Pillsbury Law – As the world continues to deal with the unprecedented challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems have emerged as a potentially formidable tool in detecting and predicting outbreaks. In …
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Mintz Law – Last week, the plaintiffs in three related children’s privacy class actions sought preliminary approval of proposed settlements with sixteen defendants in those coordinated actions. The matters—known as the Kiloo Action, the Disney Action, and the Viacom Action—are pending …
How Proposed Mega Child Privacy Class Action Settlements May Affect App Providers Read More »
In the past two weeks, Aotearoa has experienced its first ‘resurgence’ of COVID-19 in the community, following a 102-day period without community transmission. Whether or not this latest outbreak was inevitable and/or whether future outbreaks …
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Source: Pixabay Invasion of Privacy – A Marital Misconduct Jenny Harrison* Ethically, it is illegal to break into someone’s personal devices as it violates their privacy. Spying means that you are snooping into someone’s tech …
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Manatt – The California Consumer Privacy Act has been the subject of an infographic produced by Manatt’s Privacy and Data Security group covering the central elements of the California Consumer Privacy Act. The infographic lets …
Davis Polk Avi Gesser* Until recently, biometric privacy was a niche area of the law that had little application to most companies. But with the rapid growth in commercial biometric data collection, including voice samples, …
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Privacy and data security is constantly evolving and 2018 presented no exception. Let’s take a look back at some of the highlights of this year. Cambridge Analytica (March 2018): Facebook announced that Cambridge Analytica and its …
Orrick – Game-changing Calif. Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 puts statutory breach damages on the table The recently-enacted California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 is a game-changer in a number of respects. The Act imports European GDPR-style …
Allen & Overy – When the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was finally agreed in April 2016, it seemed a long time until it would apply. However, as time races on, many companies are …
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Robinson + Cole Data Privacy – A new Harris Poll for the American Institute of CPA’s (AICPA), which called 1006 U.S. adults for the report, shows interesting statistics regarding American adults’ attitudes and fears about …
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Eversheds Sutherland – With enactment of the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), Bermuda can now count itself among the ever-expanding list of jurisdictions with enhanced privacy protections. PIPA, passed on July 27, 2016, and entered …
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Clifford Chance – As every news cycle brings further revelations about the alleged misuse of personal data by social media companies and political consultants, regulators, politicians and the public are more concerned than ever with …
Robinson + Cole – By 2036, unmanned aerial systems (UAS or drones) will represent a $30 billion industry according to a new report released by the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and Avascent, “Think Bigger: Large …
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Pillsbury – Recent developments in deep learning artificial intelligence have enabled almost anyone to superimpose facial features—including an entirely different face—into a preexisting video with relatively minimal effort. Until very recently, editing facial features in …
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Wilson Sonsini – 2018 promises to be an interesting year in the world of privacy and cybersecurity. In this article, we highlight a few of the most notable developments we expect this year, including major …
What’s Ahead for Privacy & Data Security in 2018? Read More »
