Ropes & Gray data, privacy & cybersecurity associate Matthew Cin spoke with Law360, about Illinois’s recent amendments to its Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Ever since it was enacted in 2008, BIPA, which can restrict companies from collecting
On Friday, August 2, Governor J.B. Pritzker of Illinois signed into law SB2979, an amendment to the state’s landmark biometric privacy law. The amendment offers a welcome step forward to correcting the rapid overexpansion of potential damages associated with
On July 9, 2024, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (“OSTP”) issued highly anticipated final guidelines setting forth a framework under which academic research institutions must establish and operate formal research security programs (the “Final Guidelines”).1 These final
Last Friday arrived with the crash of millions of Windows computers used by companies across the globe, including critical infrastructure sectors such as hospitals, banks, airlines, and government agencies. Despite quick retraction of the cause, cascading effects continued throughout the
On April 4, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) adopted new rules updating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (“TCPA”) requirements regarding a consumer’s ability to revoke consent to receive calls and messages (collectively “messages”). Generally speaking, the TCPA in part
With the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act (the “Act”), Rhode Island is the latest state to pass a comprehensive privacy law and join the evolving U.S. privacy landscape. The Act will take effect on January 1, 2026,
On 12 July 2024, the EU AI Act (“AI Act”) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. As the AI Act will enter into force 20 days from the date of its publication (1 August 2024), this
Tune in to the latest episode of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series, The Data Day, brought to you by the firm’s data, privacy & cybersecurity practice. This series focuses on the day-to-day effects that data has on all of our
On May 16, 2024, the SEC issued a release (the “Release”) adopting amendments to Regulation S-P (the “Amendments”) that require broker-dealers, registered investment companies (together, with business development companies, “registered funds”) and registered investment advisers to adopt written policies and
On May 21, 2024, with a vote of 25-12, the California Senate passed SB-1446, a bill that would significantly restrict grocery and retail drug stores from providing self-checkout services and adopting new technologies. The bill, introduced on February 16
