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Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear recently signed House Bill 474 to become the latest state to enact data insurance security legislation. The new law is modeled after the data security law of the National Association of  Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). Licensees with more than 50 employees who are authorized to operate, or are registered under the insurance…
Last Week Tonight Host Pokes at Congress Over Data Brokering Regulation
By Blair Robinson (non-lawyer intern) on April 14, 2022
John Oliver, comedian and host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight, called on Congress to issue broad data privacy legislation by making it elegantly personal – he bought their data. Following a 25-minute segment on the ubiquity of third-party trackers and data brokering, the late night host revealed that his staff had created an advertiser’s…
Virginia Amends New Privacy Law
By Robinson+Cole's Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team on April 14, 2022
Governor Glenn Youngkin of Virginia recently approved legislation to amend the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA). In a time when data privacy bills creep through state legislatures only to die in committee, Virginia has not only passed a privacy law, but has also now amended that law. Three bills were recently signed by the…
FTC Chair Signals Crackdown on Confusing Privacy Policies
By Blair Robinson (non-lawyer intern) on April 14, 2022
Posted in Data Privacy
At the International Association of Privacy Professionals Global Privacy Summit earlier this week, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan rounded out her first year on the job by calling out “overwhelming” consumer privacy policies. While nearly every company online must post a privacy policy, many of these policies are written in dense legal jargon that…
Mailchimp Suffers a Data Breach
By Robinson+Cole's Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team on April 7, 2022
Posted in Data Breach, Data Privacy
This week we learned that the email and social media marketing company Mailchimp suffered a data breach that allowed an intruder to view 319 Mailchimp accounts. According to multiple sources, audience data were accessed from 102 of those accounts.
It was reported that the threat actor was able to breach Mailchimp’s systems through social engineering…
Tracking Employees with GPS? New Jersey Law Requires Employers to Give Written Notice to Employees Before Using a Tracking Device in Employee Vehicles
By Robinson+Cole's Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team on April 1, 2022
Posted in Data Privacy
Private employers in New Jersey need to be aware of the latest employee privacy law that will take effect on April 18, 2022. A3950 prohibits employers from knowingly using a “tracking device” in a vehicle used by an employee without providing written notice to the employee.
Employers that violate this new law can be subject…
Utah Consumer Privacy Act Newest State Privacy Act Signed into Law
By Linn Foster Freedman on March 25, 2022
Posted in CCPA, Data Privacy, Websites
The newest state data privacy law, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (the Act), was signed into law by Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox on March 24, 2022. This makes Utah the fifth state to pass its own privacy law instead of waiting for the federal government to enact a nationwide federal law.
Indiana Amends Breach Notification Law to Require Notification Within 45 Days
By Linn Foster Freedman on March 24, 2022
Posted in Data Privacy
Indiana has amended its breach notification law to require entities to notify individuals “without unreasonable delay, but not more than forty-five (45) days after the discovery of the breach.” It clarifies that a delay is “reasonable” if it is: “(1) necessary to restore the integrity of the computer system; (2) necessary to discover the scope…
California Attorney General’s Opinion States that Consumers’ Right to Know Includes Inferences
By Robinson+Cole's Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team on March 17, 2022
Posted in CCPA, Data Privacy
We all know businesses collect our data. But did you know that businesses can draw inferences from those data to determine whether a consumer is married, or is a homeowner, or is a likely voter? Recently, the question arose whether those inferences constitute personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA or…
New York Law Incorporates Identity Theft into the Definition of Elder Abuse
By Robinson+Cole's Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team on March 10, 2022
Posted in Data Privacy
New York recently passed legislation to amend the definition of elder abuse to include identity theft. This is important as an acknowledgement of the seriousness of the problem of identity theft involving the elderly, and the legislation will also allow victims of identity theft to be eligible for resources that provide support services and programs…
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