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- A Few More Thoughts about Improving Our Force Majeure Provisions March 25, 2020The Coronavirus pandemic has brought the force majeure provision into the spotlight. A quick Google search brings up countless articles published in the past few weeks by lawyers worldwide about how to use force majeure provisions offensively and...Patrick Law Group, LLC
- Government Efforts To Fight A Pandemic Challenge Data Privacy Concerns March 23, 2020Media outlets reported this week that representatives from Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Apple are meeting with members of the White House to brainstorm about ways in which the “Big Four”, can leverage the consumer information they possess to help...Patrick Law Group, LLC
- School or Parent? Factors Playing into the FTC’s Analysis of who should provide Parental Consent under COPPA in the Age of EdTech March 12, 2020The use of education technologies (EdTech) has exploded in recent years. In fact, between online learning sites, one to one device deployments in school districts and personalized curriculum services, virtually every student today has some online...Patrick Law Group, LLC
- NYC’s Task Force to Tackle Algorithmic Bias Issues Final Report January 31, 2020In December, 2017 the New York City Council passed Local Law 49, the first law in the country designed to address algorithmic bias and discrimination occurring as a result of algorithms used by City agencies. Local Law 49 created an Automated...Patrick Law Group, LLC
- While you’ve been focused on CCPA Compliance Efforts, Elon has Been Developing Cyborgs December 16, 2019As I look back at calendar year 2019 and contemplate the legal work that came my way, it is impossible to overlook the impact that privacy laws have on organizations. Just as businesses began to exhale after a grueling race toward the GDPR...Patrick Law Group, LLC
- DHS Cybersecurity Arm Directs Executive Agencies to Develop Vulnerability Disclosure Policies December 3, 2019On November 27, 2019, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released for public comment a draft of Binding Operational Directive 20-01, Develop and Publish a Vulnerability...Patrick Law Group, LLC
- Open Internet Advocates Rejoice: Ninth Circuit Finds Web Scraping of Publicly Accessible Data Likely Does Not Violate CFAA October 28, 2019The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently handed open internet advocates a big win by upholding the right of a data analytics startup to use automated bots to scrape publicly available data (hiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn Corp., No. 17-16783 (9th...Patrick Law Group, LLC
- The ABA Speaks on AI August 15, 2019Earlier this week, the American Bar Association (“ABA”) House of Delegates, charged with developing policy for the ABA, approved Resolution 112 which urges lawyers and courts to reflect on their use (or non-use) of artificial intelligence (“AI”)...Patrick Law Group, LLC
- Is Anonymized Data Truly Safe From Re-Identification? Maybe not. August 5, 2019Across all industries, data collection is ubiquitous. One recent study estimates that over 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every day, and over 90% of the data in the world was generated over the last two years. Not surprisingly, the...Patrick Law Group, LLC
- FTC Settlement Reminds IoT Companies to Employ Prudent Software Development Practices July 31, 2019Smart home products manufacturer D-Link Systems Inc. (D-Link) has reached a proposed settlement with the Federal Trade Commission after several years of litigation over D-Link’s security practices. The dispute, which dates back to early 2017, has...Patrick Law Group, LLC
Open Internet Advocates Rejoice: Ninth Circuit Finds Web Scraping of Publicly Accessible Data Likely Does Not Violate CFAA
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently handed open internet advocates a big win by upholding the right of a data analytics startup to use automated bots to scrape publicly available data.
The ABA Speaks on AI
By Jennifer Thompson | Earlier this week, the American Bar Association (“ABA”) House of Delegates, charged with developing policy for the ABA, approved Resolution 112 which urges lawyers and courts to reflect on their use (or non-use) of artificial intelligence (“AI”) in the practice of law, and to address the attendant ethical issues related to AI.
Is Anonymized Data Truly Safe From Re-Identification? Maybe not.
By Linda Henry | Across all industries, data collection is ubiquitous. One recent study estimates that over 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every day, and over 90% of the data in the world was generated over the last two years.
FTC Settlement Reminds IoT Companies to Employ Prudent Software Development Practices
By Linda Henry | Smart home products manufacturer D-Link Systems Inc. (D-Link) has reached a proposed settlement with the Federal Trade Commission after several years of litigation over D-Link’s security practices.
Beyond GDPR: How Brexit Affects Other Data Laws
By Dawn Ingley | Since the United Kingdom (UK) voted in June, 2016, to exit the European Union (i.e., “Brexit”), the question in many minds has been, “Whither GDPR?” After all, the UK was a substantial contributor to this legislation. The UK has offered assurances that that it intends to, in large part, harmonize its data protection laws with GDPR.
San Francisco Says The Eyes Don’t Have It: Setting Limits on Facial Recognition Technology
By Jennifer Thompson | On May 14, 2019, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8-1 to approve a proposal that will ban all city agencies, including law enforcement entities, from using facial recognition technologies in the performance of their duties.