The City Council of Chula Vista, California (in the San Diego metropolitan area), announced a new policy governing how city law enforcement can use technology to protect residents from data collected by surveillance...more
This week, a lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for its use of a COVID-19 contact-tracing app for residents’ mobile phones. However, very few residents...more
11/23/2022
/ Class Action ,
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ,
Contact Tracing ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Mobile Apps ,
Public Health ,
Spyware ,
Statutory Violations
DATA PRIVACY -
Businesses Struggle to Comply with CPRA without Final Regulations -
As companies hustle to follow the new California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) regulations, they’ve hit a substantial hiccup: there aren’t...more
DATA PRIVACY -
Businesses Struggle to Comply with CPRA without Final Regulations -
As companies hustle to follow the new California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) regulations, they’ve hit a substantial hiccup: there aren’t...more
As companies hustle to follow the new California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) regulations, they’ve hit a substantial hiccup: there aren’t any yet. The California Privacy Rights Agency (CPPA), the newly- created body with...more
11/10/2022
/ California ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements
CYBERSECURITY -
Joint Advisory Outlines Attacks by Daixin Team -
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, the FBI and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services released a Joint Advisory last week warning...more
11/4/2022
/ Biometric Information ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Employee Monitoring ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Vulnerability Assessments
California law will soon require businesses to treat their employees and business partners as consumers under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The CCPA and its successor legislation, the California Privacy Rights...more
11/4/2022
/ California ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Information Governance ,
Personal Data ,
Regulatory Requirements
Many trucks on the freeway already drive themselves -with an operator on board. These trucks operate smoothly and safely with little to no human intervention. Such vehicles are capable of knowing when to make space and move...more
Last week, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released updated California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) draft regulations and a summary of the changes. The regulations remain in the proposal stage and it is unclear...more
10/28/2022
/ California ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Personal Information ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Standards ,
State Privacy Laws
CYBERSECURITY -
CISA Lists Top CVEs Exploited by Chinese State-Sponsored Cyber Actors -
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently issued an Alert outlining the top Common Vulnerabilities and...more
10/26/2022
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
China ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Drones ,
Employee Monitoring ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Personal Data
CYBERSECURITY -
CISA Lists Top CVEs Exploited by Chinese State-Sponsored Cyber Actors -
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently issued an Alert outlining the top Common Vulnerabilities and...more
10/21/2022
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
China ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Drones ,
Employee Monitoring ,
Geolocation ,
Hackers ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Robots
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released its Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights and, thankfully, it doesn’t give AI any rights. This (nonbinding) document is meant to provide a best-practice...more
This week, Soaring Eagle Technologies, a drone data collection company that provides services for critical infrastructure in the U.S., received one of the first beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) waivers from the Federal...more
CYBERSECURITY -
CISA Recommends Following Microsoft’s Mitigation for Zero Day Exploits -
Microsoft recently issued mitigation steps for vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited by threat actors. Microsoft...more
10/14/2022
/ Arenas and Stadiums ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Drones ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Information Technology ,
Microsoft ,
NFL ,
Vulnerability Assessments
Cathy Lanier, the Chief Security Officer for the National Football League (NFL), is concerned about unauthorized drones flying above stadiums during games and the potential for accidents or even a mass attack on the crowd...more
The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), the world’s leading trade association for drones and other autonomous vehicles, announced a collaboration with the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Defense...more
CYBERSECURITY -
Hackers Experimenting with Deploying Destructive Malware -
It’s a cold, hard fact that hackers don’t really care about their victims or their victims’ data or business. They are greedy, evil human...more
9/30/2022
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Hackers ,
Healthcare ,
Identity Theft ,
Location Data ,
Malware ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Patient Access ,
Ransomware ,
Samsung
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (the Act) into law last week. This new law will require those online service providers likely to be accessed by children under 18 years...more
CYBERSECURITY -
Password Manager LastPass Admits to Hack -
Password manager LastPass, reportedly used by more than 33 million users, recently announced that it was hacked, and although it reports that no passwords of...more
Last year, the New York City Council passed Local Law Int. No. 1894-A, which amended the City’s administrative code to afford new protections to employees during the hiring and promotion processes. The law protects those...more
9/2/2022
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Bias ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Audits ,
Job Applicants ,
Labor Reform ,
Local Ordinance ,
New York ,
Software
CYBERSECURITY -
Cyber-Attack Disrupts Public Services in Fremont County, Colorado -
Government offices and public services in Fremont County, Colorado, have been disrupted since August 17, 2022, due to a “cybersecurity...more
8/26/2022
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Drones ,
Hackers ,
Information Technology ,
OCR ,
Oracle ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Statutory Violations ,
Twitter ,
Vulnerability Assessments
A new class action lawsuit was filed in federal court in California against Oracle America, Inc., alleging that it has been invading consumers’ privacy by using tracking technologies to build “digital dossiers” on individual...more
The class action lawsuit will continue against ParkMobile LLC for a data breach that affected 21 million users of the parking app (Baker v. ParkMobile LLC).The ParkMobile app allows users to pay for parking without having to...more
In the first of its kind under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Sephora settled an enforcement action with the California Attorney General for violation of the CCPA. Sephora must pay $1.2 million in penalties and...more
8/26/2022
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Sellers ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Internet Retailers ,
Retail Tracking ,
Retailers ,
Sephora ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Statutory Violations ,
Targeted Digital Advertising
The Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership (MAAP) was selected to lead one of the teams participating in the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) traffic management (UTM) Field...more