into Effect in Mexico

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On 21 March 2025, the New Federal Law for the Protection of Personal Data in Possession of Private Parties came into effect, superseding and repealing the prior data protection law....more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Low-Budget, High-Impact Ways to Reduce Privacy and Cybersecurity Risks in 2025‎

1. Know What Laws Apply to your Organization It’s not surprising many leaders are unsure about which new laws or regulations apply to their organization. Privacy and security laws, particularly in the U.S., have changed...more

Osano

AI Governance & Why It Is Necessary

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In March 2023, Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak, along with other technology experts, signed an open letter asking that training powerful AI models be stopped until stronger AI governance laws could be developed. Two months later,...more

Hogan Lovells

Overview of the CNIL’s enforcement actions in 2024: the simplified procedure generates an increase in sanctions

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In 2024, the CNIL stepped up its enforcement action, issuing 87 sanctions, 180 compliance orders and 64 reprimands. However, only 12 decisions were made public, thus complicating the exercise of making the regulator’s...more

ArentFox Schiff

Digital Borders: The Power of Immigration Officials’ Authority to Search Your Devices

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US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has the authority to search electronic devices — including phones, laptops, tablets, and other electronic devices — of anyone entering the United States, including US citizens and...more

Ankura

Data Privacy in the Age of Generative AI: Legal and Ethical Implications for Indian Corporations

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The rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies has transformed various sectors, including healthcare, finance, and entertainment. However, this evolution brings significant challenges regarding...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

CIPA Claims and GET Requests

While readers of this blog are familiar with the proliferation of California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) wiretapping claims, our readers may be less familiar with CIPA-related GET Request claims. Below, we explain what...more

Proskauer on Privacy

My Health, My Dollar: Amazon’s Health Data Troubles in Washington

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Amazon faces allegations of unauthorized data collection in violation of federal and state privacy laws, including a first-of-its-kind claim under Washington’s My Health My Data Act (“MHMDA”). The MHMDA restricts businesses...more

Wiley Rein LLP

March Privacy Forecast: Maryland’s Strict New Privacy Law Takes Effect October 1

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With 13 comprehensive state privacy laws already in effect, the state privacy law landscape is complex. While there are several common threads throughout many of these frameworks that can allow companies to implement a...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

California Attorney General Announces Enforcement Sweep on Location Data Collection

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On March 10, 2025, the Office of the Attorney General of California (CAAG) announced an enforcement sweep of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) focused on the location data industry. Attorney General Rob Bonta stated...more

Alston & Bird

California Attorney General Targets Location Data in New Investigative Sweep

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This week California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a new investigative sweep under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). We have anticipated this sweep for some time based on the focus and the direction of a...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Biometrics Litigation Update: First Class Action Complaint Filed Under Washington’s My Health My Data Act — Is Your Company Ready?

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On February 10, 2025, the first class action complaint was filed under Washington state’s My Health My Data Act (“MHMDA”), over a year after the law was passed. See Maxwell v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al., Case No. 2:25-cv-261...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Data Minimization: A Legally Required Tool to Mitigate Risk

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The current landscape of data privacy and security is becoming exponentially more complex, with businesses facing both a growing list of cybersecurity risks and compliance requirements. Data minimization, an evolving...more

Dechert LLP

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 71

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English High Court Rules that "Relatively High" Consent to Cookies and Profiling is Required Where Individual is Vulnerable - In a dispute between an individual claimant who was a recovering gambling addict and two...more

WilmerHale

State Comprehensive Privacy Law Update - February 2025 #2

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Many state governments are in the thick of their legislative sessions and we continue to see a steady wave of comprehensive data privacy bills introduced. Most notably last week, Alabama representatives introduced HB 283...more

A&O Shearman

ICO releases guidance on processing employment records

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On February 5 2025, the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) released new guidance designed to help employers understand and comply with their obligations under the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 in relation...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Just a Minor Threat: Online Safety Legislation Takes Off

The year 2025 is certain to be a watershed for social media legislation and litigation. As it continues to shape how we connect, share, and consume information, social media remains at the forefront of public discourse due to...more

Epstein Becker & Green

New York’s Health Information Privacy Act Poised to Become the Latest in a Growing Trend of State Data Privacy Laws

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New York State appears poised to become the fourth state to explicitly regulate consumer health data not covered by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)....more

BCLP

Mobile Apps: What Does the CNIL Recommend From a Privacy Perspective?

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While mobile apps have become one of the major means of access to digital services, their ubiquity is accompanied by significant risks to users' privacy, due to the massive amount of personal data they collect and process....more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

‎13 Low-Budget, High-Impact Ways to Reduce Privacy and Cybersecurity Risks in 2025‎

Give Thanks - Cybersecurity and IT leaders are vital to every organization’s success. But they might also be burning out now, when you need them more ‎than ever. 93% of security leaders say they’ve considered quitting their...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

General Motors Settles With the FTC Over Unauthorized Collection and Sale of Driver Data

In the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) first action related to connected vehicle data, the agency announced that it reached a settlement with General Motors (“GM”) over GM’s unauthorized collection, use, and sale of driver...more

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