California’s SB 361 expands California’s Delete Act and will soon require registered data brokers to regularly check California’s data deletion database, known as DROP, to determine whether a California consumer has requested deletion of their personal information. Beginning August 1,
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Frontier Model Evaluations Show They “Cheat”
A new study by the AI Security Institute (AISI), Cheating Behaviour in Frontier Model Evaluation, found “cheating behaviour in all of our capability evaluations,” and outlines “the implications as models grow more capable.”
AISI defined “cheating” as “taking an
AI In the Dugout: MLB’s AI Crackdown Shows Why Guardrails Matter
Major League Baseball’s (MLB) move to restrict dugout iPad functionality is a reminder that AI governance is showing up everywhere, including in the middle of professional baseball games. According to reports, MLB disabled custom tablet tabs after concerns that teams
Privacy Tip #500 – Wow—500 Privacy Tips! Here’s a Recap
It’s hard to believe that today’s post marks the publication of our 500th Privacy Tip. What a milestone!
We started publishing Tips because readers kept asking me about ways to protect themselves from scams, how to keep up with the
Russian State-Sponsored Hackers Targeting Critical Infrastructure Routers
A joint cybersecurity advisory from the United States and 12 allied nations was released this week warning critical infrastructure operators that Russian state-sponsored hackers from Federal Security Service (FSB) Center 16 are actively exploiting poorly configured and vulnerable networking devices
Update on New Jersey’s New Data Broker Rule
FCC and 49 State Attorneys General Dial Up Attention on Robocall Compliance
On July 8, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Enforcement Bureau entered into a consent decree with Voximplant, Inc., a voice and video call platform, to resolve an investigation into whether the company failed to comply with the FCC’s robocall
Privacy Tip #499 – Scammers Using Big Brand Logos to Launch Fake Recruiting Schemes
Threat actors are spoofing big brand logos in recruiting scams to dupe individuals into believing they are working with real companies and to divulge their Google credentials.
The scam was first identified by a Team Cymru researcher, who discovered that
Threat Actors Aligned with China Attacking U.S. University Physics + Engineering Depts.
Researchers at cybersecurity firm Proofpoint have discovered that a “suspected China-aligned threat cluster named UNK_MassTraction” is attacking mailservers belonging to physics and engineering departments of U.S. and Canadian based universities. They have been tracking the activity since May 2026.
The
Chatrie + the Shrinking Third-Party Doctrine: What Data Custodians Should Watch
This post was authored by William S. Fallon, Associate in Robinson+Cole’s Business Litigation group.
In Chatrie v. United States, No. 25-112 (U.S. June 29, 2026), the Supreme Court took another step in redefining digital privacy under the Fourth Amendment, building