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Connecticut AG Settles Claims Over Deficient Privacy Notice: 6 Key Lessons for Businesses that Collect and Use Consumer Data

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While website privacy notices are now commonplace – and consumers might only skim them – a recent settlement highlights the importance of staying vigilant about complying with applicable consumer privacy laws. The Connecticut...more

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The Way Out is Through: A Guide for Navigating U.S. Consumer Privacy Laws

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It can be daunting for Fintechs, money services businesses (MSBs), and other non-bank entities operating in the consumer financial products and services space to navigate privacy legislation and determine which provisions of...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

CFPB Publishes Report on State Privacy Law Exceptions for Financial Information

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On November 12, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a new report titled, “State Consumer Privacy Laws and the Monetization of Consumer Financial Data.” The report provides an overview of the state...more

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Vermont Slated to Grant a Private Right of Action to Consumers in New Data Privacy Bill

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As Vermont joins the growing number of states with comprehensive consumer data privacy laws, it stands out from the crowd with the ability of Vermonters to bring a private right of action (PRA) against large data holders. In...more

Clark Hill PLC

[Webinar] Privacy Litigation & Mass Arbitration Demands: How to Mitigate Risks for your Business in 2024 - January 30th, 10:00 am...

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2023 saw a continued uptick in privacy litigation filings throughout the United States, with Plaintiffs counsel taking aim at cookies, session replay, video URLs, online “doxing” and the use of other online tracking...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

FTC Gives it to X-Mode: 5 Lessons from the Agency’s Latest Consumer Location Data Case

The FTC announced an action last week against location data broker X-Mode Social and its corporate successor Outlogic (collectively, “X-Mode”) based on several alleged violations of Section 5 of the FTC Act. According to FTC...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB Issues Proposed Rule Offering Consumers Greater Access to and Control Over Their Financial Data

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On October 19, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Board (“CFPB”) released a proposed rule that, if enacted, would grant consumers greater access rights to the data their financial institutions hold. Under the proposed...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

FTC Flags a New Form of Unsportsmanlike Conduct via Notice of Penalty Offense

The FTC recently sent five tax preparers a notice of its intention to pursue civil penalties (“Notice”) if they continue to use consumers’ data for purposes other than tax preparation (such as advertising) without first...more

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5 Biggest Questions for the Data Collection Industry as California Passes The Delete Act

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California lawmakers recently passed a law that would expand data broker registration requirements and make it easier for consumers to be “forgotten.” The Delete Act, which would amend the state’s existing Data Broker...more

McGlinchey Stafford

[Webinar] Deep Dive into Privacy and Bank Partner Programs - March 22nd, 10:00 am PT

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The next installment in McGlinchey’s Deep Dive Series covering all things privacy is a webinar featuring attorneys from McGlinchey’s Financial Institutions Compliance team....more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Federal Trade Commission Initiates Privacy Rulemaking to Curb Commercial Surveillance

In a long-anticipated action, the Democratic-led Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 on a party-line vote to issue an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which seeks to limit “commercial surveillance.”  The FTC asks if new...more

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Recent Congressional Privacy Proposals

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Last week, two bills were proposed in Congress aimed at improving consumer privacy protection. These proposals focus on specific areas of privacy law – health data that falls outside of HIPAA and do-not-track signals....more

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Edible Bites Episode 9: Emerging Issues in Cannabis Privacy

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In episode 9 of McGuireWoods' Edible Bites video webinar series, healthcare attorneys Kate Hardey, Royce DuBiner and Janice Suchyta discuss issues pertaining to cannabis and privacy laws, such as HIPAA and the California...more

Spirit Legal

[Webinar] Datenintensive Technologien und Anwendungen rechtskonform gestalten - March 25th, 9:30 am - 3:00 pm CET

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Gerade für Juristen ist Begeisterung für und ein Verständnis von Branchen, Geschäftsmodellen und Technologien – gerade vor dem Hintergrund des Datenschutzrechts und des Gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes – unerlässlich und...more

Clark Hill PLC

Data… the Good, the Bad and the Soon to be Regulated

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On this episode of Credit Eco to Go with Joann Needleman, Clint Lotz, President and Founder of TrackStar stops by to talk not only about data, but he weighs into the debate of data regulation. More and more states are...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Eclipsed by Evolving Law, Policy and Technology, Seminal Mobile Location Data Case Settled

This past week, the operator of the popular Weather Channel (“TWC”) mobile phone app entered into a Stipulation of Settlement with the Los Angeles City Attorney, Mike Feuer (“City Attorney”), closing the books on one of the...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Residential Mortgage Regulatory Enforcement & Litigation - October 29th-30th, Dallas, TX

Attend the only forum designed to help you navigate the Residential Mortgage Industry’s evolving landscape. Now in its 26th installment, ACI’s Residential Mortgage forum has become a premier gathering of the key industry...more

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Privacy Report: FTC Takes Action Against Companies Falsely Claiming Compliance With International Privacy Agreements

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Federal US News - FTC Takes Action Against Companies Falsely Claiming Compliance With International Privacy Agreements - The FTC reached a settlement with a background screening company over allegations it falsely claimed...more

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Fail to Enforce Your Privacy Policy at Your Own Peril

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Most companies have a privacy policy in place for the protection of consumer data (or should), but merely adopting a reasonable privacy policy is by itself not enough. Rather, a company must also actively ensure compliance...more

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Update on California Consumer Privacy Act

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Recently the state of California passed a data privacy and security law called the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) (Assembly Bill 375). The law, which takes effect on January 1, 2020, is aimed at establishing a...more

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California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018

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On June 28, a new law took effect in California that gives California residents greater control over the collection and processing of their personal information. The law, called The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018...more

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