Join us in our latest Tech Law Talks podcast series as we explore the regulatory topic du jour: eComms. What are eComms and why are they resulting in fines in the hundreds of millions of dollars for some of the world’s largest banks? The answer is simultaneously simple and complex: rapidly changing technology means keeping up with the variety of eComms, or electronic communications, used by businesses and applying decades-old regulations to new functionality is more challenging than ever before. Continue Reading What are eComms and why are they resulting in fines in the hundreds of millions of dollars for some of the world’s largest banks?
Maryland and California Propose Biometric Privacy Legislation that Would Include Illinois-Like Private Rights of Action
Maryland and California look to join the list of states that not only regulate biometric data but provide consumers with the opportunity to seek hefty statutory damages and attorney’s fees from offending businesses. Similar to Illinois’ oft-litigated Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”), both bills would also (i) require written consent prior to the collection of biometric information; (ii) impose BIPA-like security measures, and (iii) mandate specific retention criteria, as described below.
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France: The CNIL amends its regulation concerning the processing of client/prospect data and imposes differentiated data retention periods
This post was written by Daniel Kadar.
A new regulation of the CNIL, dated 12 June 2012 and published on 13 July 2012, modifies the ways and means of collecting and processing client/prospect-related data.
- The regulation, issued as an amendment to the “Simplified Norm No. 48” [http://www.cnil.fr/en-savoir-plus/deliberations/deliberation/delib/184/], broadens the possibility for data controllers to