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New Class Certification Decision in App-Tracking Case Provides Critical Guidance for Businesses Facing Privacy Claims

Fisher Phillips on 5/30/2025

A California federal court just certified a significant class action involving allegations that a health-tracking app improperly shared sensitive health information with third parties without user consent. The court’s May 22...more

New Year, New State Data Privacy Laws

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC on 1/17/2025

With the advent of a new year comes a new set of consumer data privacy laws in the United States. Five new state data privacy laws go into effect in January 2025, with additional laws coming throughout 2025 and into 2026....more

More Proposed Regulations from California: What Do These Mean for Your Business?

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Privacy, Cyber & AI... on 7/30/2024

What Issues Did the California Privacy Protection Agency Raise? On July 16, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency (Agency) discussed proposed updates to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations....more

Home Depot Gets Nailed by Privacy Commissioner for Sharing Data with Meta

Stikeman Elliott LLP on 2/10/2023

Recent findings by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (“OPC”) found that Home Depot of Canada Inc. (“Home Depot”) did not obtain valid meaningful consent to share summary purchase information with Meta Platforms...more

[Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy - March 6th - 9th, Phoenix, AZ

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 12/2/2022

Designed for professionals with some compliance knowledge and experience, HCCA’s Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy is ideal for practitioners who want a deeper understanding of effective compliance management in a...more

CPRA Draft Regulations Issued

Husch Blackwell LLP on 5/31/2022

Keypoint: The California Privacy Protection Agency issued a first set of draft regulations that contain a number of notable provisions but do not address all of the CPRA’s rulemaking topics....more

[Event] Healthcare Privacy Compliance Academy - April 25th - 28th, Chicago, IL

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 4/1/2022

Each Academy provides three-and-a-half days of classroom-style training covering the latest laws, regulations, and developments to help you effectively manage your organization’s compliance program. They are ideal for...more

Not There Yet — California AG Publishes Modified Proposed CCPA Regulations

Goodwin on 2/13/2020

On February 7, 2020, the California Attorney General (AG) published, and updated on February 10, modified proposed regulations (Modified Regulations) implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The Modified...more

Florida’s Legislature to Consider Consumer Data Privacy Bill Akin to California’s CCPA

Carlton Fields on 1/15/2020

Florida lawmakers have proposed data privacy legislation that, if adopted, would impose significant new obligations on companies offering a website or online service to Florida residents, including allowing consumers to “opt...more

Start Aiming Now: The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Is A Moving Target, And GDPR Compliance Isn’t Enough

King & Spalding on 2/14/2019

The CCPA is an unprecedented privacy law that grants California residents sweeping rights concerning the collection and use of their information. Once the law becomes effective on January 1, 2020, covered businesses can...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - January 2018

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/2/2018

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we discuss Poland's potential exemptions from the new EU data law and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's recommendations for U.S. banks faced with...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - November 2017

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/4/2017

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we discuss a Washington state court decision allowing a data breach lawsuit to move forward on a negligence claim, a Ninth Circuit ruling regarding releasing...more

Eighth Circuit Finds Standing in Data Breach Case for Privacy Policy Violation, Dismisses for Lack of Specificity

Fenwick & West LLP on 8/28/2017

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has held that allegations that the security provisions of a privacy policy were violated are sufficient for standing in a data breach case, but that plaintiffs’ contractual...more

Data Privacy and Security: A Practical Guide for In-House Counsel, 2017 Edition

BCLP on 2/1/2017

Boulder Partner David Zetoony published the 2017 edition of his handbook, Data Privacy and Security: A Practical Guide for In-House Counsel, on Jan. 28 – Data Privacy Day. The guide provides an overview of laws relevant to a...more

Organizing Data Privacy Within A Company

BCLP on 9/26/2016

Although organizations have dealt with privacy issues for years, only in the past decade have they begun to view the complexities of privacy as requiring formal organizational structure, dedicated employees, and/or dedicated...more

Data privacy in the Americas - At a glance

FordHarrison on 10/16/2015

As multinational employers are aware, data privacy laws can vary greatly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Ensuring compliance with the different requirements can be challenging, and the penalties for noncompliance can be...more

US–EU Safe Harbor – Struck Down!

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 10/7/2015

1. CJEU finds Safe Harbor Invalid - In a landmark ruling delivered today, Europe's highest court, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declared that the EU Commission's US - EU Safe Harbour regime is...more

California Attorney General Settlement Requires Hiring of Privacy Officer: Businesses with Web Presences Subject to Increasing...

Goodwin on 10/7/2015

On Friday, Oct. 2, home design and renovation company, Houzz, Inc., reached a settlement with the Office of California Attorney General Kamala Harris over allegations that Houzz had recorded customer and employee...more

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