Data Privacy

The European Commission ("EC") has long sought to improve data privacy for Europeans, even when they interact with global or non-European companies...

While the "right to be forgotten" is part of European law, it is at odds with U.S. precedent. See, e.g., Garcia v. Google, Inc., 786 F.3d 733, 745-...

On April 27, 2021, a class action lawsuit was filed against Google, Inc. ("Google") alleging that the Google-Apple Exposure Notification System, ("...

As of 2021, more than twice the number of data breaches are now being reported than 6 years ago and three times the number of data breaches that oc...

On February 26, 2021, Judge James Donato of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted final approval of a proposed $6...

Defendants in US civil suits have sought to withhold discoverable material because of privacy concerns based on foreign laws, such as the GDPR. Alm...

Virginia just became the second state to pass a comprehensive privacy law, the Consumer Data Protection Act ("CDPA"). Business and privacy professi...

It's generally recognized that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) can apply to entities outside the European Union. However, scant court...

A recent legal decision held that privacy guarantees in the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") do not prevent discovery in civil litigation. ...

On January 13, 2021, the FTC announced that fertility app developer Flo Health, Inc. ("Flo") agreed to a settlement over allegations that the compa...

Following its "Brexit" from the EU on January 31, 2020, the UK had until December 31, 2020 to bring its data privacy laws into compliance with the ...

As countries around the world begin administering COVID-19 vaccines, many institutions, both governmental and private, are considering the possibil...