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GDPR Had Some Bite in 2019
Although no company was hit with the maximum GDPR fine of 4% of the company's worldwide annual revenue, GDPR fines issued in 2019 were still a force to be reckoned with.
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The California Consumer Privacy Act: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask
Part Two of a Two-Part Article
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Unique Cyber Risks Faced By the Cannabis Industry
All companies face cybersecurity threats, but the legalized cannabis industry's storage of personally identifiable information and reliance on seed-to-sale tracking software can place it firmly within hackers' crosshairs.
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What Is the Appropriate Statute of Limitations Period for BIPA Claims?
The BIPA compliance lag has led companies using or collecting biometric information to consider how far back their liability may extend. The Illinois General Assembly, however, did not include an explicit statute of limitations period in BIPA. As a result, the statute of limitations has become one of BIPA's primary battlegrounds as litigants argue about potential class sizes and damages awards.
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The California Consumer Privacy Act: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask — 100 Days Out
Part Two of a Two-Part Article Part One of this article, last issue, covered how the CCPA applies to businesses — both in and outside California, the revenue threshold, proposed amendments and other open issues. Part Two continues with the rights that CCPA grants to Californians, the CCPA's impact on company privacy policies, how other states' privacy laws compare to the CCPA, exceptions and penalties for violating the Act.
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New Study Shows Which States Lead in Privacy Protection Laws
General counsel who navigate the mishmash of state privacy laws may relate to a new study showing that individual U.S. states' privacy statutes are spread across a broad spectrum.
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The California Consumer Privacy Act: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask
Part One of a Two-Part Article The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a comprehensive new consumer protection law set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2020. In the wake of the CCPA's passage, approximately 15 other states introduced their own CCPA-like privacy legislation, and similar proposals are being considered at the federal level. Part One of this article covers how the CCPA applies to businesses — both in and outside California, the revenue threshold, proposed amendments and other open issues.
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The California Consumer Privacy Act: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask — 100 Days Out
Part One of a Two-Part Article Responses to questions businesses frequently ask about the impacts of the CCPA. Implementation challenges inevitably will arise as a company works to apply these new requirements to its business practices. The time is now to start preparing for the CCPA, as well as for other new U.S. privacy laws that are likely to follow.
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Data Privacy Reviews: The Cornerstone of a Data Breach Response
Including a managed document review vendor in your incident response plan is critical.
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Marriott Moves to Dismiss Data Breach Lawsuit, Says Passport Numbers Useless to Hackers
In Its Motion To Dismiss, Marriott Insisted the Breach Caused No Harm to Its Guests and Attached a Declaration By a Former Government Official Who Wrote: "A U.S. Passport Is Virtually Impossible to Forge Successfully." Marriott is insisting that last year's cyberattack did no harm to its hotel guests, not least of which because hackers cannot use stolen passport numbers.
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