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All dispatches →GDPR for US Companies Expanding to the EU: DPO & EU Rep
US tech companies expanding into Europe face two distinct GDPR obligations that are easy to confuse: the EU Representative under Article 27…
LAW FIRMS Zimmerman Reed LLP: Inside the Firm Turning Session Replay and Pixel Tracking Into Billion-Dollar Class Actions
There is a technology sitting on your website right now that your marketing team considers indispensable and your legal team may…
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY – CPRA California AG Sues 23andMe New Owner Over 2023 Genetic Data Breach
Once again…. California Attorney General Rob Bonta is at it as we broke the news that he has filed a lawsuit against…
COMPLIANCE Records Management Consulting: The Complete Guide to Organizing, Protecting, and Optimizing Your Business Records
Every organization — from a five-person startup to a Fortune 500 enterprise — generates a continuous stream of records: contracts, invoices, emails,…
AI Medical Records, AI Platforms, and the Legal Protection That Vanishes at Upload
When a patient downloads their medical records and uploads them to ChatGPT to ask about a diagnosis, something legally significant happens at…
GDPR Social Media Bans, DSA Enforcement, and the EU’s Push for Age Verification
The European Commission has a problem. Individual member states are moving toward social media bans for minors at different ages, using different…
LAW FIRMS Privacy Threat Landscape Escalates: Inside Kiesel Law LLP’s Heavyweight Pivot Into Tracker Litigation
The corporate compliance world is familiar with boilerplate demand letters under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA).
GOVERNANCE RISK AND COMPLIANCE NIST SP 800-238: FY 2025 Cybersecurity and Privacy Annual Report – A Comprehensive Overview
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released Special Publication 800-238, the Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Report for the NIST…
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY – CPRA Privacy Alert Jimmy Attebury, Mou Yao, and Pro-Se CIPA Litigation
For defense counsel and corporate privacy officers, a new name has emerged at the forefront of the California Invasion of Privacy Act…
LAW FIRMS Tauler Smith: The Demand Letters Targeting Your Website’s Tracking Technologies
In October 2024, a single law firm filed 64 privacy lawsuits in a single month.
COOKIES Server-Side Tracking and Consent Management:
Server side tracking has been one of many solutions that we have designed to stop these raging privacy lawsuits and to protect…
GOVERNANCE RISK AND COMPLIANCE CNIL Fines IQVIA €5 Million: Major Wake-Up Call for Health Data Compliance in Europe
France’s Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) imposed a €5 million administrative fine on IQVIA Operations France, a subsidiary of…