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Stay informed with our latest insights on privacy and technology trends, along with key updates from our firm.
NY-DFS and SEC Show Teeth, but will they Bite?
This week, let’s consider the investigations and class actions currently faced by First American Financial Corp and whether all these charges will be material from a financial perspective.
Exploiting Scraped Data – A Privacy and Legal Minefield
This week, let’s consider the implications of LinkedIn v. hiQ Labs, Inc., a data scraping dispute under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
China vs. the World?
This week, let’s consider what may be the new world order that is evolving with respect to data, technology, and especially AI in the context of this week’s news about India’s ban on over 100 Chinese-made apps.
Online Platforms Under Pressure
This week, let’s consider how online platforms are under pressure from proposed laws covering anti-counterfeiting, contributory liability, disinformation, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and more.
Go Ahead and Mess with Texas -- The AG Won’t Mind?
This week, let’s consider enforcement of biometric data laws in the United States.
Privacy and the First Amendment
This week, let’s consider the looming conflict between privacy and the First Amendment as Clearview AI — a controversial start-up that sells a facial recognition technology built on photos scraped from the internet — reportedly prepares a First Amendment defense.
Get Smart about California IoT Law, Etc.
This week, let’s consider all of your smart technologies against California’s Internet of Things (IoT) law, and then let’s talk about the TikTok executive order and how the U.S. should be thinking about a more comprehensive strategy for security and privacy.
The "Hipster" Antitrust Hearing
This week, let’s consider the House’s historic antitrust hearing, the reckoning faced by Big Tech companies, and why we think data privacy and monopolies of data should factor into antitrust considerations.
Cybersecurity - All is Not Quiet on the Social Media Front
This week, let’s consider Twitter’s out-sized role in American society alongside its cybersecurity problems.
The E.U.-U.S. Digital Divide
This week, as Europe’s highest court invalidates the EU-US Privacy Shield, let’s consider resolving the larger issues —the improbable existence of “privacy islands” in a digital world that doesn’t respect boundaries and what your company should do now.
Cameras from a Different Angle
This week, let’s consider the deployment of cameras all over San Francisco—a city under a new kind of neighborhood watch.
Zero-Trust Frameworks Explained
This week, let’s briefly explore Zero Trust as a modern security strategy.
5 Tips for Protecting Your Home Network and Devices
This week, we return to a popular topic, offering practical advice about how to protect your privacy and data on your home networks and devices.
Privacy Notices – Nobody Reads the Small Print. Is it Time for New Legislation?
This week, let’s consider the problem with privacy notices alongside pending U.S. privacy legislation.
Resources on COVID-19 Privacy and Cybersecurity Issues
This week, we highlight privacy and cybersecurity resources from regulators and other data protection authorities and organizations.
Unity, Liberty and Justice for All
This week, we abandon privacy and technology to face more pressing issues—injustices, threats to freedom and our collective pledge to uphold the Constitution.
Back to the Future – Revisiting Section 230
This week, let’s consider an old law—Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act —now being targeted by a new executive order.
A New Study on Privacy and Bias in Facial Recognition Technologies
This week, we highlight a new facial recognition study on privacy and bias released by the RAND Corporation.
Contact-Tracing and Privacy
This week, let’s consider the privacy concerns associated with contact-tracing, and how those concerns can be addressed.
CEO Indictment and Derivative Litigation May Foretell the Next Chapter in Privacy and Cyber Liability
This week, let’s consider why the indictment of Blue Bell’s ex-CEO matters to privacy and cybersecurity liability for executives and boards of directors.