Over the last several weeks, while Americans have grown accustomed to working from home, home schooling, and life in lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Zoom videoconferencing service has surged in popularity for every imaginable form of gathering, professional and
By Nicole Hyland and James Mariani
Every day, clients entrust their lawyers with confidential information. Whether in a matrimonial dispute, high-stakes corporate acquisition, commercial litigation, criminal defense matter, or any other sensitive legal issue, clients rely on their lawyers to
Over the past several weeks, the California Attorney General (“AG”) published revisions to its proposed regulations implementing the CCPA (the “Modified Regulations”), and then further revised the Modified Regulations (“Version 2”). Despite earlier warnings to the business community that AG’s
Welcome to 2020. The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) is now in effect, and your business has probably spent significant time and expense preparing for the law. With so much focus on CCPA preparations, it’s important to recall that the
On Thursday, October 10, 2019, only 83 days before the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) was set to become effective, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra held a press conference, with no prior notice, and issued his long awaited proposed regulations
Here is my guest post on Eric Goldman’s Technology & Marketing Law Blog recapping the final CCPA amendments, expected to be signed by Governor Newsom, It includes a master redline tracking all the amendments.
On July 24, 2019, the FTC announced a $5 billion settlement with Facebook to address Facebook’s alleged violations of the FTC Act and its 2012 consent order with the FTC. The settlement comes as no surprise to the privacy community
I recently had the privilege of guest posting on Professor Eric Goldman‘s Technology & Marketing Law Blog regarding last week’s California Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on proposed amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act. You can check out my
Trend Micro, a cybersecurity solutions provider, recently reported that it blocked ~5 million hacking attempts of IP-connected cameras in just the last 5 months. This means that a hell of a lot of people are trying to hack into
An Internet advertising agency that specializes in lead generation for law firms failed to properly secure databases that included the records of about 150,000 individuals. The ad agency, X Social Media, utilizes campaigns on Facebook that target potential plaintiffs
