On January 6th, the first day of the New York legislature’s 2021 session, NY lawmakers proposed Assembly Bill 27 (AB 27), the Biometric Privacy Act. The legislative purpose of AB 27 is to provide safeguards for consumers regarding their biometric identifiers, such as fingerprints, handprints, retina or iris scans, voiceprints, and other facial and hand … Continue Reading
As we look toward a new year and a new decade, advertisers will need to be a step ahead of the market, in order to keep up with changing trends, a world impacted by an increased sensitivity to privacy and the use of data, and consumers who have grown savvy to influencer marketing and product … Continue Reading
On July 25, 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act (S.5575B/A.5635), which significantly increases obligations for businesses handling private data to notify affected consumers upon experiencing a security breach. Additionally, Governor Cuomo signed the Identity Theft Prevention and Mitigating Services Act (A.2374/S.3582), requiring … Continue Reading
Three bipartisan Senate bills are up for consideration in Congress that would attempt to modernize the legal standards under which the U.S. government can access communications electronically stored by email service providers and cloud computing companies. The proposed bills, introduced July 27, 2017, each provide a different scheme in updating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act … Continue Reading
While there is no federal law requiring companies to notify individuals of data breaches, South Dakota and Alabama will be the only states without data breach legislation if Gov. Susana Martinez signs New Mexico’s H.B. 15, which the state legislature passed March 16. While the bill itself applies only to New Mexico residents, passage of … Continue Reading
This post was written by Cynthia O’Donoghue. Costa Rica’s 2011 data protection law came into force March 5, 2013, and Peru’s laws took effect April 22, 30 days after it published regulations. While this imposes new obligations on businesses operating or looking to do business in these countries, as with other data protection laws modelled … Continue Reading
This post was also written by Christopher G. Cwalina and Amy S. Mushahwar. The midterm elections will likely result in a shift of political power within the House of Representatives. The resultant divided government is likely to impact the present ambitious privacy and data security legislative agenda. Reed Smith Washington D.C. Data Privacy, Security and Management attorneys Judith Harris, … Continue Reading
