On December 8, representatives from the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council of the European Union (EU) reached political agreement on the shape and contents of the EU’s AI Act (the “Act”), setting...more
Governor Gavin Newsom in California recently signed several bills into law that may have a significant impact on your company’s privacy compliance obligations. These new laws amend and build on existing California privacy...more
On August 9, 2023, India passed a data protection law that will govern how entities who process users’ personal data. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act (“the Act”) will establish guardrails for how organizations should...more
8/21/2023
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Data Privacy ,
Data Processing Rules ,
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Fiduciary Duty ,
India ,
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Privacy Laws
On June 30, the Delaware legislature passed the Personal Data Privacy Act (“the Act”). The Act now moves to the Delaware Governor’s desk for consideration and, if signed into law, will make Delaware the seventh state this...more
7/11/2023
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Advertising to Minors ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
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Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Minors ,
Notice Requirements ,
Opt-Outs ,
Pending Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
On May 17, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) reached a settlement with Easy Healthcare Corporation (“Easy Healthcare”), for its fertility-tracking app, Premom. The agency alleged that Easy Healthcare failed to...more
5/25/2023
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Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Data-Sharing ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HIPAA Breach Notification Rule ,
Mobile Apps ,
Mobile Health Apps ,
PHI ,
Policy Statement ,
Risk Mitigation
On May 18, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a policy statement warning about the increased use of consumers’ biometric information and related marketing of technologies that use biometric information. The agency...more
5/23/2023
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Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Policy Statement ,
Protected Class ,
Section 5 ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices