California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Data Breach

Customer Data Privacy: Why It’s Important and How to Protect It

Osano on 7/9/2025

Data privacy regulations aren’t known for being light reading. That doesn’t make it easy for businesses to become compliant. When one law refers to data subjects, another to residents, another to consumers, and another...more

PII Compliance Requirements & Best Practices

Osano on 2/5/2025

Businesses need data from consumers, and the sharing and selling of this resource has become quite common. However, you also need to be mindful of the rights of the people whose data you collect, especially their personally...more

The Digital Fortress: Modern Privacy and Data Considerations to avoid Legal Malpractice

Goldberg Segalla on 11/25/2024

As the digital landscape continues to evolve, so do the challenges surrounding privacy and data protection, particularly in the legal profession. Law firms are increasingly handling sensitive client information, creating...more

The Rise of ADA and Data Breach Class Actions

Epiq on 6/6/2024

Class action lawsuits have been on a record-setting upward trend in recent years and they aren’t showing any signs of slowing. According to the Duane Morris Class Action Review 2024, settlement numbers reached unprecedented...more

Privacy Versus Cyber – What is the Bigger Risk?

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 4/11/2024

“Cybersecurity” has emerged as one of top risks facing organizations. Considering the steady stream of massive data breaches affecting millions (sometimes billions), the debilitating effects of ransomware on an organization’s...more

State Data Protection Laws: What You Need To Know As States Ramp Up Enforcement

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 7/31/2023

Congress has repeatedly failed to pass comprehensive national data protection legislation, and the states are rapidly filling the void with laws that impose different requirements on a state-by-state basis. Most of these...more

Whose Data Breach Is It Anyway?

Gardner Law on 6/6/2023

To set the stage, it is important we review the current privacy and cybersecurity landscape. New privacy laws and regulations are emerging at both the state and federal levels, not to mention internationally, imposing...more

What to Expect in 2023: Trends in Cybersecurity & Data Privacy

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/31/2023

The New Year is in full swing and it’s time to consider the top trends in cybersecurity & data privacy our team expects to see throughout 2023. It will be an exciting year due to the myriad of new laws coming into effect, and...more

[Webcast Transcript] Today’s Privacy Reality: AI, Assessments, Breach and DSARs

HaystackID on 3/2/2023

Editor’s Note: On February 15, 2023, HaystackID shared an educational webcast to provide valuable insight into the ways in which AI is being used to address key issues in the realm of privacy and cybersecurity. The expert...more

CCPA Business-to-Business and Employment Information Exceptions Ending

Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/7/2022

As the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) comes into effect on January 1, 2023, the temporary and partial exceptions for employment and business-to-business information will expire, making California the first and only...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - June 2022

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/19/2022

In this month's Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine California’s draft amended regulations for the California Privacy Rights Act, the introduction of comprehensive federal privacy legislation in Congress and the U.K.’s...more

Privacy Report

ArentFox Schiff on 7/13/2022

CPPA Amends Draft CPRA Regulations & Announces Public Comment Dates - The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) has announced amendments to the California Privacy Rights Act proposed regulations, which primarily...more

Connecticut Likely to Become Fifth State to Enact Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/4/2022

When the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) became law, it was only a matter of time before other states adopted their own statutes intending to enhance privacy rights and consumer protection for their residents. ...more

The RIPTA Data Breach May Provide Valuable Lessons About Data Collection and Retention

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/13/2022

Efforts to secure systems and data from a cyberattack often focus on measures such as multifactor authentication (MFA), endpoint monitoring solutions, antivirus protections, and role-based access management controls, and for...more

2021 Data Privacy Overview: New Regulations and Guidance

Lighthouse on 1/12/2022

While everyone hoped that 2021 would be less tumultuous than 2020, it certainly did not turn out that way in the end. The same was true in the world of data privacy – with sweeping new data protection regulations and guidance...more

Eye On Privacy: 2021 Year in Review

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/12/2022

Just as we thought 2022 was going to be significantly different than 2021, December 2021 and January 2022 events have thrown us for another (pandemic) loop. We anticipate that some of the privacy and cybersecurity...more

Privacy Update: FCC Seeks Public Comment on the Current and Future Regulation of the "Internet of Things"

ArentFox Schiff on 10/13/2021

FCC Seeks Public Comment on the Current and Future Regulation of the “Internet of Things” - The FCC is requesting public comment in a proceeding that will help determine the scope and nature of regulation of the “Internet of...more

Policyholder Best Practices As Cyberattacks Escalate

Flaster Greenberg PC on 9/4/2021

Cyberattacks are exploding. The coronavirus pandemic has further exposed cyber vulnerabilities due to remote work and the increasing use of underprotected devices. Ransomware attacks are increasingly becoming the cyberattack...more

The Past, Present and Future of US Privacy Law

WilmerHale on 7/8/2021

Despite its antecedents in one of the most widely cited law review articles of all time from more than 130 years ago, modern United States privacy law is roughly twenty years old. Even though still in its relative infancy,...more

How to Address Cybersecurity Risks In A Private Placement Memorandum

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC on 5/5/2021

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) requires companies to disclose the most significant factors that make investments in the company speculative or risky. Private Placement Memorandums (“PPMs”) are often used...more

US Cybersecurity and Data Privacy review and update: Looking back on our 2020 articles and planning ahead for 2021

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 2/10/2021

It was a tumultuous year for privacy and cybersecurity, and further uncertainty is all but guaranteed. The key to navigating this volatility, as 2020 proved, is to develop and maintain a proactive, agile and holistic data...more

Top 10 For 2021 – Happy Data Privacy Day!

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/28/2021

In honor of Data Privacy Day, we provide the following “Top 10 for 2021.” While the list is by no means exhaustive, it does provide some hot topics for organizations to consider in 2021...more

Emerging Issues in Cannabis and Privacy

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law on 1/8/2021

Though the final results of the 2020 presidential race took a few days to become clear, it was obvious by the morning of November 4 that cannabis legalization had run the table: from deep red Montana, South Dakota, and...more

Privacy Law Outlook 2021

Carlton Fields on 1/6/2021

The following provides some key insights to consider as we kick off 2021. The California privacy law landscape is set to change dramatically (again). While 2020 was host to uneven implementation of the California Consumer...more

Privacy and Data Security Worldwide: 2020 and Beyond

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer on 1/4/2021

2020 has been a busy year in privacy law both domestically and around the globe. Some of the most striking developments included enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and passage of the California Privacy...more

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