Nicola Menaldo

Nicola Menaldo represents and counsels technology and retail clients on a wide range of issues central to their business needs.

Firm/Organization: Perkins Coie LLP

Blogs: Consumer Finance Legal Report, Consumer Protection Review, Privacy Quick Tips

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Consumer Protection Review

I Am Robot: California’s New Law Requires Disclosure of Use of Bots

By Dominique Shelton Leipzig, Bo W. Kim, Nicola Menaldo & Laura Mujenda on June 5, 2019

California’s new Autobot Law, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17940, et seq. (SB 1001), which goes into effect July 1, 2019, may affect businesses that use chatbots to interact with customers online. As the nation’s first autobot regulation, SB 1001 makes it unlawful “to use a bot to communicate or interact with another person in California online, with the intent to mislead the other person about its artificial identity for the purpose of knowingly…

Consumer Protection Review

Nevada Expands Online Privacy Law to Grant Consumers Additional Rights While Excluding Certain Institutions From Compliance

By Nicola Menaldo & Gabriella Gallego on June 5, 2019

Nevada is the latest state to strengthen privacy laws to address the perceived need for more oversight of how companies handle personal data. On May 29, 2019, Nevada’s governor signed into law Senate Bill 220, which amends the state’s online privacy notice statute, Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 603A.300 et. seq. The amendments provide consumers with the right to restrict an entity’s “sale” of covered information while also excluding certain entities from the…

Privacy Quick Tips

I Am Robot: California’s New Law Requires Disclosure of Use of Bots

By Dominique Shelton Leipzig, Bo W. Kim, Nicola Menaldo & Laura Mujenda on May 30, 2019

Does your company use chatbots to interact with customers online? If so, California’s new Autobot Law, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17940, et seq. (SB 1001) goes into effect July 1, 2019 and may affect your business. As the nation’s first autobot regulation, SB 1001 makes it unlawful “to use a bot to communicate or interact with another person in California online, with the intent to mislead the other person about its…

Consumer Protection Review

Google Defeats Biometric Privacy Lawsuit on Article III Standing Grounds

By Nicola Menaldo, Susan Fahringer, Debra R. Bernard, Ryan Spear, Sunita Bali & Erin K. Earl on January 9, 2019

Google sign on the building at Google's headquarters in Silicon Valley .

On December 29, 2018, Google won summary judgment in Rivera v. Google, a privacy class action alleging violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The case involved “face grouping,” a feature that enables Google Photos to automatically sort and group the photographs in a user’s private account based on visual similarities between the images of faces in the photos. The court held that any alleged collection of “biometric information” or “biometric identifiers” stemming…

Consumer Finance Legal Report

Ninth Circuit Interprets Automatic Telephone Dialing System Under TCPA, Leaving Circuit Split

By Nicola Menaldo on January 8, 2019

The Ninth Circuit recently denied a motion for rehearing en banc in Marks v. Crunch, leaving in place a Ninth Circuit decision that broadly defines “automated telephone dialing system” (autodialer) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The decision conflicts with decisions from other circuits. And in the New Year, the FCC is expected to issue its own new interpretation of the term “autodialer” under the TCPA. Amidst this uncertainty, companies should proceed cautiously…

Consumer Protection Review

Ninth Circuit Interprets Automatic Telephone Dialing System under TCPA, Leaving Circuit Split

By Nicola Menaldo on January 2, 2019

The Ninth Circuit recently denied a motion for rehearing en banc in Marks v. Crunch, leaving in place a Ninth Circuit decision that broadly defines “automated telephone dialing system” (“autodialer”) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). The decision conflicts with decisions from other circuits. And in the New Year, the FCC is expected to issue its own new interpretation of the term “autodialer” under the TCPA. Amidst this uncertainty, companies should proceed cautiously…

Nicola Menaldo

I Am Robot: California’s New Law Requires Disclosure of Use of Bots

Nevada Expands Online Privacy Law to Grant Consumers Additional Rights While Excluding Certain Institutions From Compliance

I Am Robot: California’s New Law Requires Disclosure of Use of Bots

Google Defeats Biometric Privacy Lawsuit on Article III Standing Grounds

Ninth Circuit Interprets Automatic Telephone Dialing System Under TCPA, Leaving Circuit Split

Ninth Circuit Interprets Automatic Telephone Dialing System under TCPA, Leaving Circuit Split

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