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Alston & Bird Expands Privacy and Cybersecurity Capabilities with Former FTC Veteran

December 12, 2019 By Privacy & Data Security Team

Alston & Bird has expanded its privacy and cybersecurity litigation practice in Washington, D.C. with partner, Kathleen Benway. Benway, a former U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chief of staff, brings exceptional experience at the FTC, FCC, and in the Senate with consumer protection law and policy, especially in privacy and data security. She arrives from Wilkinson […]

Filed Under: Privacy Litigation Tagged With: Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Potential Changes to the CCPA; California Senate Considers Amendments

July 17, 2019 By David Keating and Dorian Simmons

On April 30, we detailed several proposed amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) that were advancing in the State Assembly (see our previous blog post here). Since then, a number of the proposed amendments passed the Assembly and moved to the California Senate, where they remain under consideration. This past week the […]

Filed Under: California, Privacy, Privacy Litigation, Workplace Privacy

Georgia Supreme Court Clarifies There Is No Duty to Safeguard Personal Information from a Data Breach

May 21, 2019 By Gavin Reinke

The Georgia Supreme Court recently issued a decision holding that there is no duty to safeguard personal information from a data breach under Georgia law.  Georgia Department of Labor v. McConnell involved the accidental disclosure of a spreadsheet that contained the name, social security number, home telephone number, email address, and age of thousands of […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Data Security, Privacy Litigation, Security Breach Tagged With: Class Action, cybersecurity, Identity Theft, Litigation, US State Law

Proposed Amendment to California Consumer Privacy Act Would Expand Private Right of Action

February 27, 2019 By David Caplan

On February 25, California’s Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson introduced new legislation to amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).  The CCPA as currently enacted establishes a private right of action for consumers impacted by cyber security breaches.  The amendment, known as SB-561, would expand the private right of action to cover any violation of […]

Filed Under: California, Data Protection, Data Security, Enforcement, Legislation, Online Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Litigation, Regulation Tagged With: California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), SB-561, US State Law, Xavier Becerra

Illinois Supreme Court Empowers Claims Under Biometric Information Privacy Act

January 28, 2019 By Michael Young

In an opinion issued Friday, the Illinois Supreme Court handed a potentially significant victory to plaintiffs advancing claims under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act and seeking statutory damages under that law. The Court held that plaintiffs do not need to assert injury or harm outside of a relevant violation of the statute itself in order […]

Filed Under: Privacy, Privacy Litigation Tagged With: Biometric Privacy, Class Actions, Illinois

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