Tag: personal information

February 28, 2024

This month the EDPB shed light on the question of lead supervisory authorities. The issue arose in response to a question late last month from the French supervisory authority. Some background. As most international organizations are aware, GDPR provides for […]

February 20, 2024

Authorities opened an investigation after Uber drivers in France sent complaints to the French privacy protection commission, the CNIL. The CNIL transferred the handling of the complaints to the Dutch Data Protection Authority, since Uber BV is incorporated in the […]

February 8, 2024

In the first part of this series we discussed why data and privacy legislation has developed and its purpose. We also provided a brief introduction to Bermuda’s privacy legislation, the Personal Information Protection Act 2016 (“PIPA”). While the substantive provisions […]

September 12, 2023

As of now, 12 states (CA, CO, CT, DE, IA, IN, MT, OR, TN, TX, UT, and VA) have passed comprehensive privacy laws that are in effect (CA, CT, CO, and VA), or are about to go into effect sometime […]

August 15, 2023

The enforcement division of the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) recently announced it intends to review the privacy practices of connected vehicles. The driving force behind the review is the technologies in connected cars that raise privacy concerns. These include […]

June 7, 2023

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 262, known as the “Florida Digital Bill of Rights” (“FDBR”), on June 6, 2023. The FDBR will go into effect on July 1, 2024, which means businesses subject to it will […]

April 20, 2023

On April 19th, New York’s Attorney General, Letitia James, released a document titled, “Protecting consumer’s personal information: Tips for businesses to keep data safe and secure” (the “guide”), a resource to help businesses adopt effective data security measures. It draws […]

February 8, 2023

Regulatory enforcement and large litigation relating to the use of third party trackers on companies’ websites and applications have been on the rise. Tracking often occurs without the companies’ knowledge or consent. Third party tracking on hospital and provider websites […]

December 15, 2022

As 2022 draws to a close, it is important to keep in mind that key state-level regulations on consumer and employee data privacy will become effective as soon as 2023 begins. Data security measures, personal data processing activities and privacy […]

November 9, 2022

The Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), which amended the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), becomes fully effective on January 1, 2023. Businesses should review the new law and recent enforcement actions before the law takes effect. The CPRA imposes additional […]

October 12, 2022

The compliance date for the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) is Jan. 1, 2023. There are significant changes from the current law, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including the following: The CPRA no longer includes the employee exception, which […]

April 22, 2021

Cyber attacks and data security issues are often in the news, so often that we seem to have become numb to the problem. If a lawyer or a client’s personal information is on the internet, it’s more likely than not […]

December 16, 2020

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted Monday to issue an order requiring nine major social media and video streaming companies to report on their use of consumer data. The order, issued pursuant to section 6(b) of the FTC Act, […]

July 24, 2019

Technology companies are under fire by the Trump administration. On Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission announced that Facebook will pay a record $5 billion privacy penalty to settle allegations that the company deceived users about their ability to control disclosure […]