Quick Details Session Overview In this comprehensive in-person seminar - followed by networking and drinks - Gary Kibel (Partner, Privacy + Data Security) will cover the growing complexities businesses targeting U.S. consumers face as new state privacy laws continue to be enacted at a fast Continue Reading
The Garden State Has a New Privacy Law (You Got a Problem With That?)
The Bottom Line On January 16, 2024 Governor Phil Murphy signed into law New Jersey Senate Bill 332 (SB332). The new law will go into effect on January 15, 2025. New Jersey joins 12 other states that have passed comprehensive privacy laws. Threshold Requirements SB332 applies to Continue Reading
2024 Privacy Issues: New Laws & Requirements Reshape Compliance
The Bottom Line As we step into 2024, the privacy regulation landscape continues to evolve rapidly, presenting significant challenges for businesses. We're seeing more privacy laws from individual states, which creates a complex web of compliance requirements across different regions. Continue Reading
U.S. Data Broker Legislation Expands to Include Texas and Oregon
The Bottom Line Four states now have laws that create rules and registration requirements for data brokers. While initially limited to Vermont’s 2018 Data Broker Act and California’s 2019 law, amended by the Delete Act on October 10, 2023, Texas and Oregon recently passed their own laws. Continue Reading
Canadian Bar Association | Privacy and Access Law Symposium | “International Update”
Quick Details Date | November 9-10, 2023Panel Time | 8:55 - 10:10 amLocation | Ottawa, ON Session Overview Gary Kibel will join a panel of privacy professionals to provide critical updates across borders. Canada’s Bill C-27 drew inspiration from developments in Europe, and Canada’s Continue Reading
California’s “Delete Act” Takes Aim at Data Brokers
The Bottom Line California is poised to enact a one-stop global deletion request option that all “data brokers” operating in the State would be required to follow. The “Delete Act” would amend certain aspects of the existing Data Broker Registration law (the 2019 Act) and empower the Continue Reading
Affiverse | ELEVATE Summit | Combating fraud and staying compliant across a fractured digital landscape
Quick Details Date | July 18 - 19, 2023 Panel Time | 1:15 - 2:00 pm PDT Location | Webinar Session Overview Gary Kibel will join a panel at Affiverse's ELEVATE Summit to take a deep dive into some of the most common challenges when your program scales fast. The panel will investigate the Continue Reading
Third Time’s A Charm – Adequacy Decision for EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Adopted by European Commission
The Bottom Line Years of anticipation culminated on July 10, 2023, when the European Commission adopted an adequacy decision (the Adequacy Decision) on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the Framework). The Adequacy Decision is the result of a series of negotiations between the European Continue Reading
An (Im)Perfect 10: Indiana, Tennessee, Montana & Texas Pass Consumer Privacy Laws
The Bottom Line There are now 10 states with comprehensive privacy laws, with more on the way.Without federal legislation, a patchwork of state laws may be the standard going forward, much in the same way that data breach notification laws eventually became ubiquitous at the state level. In Continue Reading
The Warnings Were Real: FTC Takes Action Against Ed Tech Company for COPPA Violation
The Bottom Line The legal responsibility for complying with COPPA remains with the ed tech provider — not schools, students or parents.Ed tech providers may rely on schools to authorize data collection in lieu of parental consent only if the information collected from children is used solely for Continue Reading