Virginia Enacts New Broad Consent Requirement for Collection of Reproductive and Sexual Health Information
On March 24, 2025, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed into law SB 754, amending the state’s Consumer Protection Act to prohibit businesses from “[o]btaining, disclosing, selling, or disseminating any personally identifiable reproductive or sexual health information without the consent of the consumer.” The amendment, which takes effect on July 1, […]
The DOJ’s Bulk Sensitive Personal Data Rule’s Imminent Relevance to Life Sciences Companies
A new US Department of Justice (DOJ) rule on “Preventing Access to US Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern (including China) or Covered Persons” (rule) prohibits and restricts certain covered data transactions that result in the transfer or access to bulk US sensitive personal data by […]
ICO Releases ‘Consent or Pay’ Guidance
What happened? The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has released updated guidance on ‘consent or pay’ business models. These models present users with a choice to either consent to the processing of their personal data for purposes like personalised advertising in return for access to a product or service, or […]
New European Commission: What Data-Driven Tech Companies Need to Know
This blog post summarizes the key points presented by Cooley lawyers Patrick Van Eecke, Enrique Capdevila and Athina Gaki during the Cooley webinar, “New European Commission: What Data-Driven Tech Companies Need to Know”, part of the CooleyREG Talks (EU) series, “New European Commission, New Economic Regulation for the EU and […]
CPPA Adopts Data Broker Registration Regulations, Begins Delete Act Enforcement
On November 9, 2024, the five-person board of the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) voted unanimously to adopt the proposed Data Broker Registration regulations without modifications. The new regulations seek to clarify key provisions of the California Delete Act, which requires data brokers to register with the state of California […]
Cybersecurity in the US
As our world becomes increasingly digital, the importance of cybersecurity has never been more critical. In the first blog post in our series for Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we explored the cybersecurity regulatory efforts in Europe, looking at the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), the Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2) […]
Navigating Privacy and Cybersecurity Challenges in the Automotive and Mobility Sector
In this first installment of our series on the automotive and mobility sector, Cooley cyber/data/privacy lawyers introduce the key data privacy legal issues facing the automotive and mobility sector and provide an overview of the US state and federal regulatory enforcement environment. US Regulators Target Automotive Sector The wave of […]
Cybersecurity in the European Union
As our world becomes increasingly digital, the importance of cybersecurity has never been more critical. From personal devices to enterprise networks, cyber threats are evolving at an alarming pace, targeting vulnerabilities and exploiting our growing reliance on technology. October marks ‘Cybersecurity Awareness Month’ – a global initiative to promote awareness […]
EU AI Act: Does It Affect Your Organization or Not?
This blog post is part of our series on the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act. As we explained in our July 2024 blog post, the EU’s AI Act establishes an extensive regulatory framework for AI and will be fully effective starting 2 August 2026, with some requirements (such as […]
Federal Court Dismisses Bulk of SEC’s Complaint Against SolarWinds in Cyberattack Case
On July 18, 2024, US District Judge Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York issued a detailed 107-page opinion and order dismissing most of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) case against SolarWinds and its chief information security officer (CISO). The SEC’s amended complaint alleged that SolarWinds and its […]