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Davis Polk partner Pritesh Shah and associate Daniel Forester are among the authors of a new Practice Note for Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law discussing blockchain technology and recent trends in data privacy law and the tensions between them.  The article explains blockchain technology’s characteristics and describes issues and potential strategies…
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We have recently written on whether protecting personal data should be regulated using a property model instead of a privacy model (and concluded, probably not).  Another framework for regulating personal data that is getting increased attention is a national security model, which looks at securing personal data as a means…
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We have issued a client alert on three key takeaways on the Office of the Attorney General of California’s recent notice of proposed rulemaking activity and related proposed regulations to provide guidance on the California Consumer Privacy Act.
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Avi Gesser co-authored an article with Davis Polk associates Matthew Kelly, Will Schildknecht, and Anna Marienko that was published in the New York Law Journal on May 31, 2019, and that discusses the competing interests of cybersecurity and employee privacy that employers must balance when implementing reasonable cybersecurity measures.  The…
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Until recently, biometric privacy was a niche area of the law that had little application to most companies.  But with the rapid growth in commercial biometric data collection, including voice samples, fingerprints, retina scans, and facial geometry, as well as some recent developments in the applicable case law, it’s probably…
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Momentum is building for federal privacy legislation, with several different proposals circulating in Washington.  Ohio’s new cybersecurity law offers an interesting approach for incentivizing companies to protect their customers’ personal data.

We have written previously on two competing models for cybersecurity regulation—“standards” versus “rules.”  The standards-based approach, historically…
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Momentum is building for federal data privacy legislation, in large part due to the passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) (which goes into effect in 2020) and other states enacting or considering their own consumer privacy laws.  These developments have businesses concerned that they will face a patchwork…
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In the lead-up to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) becoming effective on May 25, little attention was paid in the U.S. to the private right of action that the GDPR creates. But so far, private actors have filed approximately 24 cross-border GDPR complaints with EU regulators.

At least…
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On April 30, 2018, BLU Products, Inc. (“BLU”) reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) over allegations that BLU allowed ADUPS Technology Co. LTD (“ADUPS”) to collect detailed personal information about BLU’s consumers without their knowledge or consent, despite BLU’s assurances that…
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