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Nov 11, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Patricia M. Carreiro |Elliott Siebers
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), at its board meeting on November 8, 2024, voted 4–1 to advance proposed regulations to a formal rulemaking.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Patricia M. Carreiro |Elliott Siebers
Keeping the season spooky for data brokers, the enforcement division of the California Privacy Protection Agency announced on October 30, 2024, that it is conducting a public investigative sweep of data broker registration compliance under California’s Delete Act. What Is a Data Broker?
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Patricia M. Carreiro
After years of development work, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Privacy Protections Working Group’s efforts are again caught in a windstorm. The working group began its efforts at creating a new privacy model over five years ago. Its efforts culminated with a draft privacy model, Insurance Consumer Privacy Protection Model Law (#674), on February 6, 2023. The draft, however, has faced strong headwinds and underwent stormy revisions.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Patricia M. Carreiro
On May 16, 2024, the SEC breathed new life into its decades-old Regulation S-P, which requires firms to adopt policies and procedures for the protection of customer information and records. The amended rule balloons the entities and data subject to Regulation S-P and creates new obligations for covered institutions such as broker-dealers, investment companies, registered investment advisers, and transfer agents.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Patricia M. Carreiro |Elliott Siebers
What happened? On September 4, the California Privacy Protection Agency, the agency responsible for enforcing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), issued an enforcement advisory on “dark patterns” and their inability to constitute valid consent. Why does it matter?
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Patricia M. Carreiro |Elliott Siebers
On September 4, the California Privacy Protection Agency issued an enforcement advisory regarding “choice architectures that have the substantial effect of subverting or impairing a consumer’s autonomy, decision-making, or choice” which are, in other words, considered “dark patterns” pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and its implementing regulations.
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May 17, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Michael Bailey |Patricia M. Carreiro
On April 26, the Federal Trade Commission announced its final rule updating the health breach notification rule. According to the FTC, the update seeks to “clarify” the scope of the rule by adding new definitions and revising certain breach notification requirements. Under the health breach notification rule, vendors of personal health records are required to notify individuals, the FTC, and, in some cases, the media of a breach of unsecured protected health information.
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May 16, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Patricia M. Carreiro
Drivers, start your engines. It has been months of high speed for privacy, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. On the privacy circuit: Heat 1: The NAIC’s New Privacy Model Stalls It might be a false start for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ new privacy model, Insurance Consumer Privacy Protection Model Law #674. After years of effort, the team is regrouping its efforts. Whether it’ll be a rain delay or a full rainout remains to be seen.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Patricia M. Carreiro |Justin Peters
Employers are gathering more and more data on job applicants and employees. From using artificial intelligence (”AI”) and credit scores for pre-employment screenings, biometrics for clocking-in and out, and digital technologies tracking employee engagement and production, technology is now an integral tool for addressing some of employers’ greatest challenges.
Originally published in Westlaw Today - April 18, 2024.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
today.westlaw.com | Justin Peters |Patricia M. Carreiro |Carlton Fields
(April 18, 2024) - Justin Peters and Trish Carreiro of Carlton Fields offer 10 suggestions for countering risks associated with employers' increasing collection of data on job applicants and employees, including taking cybersecurity measures and testing algorithms for potentially unlawful bias. Employers are gathering more and more data on job applicants and employees.
