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FCC Examines Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities Following Russian Invasion of Ukraine

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment on vulnerabilities that threaten the security and integrity of the Border Gateway Protocol, which is central to the internet's global routing system. The BGP's design is widely deployed and lacks security features to ensure trust in the information being exchanged.

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Rip Van Wrinkle: The Grandfather of Biometric Laws Awakens

In February, the Texas attorney general brought the first enforcement action under Texas' Capture of Use of Biometric law.

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Maryland Legislators Once Again Push for a BIPA-Style Biometric Privacy Bill

For the second year in a row, amidst a wave of biometric lawsuits in other states, Maryland legislators have introduced a new biometric privacy law mimicking the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).

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FCC Revokes Chinese Telecom’s US Authorizations

The FCC has unanimously adopted an order to revoke China Unicom Americas' section 214 authorizations. This action follows the FCC order in October 2021 to revoke China Telecom Americas' authorizations.

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2022 Compliance Landscape for Recurring Subscription Programs

Businesses that allow customers to sign up for automatically renewing subscriptions must comply with a patchwork of state and federal regulations that apply to such subscriptions. The Federal Trade Commission recently issued an Enforcement Policy Statement Regarding Negative Option Marketing that addresses recurring subscription programs.

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Data Privacy Day Surprise Enforcement for Loyalty Programs

On Friday, January 28, the world celebrated its 16th Data Protection/Privacy Day.

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Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act: Litigation Update

As the use of facial recognition and other biometric technology expands, so too has litigation under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Nearly 2,000 cases have been filed, the vast majority of them in Illinois.

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Requiem for a Cookie Part 2: The AdTech Phoenix is Reborn

As the world turns anew in 2022, a seismic shift is underway in the AdTech industry as detailed in the first part of this Requiem for a Cookie series: online tracking technology as we know it is likely undergoing a permanent change.

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Requiem for a Cookie: The Beginning of the End for Current AdTech Models

Last week while Americans were preoccupied with carving turkey and baking pies, the privacy world was aflutter with a string of developments in Europe that may drastically affect the future of worldwide website usage and global advertising technology as we currently know it.

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Washington, D.C., Becomes the First Mover on the Uniform Personal Data Protection Act

This past summer, we reported on the July 2021 vote by the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) to approve the

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ISPs, the FTC Has You In Their Crosshairs

On October 21, 2021, the FTC released a report making it quite clear: internet service providers (ISPs) are next in line for heightened FTC scrutiny.

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China Releases New Regulations on the Protection of Critical Information Infrastructure

On August 17, 2021, China released the new regulations on the Security and Protection of Critical Information Infrastructure (CII Regulations), which became effective on September 1, 2021.

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California’s Governor Newsom Signs New Privacy Law Clarifying Timeline for CPRA Regulations

California's proliferation of new privacy laws shows no sign of slowing.

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Aftermath of Carpenter: An Empirical Study of Fourth Amendment Law, 2018-2021

A forthcoming Harvard Law Review article reviewed 857 cases that cited Carpenter v. United States, the landmark Supreme Court Fourth Amendment case, from its publication in June 2018 to March 2021.

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EDPB Establishes Cookie Banner Taskforce

During its plenary session on September 27, 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) announced that it has set up a cookie banner taskforce to handle complaints filed with several European Economic Area supervisory authorities by the entity known as None of Your Business (NOYB).