Amidst privacy concerns and booming technological innovation, Sens. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) have introduced a bill proposed as the “Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019” (CFRPA) targeting...more
Technology and the critical infrastructure that support our personal pursuits and business operations are ripe targets for cyberattacks. In particular, the electrical grid that transmits electricity from its point of...more
1/16/2019
/ Big Data ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Electricity ,
Energy Sector ,
Hackers ,
Information Sharing ,
Popular ,
Power Grid ,
Power Plants ,
Renewable Energy ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Technology Sector ,
Utilities Sector ,
Vendors
As discussed in Part 1, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CalCoPA) is a game-changing privacy act that sets a new bar for consumer privacy rights in the U.S. The primary reason it differs from existing legislation...more
9/6/2018
/ Biometric Information ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Preemption ,
Privacy Laws
Privacy is serious business. This was made clear in the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent announcement that it had settled its complaint against Venmo, PayPal’s peer-to-peer payment service, for misrepresentations to...more
3/7/2018
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Failure to Comply ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Opt-Outs ,
Payment Processors ,
PayPal ,
Privacy Notice Rule ,
Privacy Policy ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Following the recent Equifax data breach wherein millions of consumers’ private information may have been compromised, it is increasingly clear that consumer-interfacing businesses need to, and in some cases are required to,...more
10/20/2017
/ Automotive Industry ,
Car Dealerships ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Equifax ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Information Sharing ,
Lenders ,
Material Nonpublic Information ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Notice Rule ,
Privacy Rule ,
Social Security Numbers ,
Third Party Lenders
In the wake of the Equifax data breach, consumers, companies, and regulators alike are cognizant of the potential exposure of personal information, and many companies are looking at ways to decrease the risk of unauthorized...more
This blog is the first in a series of articles which will examine the risks, rewards, innovative uses, and changing legal landscape of social media use by financial services institutions. Future blog articles will examine...more