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The Proliferation of CIPA Wiretapping Lawsuits Targeting Chat Features and Tracking Technologies

The Proliferation of CIPA Wiretapping Lawsuits Targeting Chat Features and Tracking Technologies

As digital technologies evolve, so does the complexity of privacy and data security laws and, by extension, the ways aggressive plaintiff’s lawyers seek to make money. Recently, there’s been a surge in wiretapping lawsuits targeting websites and applications that use chat features, session replay technologies, pixels, and various tracking tools. These lawsuits often revolve around claims of …

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Cybersecurity Ethics For Attorneys And Law Firms

Cybersecurity Ethics For Attorneys And Law Firms

As law firms increasingly digitize their systems and practically all facets of the practice of law move into the cloud, there is significant danger lurking in the shadows in the form of breaches. Although organizations of all types and sizes see marked upticks in cybersecurity incidents, lawyers, with their ethical obligations to keep clients’ information …

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The Privacy Law State of Play In 2024

The Privacy Law “State of Play” In 2024

As we embark on 2024, privacy law continues to advance, particularly, here in the United States, a state-by-state regulatory patchwork is forming. Though there are core themes in common throughout practically all the newly passed state comprehensive privacy laws, critical differences must be accounted for. The result is a “balkanized” compliance landscape, resulting in a …

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The FTC's Enforcement Priorities & How To Ensure Compliance

The FTC’s Enforcement Priorities & How To Ensure Compliance

With technology rapidly evolving and eCommerce and related marketing changing with it, too, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under the Chair, Lina Khan, is increasingly taking a comprehensive approach to its equally broad mandate under Section 5 of the FTC Act which prohibits ”unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce.” Some have …

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California Expands Definition of Sensitive Information to Include Citizenship or Immigration Status

California Expands Definition of Sensitive Information to Include “Citizenship or Immigration Status”

In a further sign of the increased focus on personal information that is “sensitive,” the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the  California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), has expanded the categories of information deemed sensitive to now include “citizenship or immigration status.” Specifically, in October 2023, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 947. As …

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CCPA Enforcement In Action But Questions Abound

CCPA Enforcement In Action But Questions Abound

The passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in 2018 (and effectual January 2020) and now significantly amended and expanded by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) set the stage for other comprehensive state privacy laws. Following suit, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, and Utah now have relatively similar comprehensive privacy laws. With comprehensive privacy laws like the …

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The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

One of the older federal laws centered on privacy is the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), passed in 1998. Enacted to protect children’s safety and privacy in the new age of the internet, COPPA went into effect in April 2000. The law imposed obligations on commercial operators of online services directed to children under the age of 13. However, …

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