App Developers Must Consider Platform Rules in Addition to Legal Requirements
Recently, app store providers have become increasingly active in imposing and enforcing privacy requirements for developers. For example, both Apple and Google have threatened removal of apps from their respective app stores based on the collection of in-app user activity and crash logs for analytics purposes in violation of the […]
Canada’s Privacy Commissioner Recommends Consent for Cross Border Data Transfers
On April 9, 2019, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) issued a new Consultation on transborder dataflows, recommending that organizations be required to obtain individuals’ consent — express or implied — for transfers of personal data outside of Canada. The OPC is accepting comments on the Consultation […]
UK regulator focuses on GDPR challenges faced by the adtech industry
On 6 March 2019, the UK data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) convened an adtech fact-finding forum of industry stakeholders, aimed at developing its understanding of the adtech ecosystem (with a particular focus on programmatic advertising and real-time bidding) and exploring key themes raised by adtech from a […]
Credential Stuffing Attacks and What they Mean for Businesses
Over the past few months, Cooley’s incident response team has seen an increase in “Credential Stuffing” attacks. Credential Stuffing is an account takeover attack in which actors obtain user names and passwords available on the dark web from prior data breaches, and then attempt to login to various online accounts […]
California Privacy Legislation Update
With the promulgation of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), California has continued its role in pushing bleeding edge privacy and data security legislation. From the first data breach notification law back in 2003, to the first IoT data security law in 2018, it seems that California will […]
The Department of Health and Human Services Issues Guidelines on Cybersecurity
On December 28, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released the “Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices (HICP): Managing Threats and Protecting Patients” publication (the “Cybersecurity Guidelines”), which provides voluntary cybersecurity practices designed to reduce security risks and improve security for various healthcare organizations. Specifically, the Cybersecurity Guidelines […]
“New” Application to an Old Problem: Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Ruling Likely to Lead to More Cybersecurity Negligence Lawsuits
Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court (“Court”) cleared a path for employees seeking to hold employers responsible for data breaches affecting their information. The Court found that employers are legally obligated to implement and maintain reasonable security measures to protect employees’ personal data in their possession. The Court’s logic, however, may extend beyond […]
What the American Bar Association’s Formal Opinion 483 Means for Lawyers
Last week, the American Bar Association’s (“ABA”) Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility (the “Committee”) issued Formal Opinion 483 (the “Opinion”) that sets forth the ABA’s opinion concerning the need for lawyers to notify clients of data breaches affecting client confidential data. The opinion outlines certain “reasonable” steps the ABA […]
CCPA FAQs Part 2b: CCPA Rights and Other Material Provisions
This post does not reflect amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) enacted on October 11, 2019. Check back for updates or follow this blog. In our third FAQs installment on the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the “CCPA” or the “Act”), we focus on the following: the […]
Brazil’s New Data Protection Law: The LGPD
Updated September 3, 2019 Our post on key updates to the LGPD can be found here The global data protection landscape continues to evolve, and Brazil is the latest country to enact an omnibus law governing how organizations collect, use, disclose and otherwise process personal data. Beginning on August 16, […]