2023 will be a landmark year for state privacy laws, with new frameworks coming into effect in California and Virginia on January 1, 2023; in Colorado and Connecticut on July 1, 2023; and in Utah on December 31, 2023. This...more
On November 1, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted PrivacyCon 2022, its seventh annual conference in which the Commission looks to academics and researchers to inform its efforts to address emerging consumer...more
In August, the FTC launched a groundbreaking privacy and security rulemaking under the FTC Act with an extensive Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) that asks a wide range of questions. The ANPR has generated...more
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is leading the federal government’s charge on a framework for assessing and managing risks in artificial intelligence (AI), with a critical workshop this week to...more
On August 11, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a Circular stating that the failure of financial institutions, including nonbank financial firms such as fintech companies and credit reporting...more
On June 3, 2022, Senator Wicker (R-Miss.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, and Representatives Pallone (D-N.J.) and Rodgers (R-Wash.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee,...more
6/10/2022
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processing Rules ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Acts ,
Data Retention ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action ,
Proposed Legislation
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) now has a full slate of Commissioners and it is expected to ramp up privacy and cybersecurity enforcement and rulemaking in a number of critical areas. Join us for a discussion of the FTC’s...more
6/2/2022
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Data Use Policies ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Enforcement ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Targeted Digital Advertising ,
Webinars
Join us to discuss effective approaches to managing due diligence on privacy and cybersecurity issues across transactions. Companies considering acquisitions or joint ventures will need to engage in effective management of...more
5/9/2022
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Due Diligence ,
Information Governance ,
Joint Venture ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Webinars
On March 29-31, 2022, the National Institute for Science and Technology (NIST) held its second broad stakeholder workshop on its draft Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework, titled Building the NIST AI Risk...more
On March 3, 2022, the Utah House of Representatives passed a consumer privacy bill: the Utah Consumer Privacy Act. The bill had already passed the Utah Senate in February, and at the time of this writing, awaits a signature...more
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The last several years have seen major developments in state privacy laws. While Congress remains gridlocked on the federal privacy front, states enacted omnibus data privacy bills that will impact...more
1/19/2022
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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
CDPA ,
Colorado ,
Comment Period ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Data Mapping ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Privacy Policy ,
Proposed Amendments ,
State Data Privacy Laws ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Third-Party ,
Virginia
Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more
As 2021 draws to a close, businesses subject to California’s privacy laws should pay close attention to developments underway in that state that will have broad impacts on compliance strategies. On September 22, 2021, the...more
On September 22, 2021, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA or Agency)—the new agency established by the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act (CPRA)—released an Invitation for Preliminary Comments on...more
Policymakers in the United States and Europe are paying close attention to implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) across a range of sectors – focusing on issues like bias, transparency, privacy, and security. While...more
Companies subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) are required to update their online privacy policies “at least once every 12 months,” as detailed in the statute. For many companies that updated their CCPA...more
On June 8, 2021, the Colorado Legislature passed the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA or “Act”), moving Colorado close to becoming the third state in the nation with its own omnibus privacy law, joining California and Virginia. If...more
China's draft Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) has just gone through the second reading and is now near final form and expected to be finalized very soon. Once promulgated, it will be the first comprehensive law on...more
6/15/2021
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Antitrust Violations ,
China ,
Criminal Liability ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
International Data Transfers ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Penalties ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Webinars
Virginia recently became the second state to pass a comprehensive privacy law. What does it mean for you and your business? While the law is not effective until the beginning of 2023, it requires significant changes in how...more
On March 15, 2021, the California Attorney General (AG) issued further amendments to the implementing regulations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), clarifying how a business must facilitate a consumer’s exercise...more
Virginia is for lovers and, in the near future, may be for privacy as well, as the Commonwealth’s legislature is currently considering adopting its own comprehensive consumer data privacy law: The Consumer Data Protection Act...more
2/17/2021
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Data Collection ,
Data Controller ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Information Governance ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Virginia
The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) – passed by voters in November – amends the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in a number of critical ways. Join us for a discussion of the CPRA’s key provisions, the issues on...more
In this webinar, Wiley lawyers from the Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and U.S. Department of Justice, will discuss possible changes on privacy and cybersecurity policy and oversight in a new...more
11/18/2020
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Webinars
Next month, California voters will cast their votes on Proposition 24, a ballot initiative that, if passed, will enact the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act of 2020 (CPRA). The CPRA would significantly amend the...more
10/27/2020
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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Comment Period ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Information Governance ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Personal Data ,
State and Local Government
On October 12, 2020, California Attorney General Becerra’s office released a third set of proposed modifications to the California Consumer Act (CCPA) regulations. While these proposed changes to the final CCPA regulations...more