05 May 2022 Connecticut Likely to Enact Nation's Fifth State Privacy Law By Mitzi Hill Connecticut's legislature in late April passed a new comprehensive privacy bill similar to the California Consumer Privacy Act and other...
27 Apr 2022 Conversations with TED: Cybersecurity By Michael Melfi, Mitzi Hill In this recently produced episode of Conversations with TED we discuss the growing topic of cybersecurity. Our brief video addresses the...
26 Apr 2022 Hotel, Insurer Fighting Over Coverage of Employee Privacy Claims Under CGL By Mitzi Hill A Chicago-based hotel seeks coverage for an underlying employee lawsuit related to the use of fingerprint scans to log into the hotel's...
21 Apr 2022 Angry Birds Accused of Misusing Information about Children in Violation of Federal Privacy Law By Mitzi Hill An ongoing lawsuit between the New Mexico attorney general and the maker of the Angry Birds game is well worth watching for any companies...
19 Apr 2022 Insurer Must Cover $138M of Target Costs from Data Breach By Mitzi Hill In a long-fought dispute about who bears the costs of its massive 2013 data breach, Target has prevailed on one key claim over its...
14 Apr 2022 How Can Law Firms Manage Client CTA Data? By Jonathan Wilson Many law firm leaders must be wondering how they will manage CTA data on behalf of their clients and their clients' investors.Law firms...
14 Apr 2022 A Twist on Privacy Exposure: Securities Litigation for Failure to Disclose Privacy Risks By Mitzi Hill Nielsen, the TV ratings company, and a group of investors are poised to settle a lengthy class action case in which the investors allege...
22 Mar 2022 President Reinforces Warning of Potential Russian Cyberattacks on US By Mitzi Hill The White House yesterday repeated warnings sounded for the last month by the federal cyber watchdog agency: the risk of Kremlin attacks...
17 Mar 2022 Children's Privacy Merits SOTU Mentions By Mitzi Hill As part of the State of the Union address, the president called on Congress to address children's online privacy in the wake of both the...
17 Mar 2022 HGTV Class Action over Facebook Pixel By Mitzi Hill HGTV faces a class action suit about sharing data with Facebook via the "Facebook pixel." The Facebook pixel is a piece of code that many...
15 Mar 2022 Utah Likely to Enact State Privacy Legislation By Mitzi Hill The Utah state legislature has passed a comprehensive privacy act for the state that is similar to ones already enacted in California,...
08 Mar 2022 EU Data Act Would Create User Rights and Market Rules for Smart Device Data By Mitzi Hill The EU has proposed a new data act intended to complement its privacy and online content regulation efforts overall by creating a...
01 Mar 2022 AdTech Faces Privacy Issues By Mitzi Hill The online advertising world is undergoing some changes, both business and regulatory, driven by increased attention to privacy...
10 Feb 2022 Washington, Indiana Debate State Privacy Laws By Mitzi Hill The trend toward increased regulation of consumer data continues in the US, with both Washington state and Indiana having active bills...
08 Feb 2022 Widely Used Online Opt-in Ad Framework Provider Violates EU Privacy Laws By Mitzi Hill Belgium and 27 other members of the EU have fined a major advertising industry clearinghouse 250,000 Euros for violating the GDPR. The...
07 Feb 2022 K-12 Cybersecurity Act Aims to Improve Education's Security Posture By Mitzi Hill Without much fanfare, Congress passed and the President signed a bill in late 2021 designed to help harden K-12 schools against...