CPW’s Kristin Bryan was interviewed by Global Data Review last week concerning an Arizona bill that would ban publicly funded ransomware payments. As she explained, “[t]his development out of Arizona is consistent with this nationwide push to deter
ransomware attacks,
Keypoint: Virginia lawmakers will consider multiple amendments to the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act in advance of its January 1, 2023 effective date.
As the legislature opened on January 12, Virginia lawmakers proposed seven bills to amend the Virginia Consumer
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OpenX Technologies recently agreed to pay $2 million to settle FTC allegations that the advertising platform violated the FTC Act and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. OpenX runs a programmatic ad exchange, running a bidding platform that auctions online
Ransomware has been increasing in frequency and severity for years. However, recent high-profile ransomware attacks have added new urgency to the federal government’s efforts to deal with the problem. The Colonial Pipeline attack that resulted in gas shortages in the
Every action and adventure movie in the history of movies has a scene that looks like this:
IN SECRET LAIR — NIGHT
Hilariously funny computer-nerd sidekick with crushing social anxiety is talking with an uber-suave, secret super-agent about taking down
On January 5, 2022, the European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS”) issued a reprimand to the European Parliament for its offering of a website to its staff and members to schedule Covid-19 tests which violated the transparency and transfer provisions of
On December 22, 2021, the Austrian Supervisory Authority (“Authority”) found that an Austrian website that implemented the (free version of) Google analytics violated the GDPR’s rules on international data transfers (see here).
The Authority decided that the Standard Contractual
On 12 January 2022, the French National Assembly’s Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education (the “Committee”) unanimously approved a draft bill seeking to “encourage the use of parental controls on certain equipment and services sold in France and allowing access