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ICO Launches Investigation into Facial Recognition in King’s Cross, London

By Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP on August 16, 2019

On August 15, 2019, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) announced that it had launched an investigation into the use of live facial recognition technology at the King’s Cross development in London. This follows a letter sent by the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to the owner of the development inquiring as to whether the use of the software was legal. The company responsible for the technology said it was used for the purposes of…

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Ninth Circuit Allows Class Action Challenging Facebook’s Facial Recognition Technology Under Illinois BIPA

By Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP on August 12, 2019

On August 8, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit allowed a class action brought by Illinois residents to proceed against Facebook under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) (740 ICLS 14/1, et seq.).…

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CIPL Issues White Paper on New Standard Contractual Clauses for International Transfers under the GDPR

By Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP on August 12, 2019

On August 7, 2019, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP issued a white paper titled Key Issues Relating to Standard Contractual Clauses for International Transfers and the Way Forward for New Standard Contractual Clauses under the GDPR (the “White Paper”). The White Paper was submitted to the European Commission as part of its ongoing work to update EU Standard Contractual Clauses for international transfers (“SCCs”).…

Business Immigration Insights

Arizona Bakery Fined for an Abundance of Discrimination

By Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP on August 7, 2019

On Tuesday, July 30, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement agreement with United General Bakery, Inc. based in Phoenix, Arizona. The agreement resolved a DOJ investigation into whether the company discriminated against authorized workers based on their citizenship status when verifying their work authorization in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). All employers must verify the employment eligibility of their employees through the I-9 process. U.S. Immigration and Customs…

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New Hampshire Governor Signs Insurance Data Security Law

By Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP on August 6, 2019

On August 2, 2019, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed into law SB 194 (the “Bill”), which requires insurers licensed in the state (“licensees”) to put in place data security programs and report cybersecurity events. Although the Bill takes effect January 1, 2020, licensees have one year from the effective date to implement relevant cybersecurity requirements and two years from the effective date to ensure that their third-party vendors also implement appropriate safeguards to protect…

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CJEU Ruling on Websites Using Facebook ‘Like’ Buttons

By Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP on August 2, 2019

On July 29, 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “CJEU”) released its judgment in case C-40/17, Fashion ID GmbH & Co. KG vs. Verbraucherzentrale NRW eV. The Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf (Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf) requested a preliminary ruling from the CJEU on several provisions of the former EU Data Protection Directive of 1995, which was still applicable to the case since the court proceedings had started before the implementation of the…

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ICO Announces First Data Protection Sandbox Participants

By Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP on July 30, 2019

On July 29, 2019, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) announced the 10 projects that it has selected, out of 64 applicants, to participate in its sandbox. The sandbox, for which applications opened in April 2019, is designed to support organizations in developing innovative products and services with a clear public benefit. The ICO aims to assist the 10 organizations in ensuring that the risks associated with the projects’ use of personal data is mitigated. The…

Blockchain Legal Resource

The Growing Trend of Digital Services Taxes in Europe, and Why They Matter to US Companies

By Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP on July 26, 2019

As reported in the July 26, 2019 Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP client alert, first France and now the United Kingdom have joined the growing number of European countries that have, in recent months, announced they are considering a new form of tax specifically directed at “digital” businesses. The new form of digital services tax is based on the premise that traditional methods of profit allocation between different countries are no longer fit for their purpose…

Privacy & Information Security Law Blog

New York City Considers Prohibition on Sharing Location Data

By Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP on July 26, 2019

On July 23, 2019, New York City Council members introduced Int. 1632-2019 (the “Bill”), an amendment to the administrative code of New York City that would prohibit telecommunications carriers and mobile applications from sharing a customer’s location data if such data was collected from a device in the five boroughs.…

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New York Amends Breach Notification Law

By Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP on July 26, 2019

On July 25, 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law Senate Bill S5575B (the “Bill”), an amendment to New York’s breach notification law (the “Act”). The Bill expands the Act’s definition of “breach of the security of the system” and the types of information (i.e., “private information”) covered by the Act, and makes certain changes to the Act’s requirements for breach notification.…

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ICO Launches Investigation into Facial Recognition in King’s Cross, London

Ninth Circuit Allows Class Action Challenging Facebook’s Facial Recognition Technology Under Illinois BIPA

CIPL Issues White Paper on New Standard Contractual Clauses for International Transfers under the GDPR

Arizona Bakery Fined for an Abundance of Discrimination

New Hampshire Governor Signs Insurance Data Security Law

CJEU Ruling on Websites Using Facebook ‘Like’ Buttons

ICO Announces First Data Protection Sandbox Participants

The Growing Trend of Digital Services Taxes in Europe, and Why They Matter to US Companies

New York City Considers Prohibition on Sharing Location Data

New York Amends Breach Notification Law

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