The California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”) was in effect for just over three months when the American economy stopped cold in the face of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Much effort was expended in the months before the January 1, 2020
Recently, Apple and Google – two of the world’s biggest tech firms–jointly devised a system of contact tracing for COVID-19. This contact tracing does not involve analyzing centralized data stores of personal data. Rather, it leverages a proximity technology most
Most companies that can do so have sent their employees home to work, which means that many employees have brought their home to work. Businesses have transitioned from maintaining a centralized workplace with a standardized data security protocol managed by
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released its annual Privacy and Data Security Update, which highlights the FTC’s activities during the past year. The FTC, the U.S. agency tasked with a unique dual mission to protect consumers and promote
The videoconference platform Zoom has seen a surge in users since the coronavirus pandemic. Teleworkers are relying increasingly on Zoom for virtual meetings, and as a HIPAA-compliant videoconferencing program, Zoom for Healthcare has gained popularity among healthcare providers in particular.
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On March 17, 2020, OCR issued guidance indicating that it would exercise enforcement discretion and waive penalties for entities that provide services to individuals using “everyday communication technologies.”
On March 20, 2020, OCR provided additional more detailed guidance on
Bad actors love crises. The forced telecommuting of millions of employees (and the attendant exponential increase in use of remote access technologies), coupled with real fears and concerns regarding the spread of COVID-19, have produced a fertile environment for an
Last week, a coalition of over sixty trade associations and businesses representing almost every business sector authored a joint letter to the California Attorney General requesting that the Attorney General defer enforcement of the CCPA in light of the COVID-19
Coverage litigation relating to liability claims arising out of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) has been relatively non-existent. One reason for this may be insurers’ reasonable conclusion that an exclusion introduced in 2006 in response to litigation arising
