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When it comes to data privacy and regulation of personal information, United States companies face a number of major challenges. Compliance is not easy when you have fast-moving targets. The single biggest cause of this...more
A new report released by Global Market Insights, Inc. last month estimates that the global market valuation for voice recognition technology will reach approximately $7 billion by 2026, in main part due to the surge of AI and...more
Definitions are important. How we define words sets the context for how we regulate them. In the U.S., the definitions of legally defended private information are changing, affecting the entire scope of information...more
Key amendments to the Singapore Personal Data Protection Act would take into account technological advances, new business models, and global developments in data protection legislation. ...more
Intellectual Property Co-chair Amy Goldsmith and Co-Founder & Managing Partner at AcceleratingCFO Brian Califano join Litigation Partner and host Rich Schoenstein to chat about “The Requirements of the SHIELD Act and Other...more
The new data security requirements provision of New York’s Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act went into full force as of March 21, 2020, and all people and businesses, regardless of the state in...more
As of March 12, 2020, the proposed Washington Privacy Act has foundered on enforcement rocks. The Senate did not agree with the House’s amendment that would have included a broad private right of action. The Senate’s version...more
In the fall of last year, we wrote about the passage of the SHIELD Act (the Act) in New York, which expanded aspects of the state’s breach notification requirements (Breach Requirements) and created a statutory obligation to...more
New York residents will soon benefit from greater protections following a data breach when an amendment of New York’s data breach notification law - the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act, or SHIELD Act -...more
Time is running out. The effective date of New York’s cybersecurity law mandating that organizations implement an information security program to protect “private information” of New York State residents, including employee...more
From late June 2019 through mid-October 2019, a handful of states amended their data breach notification statutes. Specifically, six states amended their states to (1) require notice to the State Attorney General, (2) broaden...more
With the January 1, 2020 effective date of the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) rapidly approaching, all eyes have been on the California legislature’s consideration of a robust suite of amendments that would...more
I. Summary of effective dates - – Effective January 1, 2020 – Enforcement starting July 1, 2020 – Employees not covered for first 12 months*...more
As security risks continue to be at the forefront of legislators’ agendas across the country, New York has joined the growing roster of states pressing businesses to develop more robust breach procedures. Originally proposed...more
New York recently enacted important changes to its data breach notification requirements (Breach Requirements) and created a statutory obligation to maintain reasonable data security (Security Requirements). Under the new...more
New York is gearing up to enact some of the toughest cybersecurity, privacy and data protection laws in the country. Modeled on the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer...more
• The signing of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) into law in June 2018 imposed significant new privacy obligations on businesses that have personal information about California residents and set off a burst of...more
New York’s state legislature is considering a new data privacy law that would set the standard for data privacy in the U.S. The New York Privacy Act (the “NYPA” or the “Act”), which is currently being considered by the state...more
Beginning on March 1, 2020, Washington State’s data breach notification law will change in a number of important ways. First, the definition of “Personal Information” will expand significantly. This means more data elements...more
The Washington Privacy Act (SB 5376) is making its way through that state’s House after gaining nearly unanimous approval in the state Senate just weeks after being introduced. This bill promises to overhaul how Washington...more
An amendment to New Jersey’s data breach notification requirements of the Consumer Fraud Act is currently awaiting signature by State Governor Phil Murphy. The bill, Assembly No. 3245, was recently passed by both the New...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") was enacted in early 2018 as a political compromise to stave off a poorly drafted, and plaintiff’s friendly ballot initiative. Although the CCPA is scheduled to go into force in...more
The past year has been a volatile one, from trade wars to the government shutdown to a stock market dive. One constant that U.S. businesses have become accustomed to, however, is deregulation across a wide variety of...more
On January 1, 2019 Vermont’s breach notice law will include obligations specific to data brokers. A “data broker” is defined as a business that “knowingly collects and sells or licenses to third parties the brokered personal...more
Banks and other financial institutions rely on a relatively small number of core service providers to process customer personal and financial information. The National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (NAFCU)...more