On November 8, the California Privacy Protection Agency Board voted to advance the new draft CCPA regulations to formal rulemaking. In this on-demand webinar, HB privacy partner David Stauss provides a high-level summary of the draft regulations on automated decisionmaking
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NYDFS Warns Against the Threat of Accidentally Hiring North Korean Remote IT Workers
Keypoint: The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued an industry letter outlining the threats posed to U.S. companies who hire remote technology workers linked to North Korea and may embezzle funds from their new employers.
On November
NYDFS Issues Guidance to Mitigate AI Cybersecurity Risks
Keypoint: The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) circulated an industry letter offering guidance to NYDFS “Covered Entities” for assessing and managing AI-related cybersecurity risks, including threats malicious actors using AI and the risks associated with a Covered Entity’s own AI
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Issues Opinion Holding Website Tracking Tools Do Not Violate State Wiretapping Law
Keypoint: Massachusetts’ highest court ruled the use of software that tracks users’ activity on its website does not violate the state’s Wiretap Act, which was intended to prevent the recording or interception of communications between two or more persons.
On
U.S. Privacy Litigation Update: September 2024
Keypoint: California state courts weigh in on what does, and does not, qualify as a “pen registry” or “tap and trace” device while one California federal court raises whether a wiretapping claim can also allow for a CCPA privacy right
California Privacy and AI Legislation Update: October 7, 2024
Keypoint: Of the ten privacy- and AI-related bills passed by the California legislature in the 2024 legislative session, Governor Newsom signed seven into law and vetoed three by the September 30 deadline.
Throughout the 2024 legislative session, we have been
On-Demand Webinar: State Privacy and AI Law Update
It has been a busy year in state privacy and AI law with seven states passing consumer data privacy laws, four states amending their existing laws, multiple states passing children’s-related privacy laws, and four states passing AI-related laws. In this
Texas Attorney General Reaches Generative AI Settlement
Keypoint: The Texas Attorney General reaches a first-of-its-kind settlement with a healthcare company that provides generative AI products.
On September 18, 2024, the Texas Attorney General announced that it had reached a settlement with a Dallas-based artificial intelligence healthcare company.
Proposed Draft Amendments to Colorado Privacy Act Rules Published
Keypoint: The proposed draft amendments modify the Colorado Privacy Act Rules to create a process for issuing opinion letters and interpretative guidance and to address the biometric and children’s privacy amendments passed by the Colorado legislature this year.
On September
U.S. Privacy Litigation Update: August 2024
Keypoint: California district courts continue to split over whether “knowledge” is required to plead liability under Section 631(a)’s fourth prong while two decisions show courts taking different approaches to VPPA claims at the pleading stage.
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