The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) updated its guidance concerning compliance obligations for HIPAA covered entities and business associates using online tracking...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has banned Rite Aid from using facial recognition technologies for surveillance for five years, demonstrating the FTC’s expectations regarding deployments of biometric and artificial...more
As we have previously highlighted, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) creates a new category of personal information, called “sensitive personal information.” While the CPRA’s predecessor, the California Consumer...more
After a long hiatus, major league sports is making a successful return to the US. Intercollegiate sports too have returned in a limited fashion. There have been relatively few hiccups and the COVID-19 protocols implemented...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released an updated guidance document for complying with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”). The revised guidance, released on June 21, 2017, explicitly identifies...more
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