Topic
Data Access
159 published works
Data Privacy Dish
Access Requests Are Just a CCPA Thing, Right? Right??
No. While the CCPA confers a right to access, the right predates the CCPA and can be found within other laws within the United States. For example, the Health Insurance…
Privacy and Cybersecurity
So, There Are ‘Access Requests’ and ‘Requests to Know’: What Is the Difference?
The CPRA, which modified the CCPA, uses the term “right to know” and “right to access” synonymously.1 The regulations implementing the CCPA use the phrase “request to know” exclusively. Most…
Municipal Minute
PAC Issues First Binding Opinion of 2021 on Unduly Burdensome FOIA Requests
In September 2020, a requestor submitted a FOIA request seeking subpoenas received by the Chicago Police Department (CPD) from federal agencies and search warrants served on CPD in August 2020.…
Health Law Prof Blog
International Access to Public Health Data: An Important Brazilian Legal Precedent
Vera Lúcia Raposo (University of Macau), Ian Freckelton (University of Melbourne), International Access to Public Health Data: An Important Brazilian Legal Precedent, 27(4) J. L. Med. 895 (2020):Accurate, up-to-date data…
Health Law Diagnosis
OCR Settles Another Right-of-Access Initiative Case
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a press release on November 12, 2020, announcing that it had settled its eleventh enforcement action in its HIPAA Right-of-Access Initiative. The settlement…
Technology Law Dispatch
Federal judge dismisses data-related antitrust claims in hiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn Corp.
By Gerard Stegmaier, Christopher R. Brennan, Michelle A. Mantine, Gregory Vose
On September 9, a federal judge in California dismissed claims brought by hiQ Labs, Inc. (hiQ) against LinkedIn Corp. (LinkedIn) that alleged that LinkedIn’s attempts to prevent hiQ from accessing…
Intellectual Property Trends
What Does that App Notification Mean? You Might Want to Pay Attention
By Peggy Keene
Do You Read All Your App Notifications? They Could Be Warning of Unauthorized Data AccessAs cell phones have become ubiquitous, many may not pay attention to app notifications on their phone,…
Red Notice Law Journal
INTERPOL Red Notice requests for removal
In our final post in the series on the CCF's data as reported in its annual report last year, today we'll consider what happens to a case while it is…
Of Digital Interest
Future Forward: Data Arrangements During and After COVID-19
The need for speedy and more complete access to data is instrumental for healthcare providers, researchers, pharmaceutical, biotech and device companies and public health authorities as they work to quickly…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
British Columbia Updates Privacy Law in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak
By Odia Kagan
British Columbia, Canada has updated its privacy law in response to COVID-19. British Columbia has temporarily modified its access to information and privacy act in response to COVID-19, lifting a…