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Artificial Intelligence

A First in Court: AI Robot to Try Its Hand at LawyeringArtists Are Selling AI-Generated Images of Mickey Mouse to Provoke a Test CaseNYC Law Restricting Use of AI in Hiring Takes Effect in January: Are You Ready?

Autonomous Vehicles

More Autonomous Big Rigs Needed on the Road: Why Start There?Hyundai Motor Group Launches New AI Institute to Build Better Robots for the FutureFedEx Express and Elroy Air Take Off with Autonomous Drones to Ease Supply Chain Issues

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

Epic Games $520 Million Settlement with FTC for Unfair Practices and COPPA ViolationsIreland Fines Instagram €405 Million for Children’s Data ViolationsPrivacy Tip #344  - Advocacy Groups Urge Senators to Advance Bills Protecting Children’s Data

Coronavirus

Privacy Tip #352 - Don’t Get Scammed Ordering Your Free COVID-19 Test KitsPrivacy Tip #312 -Impersonation Fraud Increased During PandemicSmart Health Cards, Vaccine Passports, and Privacy

Cybersecurity

Threat Groups Using Translation Tools in Phishing AttacksWorld Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook for 2023 Is BleakChick-Fil-A Sued for Sharing Data through Meta Pixel

Data Breach

State Bar of Georgia Reveals Security Incident to Employees and MembersParkMobile Can’t Escape Data Breach Class ActionNeopets Breach Affects 69M Users

Data Privacy

Growing Calls to Ban Chinese Owned TikTok App and Other Software Apps Considered to be National Security ThreatsData Brokers May be Selling Mental Health Data with Minimal VettingWe Might Be Close to Final CPRA Regulations, with More to Come

Data Security

Growing Calls to Ban Chinese Owned TikTok App and Other Software Apps Considered to be National Security ThreatsUniversity of Texas at Austin Permanently Blocks TikTok on NetworkNineteen States Have Banned TikTok on Government-Issued Devices

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

Students Are Buying Drones. Is Your Campus Prepared?Chula Vista Policy to Protect Residents from Certain Surveillance TechnologyMore Autonomous Big Rigs Needed on the Road: Why Start There?

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

California AG Announces CCPA Compliance EffortsCourt Rules Apple’s Face-ID Does Not Violate BIPAEpic Games $520 Million Settlement with FTC for Unfair Practices and COPPA Violations

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

Annual Breach Notification Deadline to OCR LoomingHHS Proposes Rule to Align Part 2 Records and HIPAAOCR Settles Improper Disposal Case for $300,640

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

France Fines Discord under GDPRBiden’s Executive Order Implementing New EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework to Replace Privacy ShieldIrish DPA Hits WhatsApp with $266M Fine for Alleged GDPR Violations

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

Social Media Enables Social Engineering ScamsT-Mobile Sued for Data Breach of 37 Million RecordsUniversity of Texas at Austin Permanently Blocks TikTok on Network

Privacy Tips

Privacy Tip #357 - ChatGPT is Amazing but Available to Threat Actors TooPrivacy Tip #356 - GoodRx Settles with FTC for Sharing Health Information for AdvertisingPrivacy Tip #355 - Avoid Employment Offer Scams

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

Growing Calls to Ban Chinese Owned TikTok App and Other Software Apps Considered to be National Security ThreatsSEC Charges Social Media Influencers with Stock Manipulation and Warns InvestorsFacebook Is Removing Some Sensitive Information from Public Profiles

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

Colorado AG Updates Draft Rules for Colorado Privacy ActPopular Tax e-Filing Sites Reportedly Sent Tax Info to MetaFrance Fines Discord under GDPR

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