The current COVID-19 pandemic raises some significant issues and risks relating to cybersecurity and data privacy in the US that should be considered carefully and addressed appropriately. Concerns range from cybercriminals targeting a newly-remote workforce with clever phishing scams that prey on the environment of uncertainty, to worries that the crisis will give cover to … Continue Reading
The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) went into effect in 2008 and has been a steady source of litigation ever since. This post summarizes the obligations BIPA imposes, the current state of BIPA litigation, and what steps businesses can take to reduce litigation risks. What is BIPA? The stated intent of BIPA was to … Continue Reading
This spring, New York’s cybersecurity landscape shifts dramatically as certain provisions of New York’s Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (“SHIELD Act”) take effect. The SHIELD Act, 2019 N.Y. Ch. 117, which was signed into law by Governor Cuomo on July 25, 2019, modifies existing data breach law to expand the definition of … Continue Reading
The NY Department of Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulation, 23 N.Y. Comp. Code R. & Regs. § 500, provides for the protection of customer information and information technology systems of Covered Entities, in recognition of the “ever growing threat posed to information and financial systems by nation-states, terrorist organizations and independent criminal actors.” The Cybersecurity Regulation … Continue Reading
In just a few short weeks (January 1, 2020), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will impose burdensome GDPR-like transparency and individual rights requirements on almost every company that handles “personal information” regarding California residents, including employees. Is your organization ready? We have prepared a number of client alerts and blog posts to help you … Continue Reading
Partner Elliot Golding joins the Daon Podcast Series, to share his expertise on the coming impact of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and what companies should know before it takes effect on January 1st, 2020. A recording of the episode is available here.… Continue Reading
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) takes effect on January 1, 2020. The California legislature passed a number of amendments on September 13, 2019, that alter the law in important ways. These amendments are now being reviewed by the governor and will be finalized by October 13, 2019. Join our webinar just a few days later, … Continue Reading
This is Squire Patton Boggs’ Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Group’s second post regarding the recent amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which goes into effect January 1, 2020. Our earlier post covering the CCPA amendment requiring data brokers to register with the California Attorney General, is available here. Please also read our prior posts … Continue Reading
The California legislature made several amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) last Friday, September 13, 2019. This post focuses on the enactment of Assembly Bill No. 1202, which requires certain businesses that sell consumers’ personal information, as defined under the CCPA, to register as data brokers with the California Attorney General. For more … Continue Reading
With the CCPA’s January 1, 2020 compliance date rapidly approaching, organizations subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) should conduct a gap assessment to determine what they need to accomplish in the next three months. Our second client alert in our California Consumer Privacy Act Series – Part 2: Gap Assessments provides further insight … Continue Reading
As explained in a recent post published on Squire Patton Bogg’s Anticorruption Blog, the DOJ is pursuing providers who submit false claims under the electronic health records initiative. This enforcement action should serve as a reminder to examine carefully attestations of EHR compliance, including the requirement to complete a HIPAA-required security risk assessment.… Continue Reading
Last year, the California legislature enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”), which imposes key data privacy requirements on businesses collecting or storing data about California residents. The CCPA provides for civil penalties imposed by the California Attorney General (“AG”) and creates a private right of action for those residents impacted by a data … Continue Reading
Effective January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will impose burdensome GDPR-like transparency and individual rights requirements on almost every company that handles “personal information” regarding California residents, regardless of where the business is based. The Act will impact information regarding not only consumers, but also employees and business contacts. Join us for … Continue Reading
From the continual evolution of the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) to the potential ramifications of a Brexit “no-deal” on data transfers, 2019 may be a defining point in data privacy and cybersecurity. Nowhere is this increased attention more pronounced than the growing support for US federal data privacy legislation. … Continue Reading
The Illinois Supreme Court’s recent broad interpretation of the pioneering Illinois Biometric Identity Protection Act justifies close attention to legislative and regulatory developments regarding collection and protection of biometric identifier data. Our previous report of this decision may be found here. Two other states, Texas and Washington, already have biometric identifier privacy laws in place, … Continue Reading
On January 25, 2019, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that a consumer need not demonstrate an adverse effect or specific harm, such as evidence that personal information was stolen or misused, to have standing to sue under the state’s Biometric Identity Protection Act (BIPA). The court held that a procedural violation of the law itself … Continue Reading
Cybersecurity awareness recently took center stage in the healthcare industry when the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued comprehensive risk-prioritized cybersecurity best practices to combat top threats. HHS mapped this guidance to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework, cross-referencing 88 individual sub-practices for healthcare organizations of all sizes. The … Continue Reading
Google recently defeated claims that it violated Illinois’s Biometric Identification Privacy Act (“BIPA”) by collecting and retaining facial scans created from photographs uploaded by Google Photos users without obtaining consent and complying with other statutory requirements. The federal court ultimately held that plaintiffs failed to allege a concrete injury sufficient for Article III standing. Finding … Continue Reading
In Illinois, the courts are grappling with an issue akin to the Article 3 standing issues that courts have been analyzing in post-breach cases for years, that is, whether a plaintiff must claim actual harm as a result of a statutory violation or whether the violation is sufficient by itself to support standing to sue.… Continue Reading
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently issued several cybersecurity and medical device initiatives as part of the agency’s increased focus on digital health. These initiatives include draft cybersecurity guidance for medical devices, increased coordination with the Department of Homeland Security, and the promotion of artificial intelligence. Elliot Golding and Jennifer Tharp provided an … Continue Reading
Amendments to California’s expansive Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“the Act”) include new provisions that may significantly impact the timing of enforcement and provide exemptions for large amounts of personal data regulated by other laws. The Act, signed into law in June, is a sweeping data privacy law that regulates the processing of personal data … Continue Reading
Personal location information held by a third party now receives heightened protection from disclosure to law enforcement Thanks to Timothy Ivory Carpenter, Cell Site Location Information (“CSLI”) is now part of our vernacular. More important, in light of the Supreme Court’s June 2018 ruling in Carpenter v. United States, a company’s collection and retention of … Continue Reading
California’s newly enacted Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 is the strictest of the US’s patchwork of privacy related regulations. The Act will impact any legal entity that (i) does business in California, (ii) is operated for the profit or financial benefit of its owners, (iii) collects consumers’ personal information and determines the purpose and means … Continue Reading
In an article posted in Law360 Expert Analysis on May 22, 2018, Squire Patton Boggs partner Elliot Golding describes how the rise of health care smart devices and tracking apps has intensified the focus on data privacy and cybersecurity within the health care industry. Subsequently, new and proposed government and regulatory initiatives are underway. Additional … Continue Reading
