On February 1, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that digital health platform GoodRx violated the FTC Act by repeatedly sharing personal health information with advertising companies and platforms, such as Facebook continue reading...
Since the emergence of the Internet, under current European Union rules, services that host user-generated or user-contributed content have enjoyed legal immunity from liability, provided they take down unlawful content once notified of it. This existing regime gave online platforms, such as search engines, social continue reading...
2022 has been a whirlwind year for cybersecurity, data, and privacy counsel who are navigating an expanding regulatory landscape and unique sets of legal requirements from numerous jurisdictions. This trend is likely to continue and grow more complex in the new year as additional states continue reading...
On August 30, 2022, the Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (the “PCPD”) released a guidance note (the “Guidance Note”) on data security measures for information and communications technology to provide data users with recommended data security measures to facilitate their compliance with the continue reading...
The first California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) settlement was announced on August 24, together with a strong message from California Attorney General Rob Bonta regarding compliance with the CCPA. The settlement involves Sephora USA, Inc., and resulted from a sweep of enforcements by the Attorney continue reading...
California employers have navigated the ever-changing privacy landscape when it comes to employee and personnel personal information (“human resources data”). For years, California employers’ obligations were narrow in scope compared to covered businesses’ broader obligations to consumers under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). The continue reading...
Get ready, large employers. After years of amendments exempting the personal information of employees and other personnel from the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), covered employers now have a firm deadline by which to comply with the CCPA’s requirements in protecting employee and personnel personal continue reading...
On October 8, 2021, the Personal Data (Privacy) (Amendment) Ordinance 2021 containing initiatives to combat doxxing acts became effective in Hong Kong. The anti-doxxing regime under the Amendment not only defines broad and encompassing offences coupled with hefty penalties but also confers new investigative and continue reading...
Certain Colorado companies and others targeting Coloradans will soon be subject to the newly enacted Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”), signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis on July 8, 2021. Colorado joins California and Virginia as the third state to enact its own comprehensive consumer continue reading...
The impact of COVID-19 restrictions and precautions, combined with trending consumer preferences to shop online, is fueling bankruptcy filings of well-known brick-and-mortar brands. As customers bid farewell to fond strip mall haunts, savvy and imaginative purchasers reap the benefits by snapping up household names like continue reading...
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