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10.20.22

Bots Beware: Website Chat Bots Become Latest Target for California Class Actions

California class action lawyers have turned their sights on a new target: websites that employ “chat bots,” digital assistants that allow companies to communicate with customers without employing live website customer service representatives.


09.29.22

California Passes Bills to Protect Abortion Data Privacy

On September 27, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills that collectively aim to strengthen privacy safeguards for individuals seeking abortion services.


08.31.22

CA Fails to Extend Privacy Exemptions for B2B and Employment Data from the CCPA into 2023

Beginning on January 1, 2023, the California Consumer Privacy Act will apply to personal information collected by companies subject to the CCPA about their employees, job applications, and individuals at actual or prospective business customers, vendors, and suppliers.


08.09.22

Telehealth and Digital Health Privacy Regulations

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is the primary federal law that protects patients’ health care data and records.


05.03.22

Cyber Beware: E-Gaming and Cyber-Criminality

Recent events illustrate that the e-gaming industry—developers, publishers, esports leagues and teams, and the financial machinations behind them—are significant targets for cyberattacks, theft and cyber-criminality.


03.07.22

GDPR: EDPB’s New Breach Guidelines Present Additional Challenges for Legal & Security Professionals

To close out 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted additional General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) data breach notification guidelines in Guidelines 01/2021 on Examples regarding Personal Data Breach Notification (Guidelines).


11.23.21

U.S. Cyber Regulations Expand: Banking Agencies Approve New Incident Notification Requirements

On November 18, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation adopted a rule that will require banking organizations and their bank service providers to give notice of certain computer-security ...


11.11.21

OFAC Speaks Again on Ransomware: Mature Cybersecurity Programs Are Important

As employees clicked away at home amid the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, ransomware attacks surged.


11.04.21

Beyond Big Tech: CFPB’s Payments Data Obsession May Broadly Target Third-Party Data Purchasers

In late October, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sent a shot across the bow at Big Tech’s use of consumer payments data.


07.20.21

An Update on Discovery in U.S. Litigation of Information Subject to International Privacy Laws

This month, Colorado became the third U.S. state to enact a comprehensive cross-industry privacy law.