Topics Artificial Intelligence Department of Defense Invests in Artificial IntelligenceCould Artificial Intelligence Save the Holiday Shopping Season?AI Executive Order – What’s Next? Autonomous Vehicles FedEx Express and Elroy Air Take Off with Autonomous Drones to Ease Supply Chain IssuesJapan Launches First Fully-Autonomous Ship Navigation DemonstrationData Show Autonomous Cars May Drive More Safely than Human Drivers Blockchain Could Artificial Intelligence Save the Holiday Shopping Season?Another Use for Blockchain: Tracking COVID-19 VaccinesUtah to Test Blockchain Voting Through Mobile Apps Cannabis 30,000 Cannabis Users’ Data ExposedMedical Marijuana Delivery App Agrees to Settle TCPA Case for $1.75MData Privacy and Security in the Cannabis Industry Children's Privacy FTC Adopts Policy Statement to Increase Scrutiny for COPPA ViolationsPrivacy Tip #298 - Help AGs Try to Protect Children’s DataPrivacy Tip #297 - Vulnerability in Smart Home Devices Including Baby Monitors Coronavirus Privacy Tip #312 -Impersonation Fraud Increased During PandemicSmart Health Cards, Vaccine Passports, and PrivacyWalmart Drone Delivery Soars Ahead Cybersecurity Twilio Hit with Social Engineering Smishing SchemePrivacy Tip #340 – Smishing Scams ReminderNew York DFS Fines Robinhood $30M for “Significant” Cybersecurity Violations Data Breach Neopets Breach Affects 69M UsersSuperCare Health Hit with Another Data Breach Class ActionMailchimp Suffers a Data Breach Data Privacy Tim Hortons Wants to Settle Data Privacy Lawsuits with Free BreakfastAnti-Vax Dating App Left Data UnprotectedLocation Data Industry Under Scrutiny for Inclusion of Planned Parenthood Clinics in their Services Data Security The FCC Wants You to Delete TikTokIf Your Disclosure of a Data Breach Was “Late,” You May Have to LitigatePrivacy Tip #301 - Can Your Co-Worker Guess Your Password? Probably! Digital Assets Privacy Tip #207 - Digital AssetsData Privacy and Security in the Cannabis IndustryNew Patent Looks to Blockchain for Drone Security Drone Privacy Recent CCPA Enforcement Actions Highlight the Importance of a CCPA-Compliant Privacy PolicyCurbside Pickup and Geofencing – How Your Favorite Retailer Knows You’ve ArrivedPrivacy Tip #240 - Update iPhone OS as Soon as Possible for Jailbreak Zero-Day Vulnerability Drones FAA Issues Task Order for UTM Project at Griffiss International AirportRemote ID Ruling For FAA in RaceDayQuads SuitNew Survey Shows that Americans are Ready for More Deliveries by Drone e-Discovery Considering E-Discovery in Cloud ContractsThe Case for E-Discovery Education in Law SchoolPredictions (and hopes) for e-discovery in 2016 Enforcement + Litigation ACTS Retirement Services Faces Class Action over Data BreachSan Diego Family Care Settles Data Breach Class Action for $1 MillionUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center Settles Data Breach Class Action for $450,000 Events Authors’ EventsBrown Cybersecurity News Podcast: Rise of the third party vendor threatComplimentary Webinar: Battling Mobile Security Challenges Geolocation Boston’s MBTA joins the bluetooth beacon bus –it will now track the movement of its riders Guest Posts FBI reports $3.1 billion lost by businesses through “business email compromise”Madison at Fort Meade: Checks, Balances, and the NSAThink you’re covered? Think again Health Information Privacy SuperCare Health Hit with Another Data Breach Class ActionPrivacy Tip #324 - What Happens to My Health Information When a Hospital Goes Out of Business?ONC Information Blocking Data Show Majority of Claims Against Health Care Providers HIPAA and Health Information OCR Settles Eleven More Cases Under Right of Access InitiativeSuperCare Health Hit with Another Data Breach Class ActionPrivacy Tip #324 - What Happens to My Health Information When a Hospital Goes Out of Business? Information Governance GDPR Awareness Is On The Rise as Complaints IncreaseData Classification and Information Security are Intertwined5 Information Governance Predictions for 2017 Insurance Coverage Data breach coverage denial upheld by Connecticut Supreme Court International Privacy Laws Irish DPA Hits WhatsApp with $266M Fine for Alleged GDPR ViolationsTwitter fined $546,000 in December 2020 by European Data Protection Authority for 2019 Breach Notification ViolationsNew Canadian Privacy Legislation on the Horizon Internet of Things Health Care IoT Devices Pose Risk to Patient CarePrivacy Tip #297 - Vulnerability in Smart Home Devices Including Baby MonitorsNew Federal Law Alert: The Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 – IoT Security for Federal Government-Owned Devices Mergers & Acquisitions LinkedIn acquires Lynda.com for $1.5 billionEpiq acquires Iris Data for $134 millionPlaytech Enters Foreign Exchange Market New + Now AI Can’t Hold Patents Because They Require an “Inventor” to Be a “Natural Person”FBI Warns Higher Ed Sector of Compromised Credentials on Dark Web“Well frens, it happened to me;” Actor’s Stolen NFTs Highlight Uncertainties for NFT Artwork Privacy Tips Privacy Tip #340 – Smishing Scams ReminderPrivacy Tip #339 - Scammers Take Advantage of Disaster VictimsPrivacy Tip #338 - Be Aware of Apps Infected with Malware Public-Private Partnerships with Cyber Security President Obama Issues Data Sharing Executive Order to push Public-Private Sharing of Cyber Threat Information Safe Harbor EU and US agree to new safe harbor data transfer pactEU safe harbor updateEU endorsement of Safe Harbor will be decided on October 6 Social Media Texas AG Sues Meta, Alleging Massive Collection of Face Geometries Without ConsentPrivacy Tip #319 - How Facial Recognition Technology Works and Why You Should CareIrish DPA Hits WhatsApp with $266M Fine for Alleged GDPR Violations State Laws Relating to Data Federal Privacy Law – Could It Happen in 2019?Compliance With New York’s Cybersecurity Regulation 23 NYCRR Part 500 Telehealth COVID-19: HHS Issues FAQs on HIPAA and Telehealth to Help Providers Maintain Access to Care During the PandemicFlorida Board of Medicine allows prescribing controlled substances through telemedicine for psychiatric treatmentTelehealth Telephone Consumer Protection Act Court Denies GrubHub's Motion to Dismiss in TCPA Class ActionFCC Imposes its Largest Fine to Date for Robocalls in Violation of the TCPAEleventh Circuit Says Invasion-of-Privacy Exclusion Bars Coverage of Class Action Settlement Uncategorized Meta Hit with Lawsuits Over Allegations of Promoting Hate SpeechAncestry.com Sued in Class Action for Using Data from Year BooksCognizant Confirms Maze Ransomware Attack Virtual Currency New York DFS Fines Robinhood $30M for “Significant” Cybersecurity ViolationsPrivacy Tip #334 - Crypto Scams Continue to Top the List of Scams Reported to the FTCPrivacy Tip #325 - Largest Crypto Hack Ever? A Whopping $625 Million Websites Utah Consumer Privacy Act Newest State Privacy Act Signed into LawData Minimization: What Is It and Why Practice It?CAAG Announces Investigative Sweep of Loyalty Programs’ Compliance with CCPA