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Ninth Circuit Allows Data Scraping from LinkedIn Image

Ninth Circuit Allows Data Scraping from LinkedIn

Marianna Wharry

The Ninth Circuit reaffirmed data analytics company hiQ Labs Inc.'s ability to scrape publicly available data from LinkedIn's platform despite the social media company's claim that the data collected violated federal hacking laws.

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California Consumer Privacy Law Cases Climbing, and Not Just In California Image

California Consumer Privacy Law Cases Climbing, and Not Just In California

Jessica Mach

Plaintiffs filed 145 lawsuits last year to enforce provisions under the CCPA, a 60% increase from 2020. Lawsuits alleging violations of the California law were also filed across the country, pending at one point in 33 courts across 20 states.

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Examining the Differences Between Data Privacy and Data Security Image

Examining the Differences Between Data Privacy and Data Security

Melissa Griffins Paulk

As businesses develop data protection frameworks to ensure compliance, it is important for companies to design a data protection program that contemplates data privacy and data security individually, to achieve the most comprehensive data protection program.

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Taming the Data Privacy Chaos in Contract Management Image

Taming the Data Privacy Chaos in Contract Management

Gretchen Bakhshai

How contract management practitioners can remain in compliance with rapid changes in data privacy regulations.

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Building AI and Machine Learning Technologies: Data Licensing Tips and Traps Image

Building AI and Machine Learning Technologies: Data Licensing Tips and Traps

Anna Remis

Data is the fuel for software development, and developers use historical data from existing products to train algorithms and build AI and machine learning models. Companies are well aware of privacy and regulatory restrictions on data use, but often do not consider the potential impact of data use restrictions on intellectual property ownership and use rights.

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Biometric Privacy: A Year In Review (2021) and The Year Ahead (2022) Image

Biometric Privacy: A Year In Review (2021) and The Year Ahead (2022)

Lauren Caisman and Christian Auty

The year started with Portland, Oregon's ban on the use of facial recognition technology by private entities in places of "public" accommodation. It concluded with the rendering of important appellate decisions on the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. In the middle, was the continued flurry of litigation, class action settlements, and legislative activity.

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Cybersecurity and Legal Tech In 2022: Predictions from the Field Image

Cybersecurity and Legal Tech In 2022: Predictions from the Field

Zach Warren

It's still a dangerous cyber world as we enter 2022, but one that today's attorneys and legal technologists are prepared to tackle. Here's what they predict for cybersecurity, remote work, privacy and e-discovery in the new year.

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Cybersecurity and Corporate Privacy Enforcement Is Focus of Feds Image

Cybersecurity and Corporate Privacy Enforcement Is Focus of Feds

David Saunders & Julian L. André

It started as a hushed rumor in the beltway, then became a known fact by those going to join the administration. And now we all know: The Biden administration has brought with it a renewed focus on data privacy and cybersecurity.

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What You Need to Know About China's New Privacy Law Image

What You Need to Know About China's New Privacy Law

Devin Chwastyk & Christian Wolgemuth

The Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China (PIPL) went into effect on Nov. 1 and brought with it a suite of new requirements and lingering questions.

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9th Circuit: Police Violated Google Users' Privacy Rights After Automated Email Scan Detected Child Pornography Image

9th Circuit: Police Violated Google Users' Privacy Rights After Automated Email Scan Detected Child Pornography

Alaina Lancaster

A federal appeals court found that law enforcement violated a Google user's constitutional rights when it opened email attachments the platform flagged as child pornography through an automated system.

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