Data collection

Regulatory authorities globally are prioritizing data deletion rights, including legislation like California’s Delete Act and enforcement actions in Europe and Oregon. Businesses should consider enhancing their mechanisms for handling deletion requests to ensure compliance and build consumer trust.
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As we settle in to 2025, and five additional state privacy laws have or are about to go into effect, we wanted to put on your radar the obligation to conduct data protection impact assessments (DPIAs). In general, a DPIA should contain:

  • a systematic description of potential processing operations and the purpose of the processing,

On Aug. 2, 2024, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed SB 2979 into law, amending BIPA in two ways: significantly limiting potential damages and updating the Act’s definition of “written release” to include an “electronic signature.”

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The California Attorney General and Los Angeles City Attorney last week jointly settled an enforcement action against a mobile gaming company (“the Company”) for alleged violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and the state’s Unfair Competition Law. The city and

On May 16, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission finalized amendments to Regulation S-P (the Amendments) that largely adopt the proposed amendments the SEC issued in 2023. As discussed in further detail below, the Amendments will require broker-dealers, investment companies, SEC-registered investment advisers, funding portals, and transfer agents registered with the SEC or other

Jena M. Valdetero, Co-Chair of the firm’s Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice, and Steven M. Malina, a member of GT’s Litigation Practice, were quoted in a Dark Reading article titled “Orgs Face Major SEC Penalties for Failing to Disclose Breaches.”

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Greenberg Traurig Data Privacy & Cybersecurity attorneys Gretchen Ramos, Darren Abernethy, and Zachary Schapiro will present the CLE webinar, “U.S. Consumer Health Data Privacy Laws in 2024: Washington’s My Health My Data Act and Related State and Federal Developments,” Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. State legislatures and the Federal Trade Commission have begun

In this episode of Legal Food Talk, host Justin Prochnow welcomes colleague Tyler Thompson from GT’s Data Privacy and Cybersecurity team to discuss the responsibilities of companies to protect data. Tyler breaks down the overall regulation of data collection and the web of different state laws and regulations, making it more difficult for companies to

On Oct. 19, 2023, the CFPB released a proposed rule that, if finalized in its present form, would require covered financial institutions to provide consumers and authorized third parties with access and portability options for their financial data. The CFPB’s proposed rule, called the “Personal Financial Data Rights” rule, would implement Section 1033 of Title

Not necessarily. 

Under the GDPR, controllers are required to provide information relating to what personal data they process, and how that processing takes place. 

If the personal data the organization includes in AI prompts has been collected directly from individuals, those individuals should be provided with a copy of the organization’s privacy notice “at the