On February 28, 2024, the European Data Protection Board announced the launch of its latest Coordinated Enforcement Framework action on the right of access.
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HHS Targets Small Behavioral Health Clinic for HIPAA Violations Following Ransomware Investigation
On February 21, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights entered into a resolution agreement and corrective action plan with Green Ridge Behavioral Health LLC. This marks the second such settlement with a HIPAA-regulated
FTC Announces $16.5 Million Settlement Against UK Service Provider and Ban from Selling Browsing Data for Advertising Purposes
On February 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement order against Avast Limited requiring the company to pay $16.5 million and prohibit the company from selling or licensing any web browsing data for advertising purposes.
ICO Orders Companies to Cease Using Facial Recognition Technology and Fingerprint Scanning to Monitor Attendance
On February 23, 2024, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office reported that it had ordered public service providers Serco Leisure, Serco Jersey and associated community leisure trusts to stop using facial recognition technology and fingerprint scanning to monitor employee attendance.
Year in Review: Top Insurance Cases of 2023
Directors and Officers (“D&O”) and cyber-related incidents continued to make headlines while ramped up regulatory enforcement and new legislation significantly altered the insurance landscape for both policyholders and insurers. Other noteworthy decisions reinforced the importance of foundational insurance coverage principals.
California Seeks to Regulation Employer Use of AI
As reported on the Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives blog, on February 15, 2024, California lawmakers introduced the bill AB 2930. AB 2930 seeks to regulate use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) in various industries to combat “algorithmic discrimination.” The
CIPL Publishes The Zero Risk Fallacy Paper
On February 20, 2024, The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP and Theodore Christakis, Professor of International, European and Digital Law at University Grenoble Alpes, released a comprehensive study titled The “Zero Risk” Fallacy: International Data
Broad Forum Clause Favors Policyholders’ Choice of Venue
The Washington Supreme Court’s recent en banc decision in Pacific Lutheran University et al. v. Certain Underwriters At Lloyd’s London et al. looked to the broad language of the forum selection clause in the governing insurance policies in upholding the
FTC Proposes Measures to Combat AI Impersonation Threats
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced a public comment period for a supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would ban the impersonation of individuals through the use of AI technologies.
SCOTUS Holding Reinforces Employee-Friendly SOX Whistleblower Burden
On February 8, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion holding that a whistleblower with a retaliation claim under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SOX”) does not need to establish that their employer acted with “retaliatory intent” to