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Today at a panel before the International Association of Privacy Professionals (“IAPP”) – Europe Data Protection Congress in Brussels, leading European Union (“EU”) data protection authority commissioners cast doubt on the notion that there could ever be a lawful basis for targeted advertising based on behavioral profiling, referred to often as interest-based advertising (“IBA”).Continue Reading Privacy Challenges for Digital Advertising, Particularly in Europe

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Last Chance to Register for In-Person CLE: The Important

On October 27th, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) announced that it approved an amendment to the Safeguards Rule promulgated under the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (the “Safeguards Rule”) requiring non-bank financial institutions subject to the FTC’s jurisdiction to report to the FTC data breaches affecting 500 or more people (the “Amendment”). 

The Safeguards Rule requires

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Registration Open for In-Person CLE: The Important Role Legal Plays in an Era of Growing Data Risks – Key Findings

In 2020, when the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) came into effect, the privacy landscape in the US changed forever. Fast forward three years, we now have close to a dozen states that have passed consumer privacy laws, with the second generation of consumer privacy laws giving particular attention to sensitive data. In particular, there is an emerging trend, in both new legislation and enforcement of existing privacy and consumer protection regimes, towards a focus on the collection, use, and sharing or selling of health-related personal information, specifically information that is outside the scope of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).[1] The effect is a restriction on what publishers, advertisers, and other commercial enterprises can do with consumer health information, often broadly defined to include any past, present or future health status or inference regardless of sensitivity (e.g., acne or a headache). These developments include:
Continue Reading Health (and Health-ish) Data and Advertising Under Scrutiny

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Law360 Publishes “CFPB’s Hazy ‘Abuse’ Definition Creates Compliance Questions” Article by Keith Bradley and David Coats | Privacy World

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In an effort to prevent deceptive conduct, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released Policy Statement on April 3rd, which, among other things, expands their definition of “abusive acts and practices.” As debates about how to comply with the CFPB’s new policy statement circulate, Keith Bradley and David Coats take to Law360 to

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Negative Option Rule (“Rule”), which proposes to substantially amend the existing Negative Option Rule and set higher standards for autorenewal promotions and sales than under existing federal or state laws and regulations, was published in the Federal Register on April 21, 2023, setting the clock ticking

We are pleased to announce that SPB’s Kristin Bryan will be speaking at the upcoming Cybersecurity & Privacy Protection Conference on Thursday, April 20 at 8:15 a.m. EDT. Kristin will be joined by the Regional Director from the Federal Trade Commission and a staff attorney from the Securities and Exchange Commission. This live event will

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Data Retention and Minimization, The Elephant in the Room | Privacy World

Orders to Progress Complaints – No Backdoor Appeal