Libbie Canter and Lindsey Tonsager of Covington & Burling write: With less than two months until it goes into effect, many practitioners are focused on bringing their programs into compliance with the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”) by January 1, 2020. But the rapid pace of privacy legal developments could continue next year. This past year, five…
Category: Laws
Illinois’s biometric privacy law results in three more lawsuits
Two cases in the news involving Illinois’s Biometric Privacy Act. Daniel R. Stoller reports: WeWork allegedly uses facial scans to track people in its shared office spaces without informed written consent, in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, according to a class complaint in Illinois state court. “When individuals arrive at a WeWork…
ICE investigators visited Florida school, attempted to obtain student records without subpoena
WPTV reports: Two special agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) visited an elementary school in Palm Beach County this summer and attempted to obtain information on a student without a subpoena. The School District of Palm Beach County says it did not provide the agents with the information. Read more on KSBY.
Spanish Supervisory Authority and EDPS release guidance on hashing for data pseudonymization and anonymization purposes
Kristof Van Quathem and Anna Oberschelp de Meneses of Covington & Burling write: On November 4, 2019, the Spanish Supervisory Authority (“AEPD”), in collaboration with the European Data Protection Supervisor, published guidance on the use of hashing techniques for pseudonymization and anonymization purposes. In particular, the guidance analyses what factors increase the probability of re-identifying hashed messages….