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DSIR Deeper Dive: A Big Year for VPPA Developments

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The past year has brought a number of federal appellate rulings under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), 18 U.S.C. § 2710, one of the statutes under which plaintiffs have been filing numerous claims in recent years...more

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Scientific American Unable to Kick VPPA Class Action

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In a notable development for corporate defendants grappling with consumer privacy litigation, the Southern District of New York has recently issued a decision in Lee v. Springer Nature America, Inc., embracing a broadened...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Oh My Gourd, Another Data Privacy Law?! 

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In 2018, there were two comprehensive state data privacy bills introduced across the United States and a whopping zero were in effect. Fast forward six years and there have been 41 new data privacy bills considered this year...more

White & Case LLP

CCPA Settlement Illustrates Continued Focus on the Sale of Consumer Personal Information

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On February 21, 2024, California Attorney General Rob Bonta ("Cal AG") announced that his office reached a settlement with DoorDash, the food delivery service company, for violating the California Consumer Privacy Act...more

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Q&A: Four State Data Privacy Compliance Insights for 2024

With the first month of 2024 now behind us, it is time for organizations to start seriously considering key comprehensive state data privacy compliance obligations for 2024. In total, seven states passed data privacy laws...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Cybersecurity Rules and Colleges – Approaching Deadline

With only four months left before most changes to the federal Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information (“Safeguards Rule”) – a component of the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (“GLBA”) that provides for the protection of...more

Burr & Forman

Copycat Case Considers and Rejects Eleventh Circuit FDCPA Ruling

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The latest update surrounding Hunstein v. Preferred Collection and Management Services, Inc., Case No. 19-14434 centers not on the Eleventh Circuit or the Hunstein decision itself but on the district courts nationwide that...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

To-Do in 2022: Top 5 Data Protection Contracting Tasks

Since 2018, a consistent stream of newly adopted privacy laws and other regulatory developments (such as GDPR, CCPA, Schrems II, and the new EU Standard Contractual Clauses) has required companies to make regular updates to...more

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Eleventh Circuit Withholds Mandate in Hunstein v. Preferred Collection and Management Services, Inc.

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On June 14, 2021, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a one-line order stating that the Court was withholding issuance of the mandate in Hunstein v. Preferred Collection and Management Services, Inc....more

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Eleventh Circuit Renews the FDCPA as a Consumer Privacy Statute; Deals Major Blow to Debt Collection Services Industry

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Does the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (the FDCPA) apply to communications between a debt collector and its vendors? And, is the FDCPA a consumer privacy statute?  In an apparent issue of first impression, the...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Can Companies Be Liable If Third-Party Contractors Suffer Data Breaches?

The California Consumer Privacy Act became effective on Jan. 1. Included among its provisions is the grant of a private right of action on behalf of any consumer “whose nonencrypted and nonredacted personal information…is...more

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If a business collects personal information on behalf of another business (e.g., a call center, an investigator, or an independent...

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No. Under the final regulations promulgated by the California Attorney General, where a business collects information as a service provider for another business, the service provider has no obligation to present its...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

California Consumer Privacy Act: Service Providers

Part three of this CCPA client alert series focuses on the obligations for service providers pursuant to the CCPA. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the “CCPA”) and the related proposed Attorney General...more

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Do companies have to “flow down” access requests to service providers?

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Probably. When a business receives a request from a consumer to access the personal information that the business has “collected,” it must decide whether to grant the request or to deny it based upon one of the exceptions...more

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Privacy and Data Security Alert l March 2020

Shook Weighs in on Updated CCPA Regulations - In response to extensive public comment, the California Attorney General’s office released modified draft regulations under the CCPA on February 7. Shook has provided initial...more

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Is information shared with “bot” detection services considered a “sale” under the CCPA?

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Maybe. Many online businesses utilize “bot” detection services to determine whether actions taken on a website or application have been made by a human or by an automated program (i.e., a “bot”). The provision of bot...more

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Is the disclosure of personal information for purposes of creating a look-alike audience a “sale” under the CCPA?

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Sometimes. Many companies today use “look-alike audiences” (a.k.a “mirror audiences” or “similar audiences”) to reach potential consumers through online advertising. A look-alike audience is created when a business sends...more

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CCPA’s Potential Impact in the Automotive Space

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While the California Consumer Privacy Act has impacted businesses in all sectors, one industry that has been steadily barreling toward compliance is the automotive industry. Simply put: The new “oil” in the automotive sector...more

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