On November 30, 2018, Marriott revealed that its Starwood reservation system had been hacked exposing the personal data of approximately 500 million guests. It appears that not only credit card information was compromised but also passport numbers, birth dates, cell numbers, arrival and departure dates, etc. The Marriott data breach […]
Technology & Intellectual Property Update
Proposed Federal Consumer Data Protection Act Would Increase FTC Authority to Regulate Consumers’ Personal Information
on Wednesday, 28 November 2018 in
Technology & Intellectual Property Update: Arianna C. Goldstein, Editor
In November 2018, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) released a discussion draft of the Consumer Data Protection Act (the “Act”), which would empower the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) to regulate data privacy practices, sanction companies and their senior executives for improper practices regarding personal information, and provide consumers with better […]
GDPR Enforcement Update
on Wednesday, 28 November 2018 in
Technology & Intellectual Property Update: Arianna C. Goldstein, Editor
In the months since the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) went into effect on May 25, 2018, data protection authorities (“DPAs”) have received thousands of complaints from European Union (“EU”) residents. The European Data Protection Board, an independent data protection authority based in the EU, reported that more that 42,000 […]
Up Next: Federal Data Privacy Legislation?
on Tuesday, 23 October 2018 in
Technology & Intellectual Property Update: Arianna C. Goldstein, Editor
On September 26, 2018, senior executives from AT&T, Amazon, Google, Twitter and Charter Communications testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on the importance of protecting consumer privacy, the need for clear rules that still ensure the benefits that flow from the responsible use of data, and key principles that should […]
DOJ Suit over California Law Creates Uncertainty as to the Future of Net Neutrality
on Tuesday, 23 October 2018 in
Technology & Intellectual Property Update: Arianna C. Goldstein, Editor
Last month (September 2018), California Governor Jerry Brown signed California S.B. 822, enacting the California Internet Consumer Protection and Net Neutrality Act of 2018 1 (the “Act”). The Act will take effect on January 1, 2019, and aims to restore the Obama-era internet access regulations first adopted by the Federal […]
