California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) Coming Into Effect January 2023
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) The CPRA, a ballot initiative that amends the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and includes additional privacy protections for consumers, passed in November 2020. The majority of the CPRA’s provisions will enter into force on...Not So Safe: The ECJ Strikes Down U.S.-EU Safe Harbor
The Safe Harbor Framework governing transfer of personal information from the European Union to the United States is no more. On October 6, 2015, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) struck down the vaunted bilateral data protection and transfer agreement, impacting...
EU-US Privacy Shield Now in Effect
On July 12, the European Commission formally adopted the EU-US Privacy Shield, a bilateral data privacy agreement hastily assembled from the wreckage of the Safe Harbor Framework, which was invalidated by the European Court of Justice in 2015. U.S. companies...
FTC v. Wyndham: The FTC Has Authority to Regulate Cybersecurity Breaches
In an historic decision with wide-reaching ramifications for data privacy and security, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the Federal Trade Commission’s authority to regulate cyberspace under the “unfair and deceptive acts” provision in § 5 of the FTC...
HIPAA Compliant App Part 3
The healthcare industry is primed to benefit mightily from the ever-expanding influx of medical apps, transforming areas such as personal fitness, information storage, and even complex medical procedures. However, many app developers fail to realize the the role of...