I have the great pleasure to present annually to doctors who are in their fellowship (which means they are post-med school and continuing their training in a particular specialty) about lawyerly things before they go out into the real world. I have been doing it for years for an old friend of mine who is
consumer privacy
Senate Democrats offer Consumer Privacy and Protection Act of 2015
By Benjamin Jensen on
Posted in Data Privacy
Senate Democrats, led by Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Patrick Leahy of Vermont, introduced legislation on April 30, 2015 directed to online consumer privacy and data protection. The Consumer Privacy and Protection Act of 2015, one of multiple proposals before Congress this year, requires companies storing sensitive personal or financial information on 10,000 or…
Connecticut AG forms new privacy and data security department
By Edward Heath & Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Data Breach
On March 13, 2015, the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office announced that it has created a privacy and data security department to focus on data breach and consumer privacy investigations and litigation. Attorney General George Jepsen said,
When I took office in January 2011, it became immediately clear that data privacy and security were growing concerns
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Obama Administration Releases Draft of Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights Act
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
On February 27, President Barack Obama, following up on his public announcement that consumer privacy would be on his 2015 agenda, released the discussion draft of the consumer Privacy Bill of Rights Act .
The long-awaited bill requires companies to abide by Fair Information Practice Principles (FIPPs), which include:
Transparency with consumers about data collection…