Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On February 6, 2023, Texas State Representative Giovanni Capriglione submitted H.B. 1844, a comprehensive privacy bill modeled after the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“VCDPA”). The bill could make Texas the sixth U.S. state to enact major privacy legislation, following California, Virginia, Colorado, Utah, and Connecticut. Although the bill closely follows the…
Category: U.S.
The FBI’s most controversial surveillance tool is under threat
Dell Cameron reports: An existential fight over the US government’s ability to spy on its own citizens is brewing in Congress. And as this fight unfolds, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s biggest foes on Capitol Hill are no longer reformers merely interested in reining in its authority. Many lawmakers, elevated to new heights of power…
EmergencyMD Must Face Revived Suit Over Contractor’s Emails
Christopher Brown reports: EmergencyMD LLC must face a revived lawsuit from a former contractor alleging the company illegally accessed her private emails for use in litigation between it and her new employer, a federal appellate court ruled. Because there were genuine issues of material fact related to her claim that EmergencyMD violated the Stored Communications…
The Colorado AG Posts Revised Draft Regulations
Alexandra Scott, Lindsey Tonsager, Libbie Canter, and Jayne Ponder of Covington & Burling write: Recently, the Colorado Attorney General’s office posted a revised draft of the regulations implementing the Colorado Privacy Act. The revisions made a number of changes, and we highlight a few key ones below. Specifying that the dark patterns provisions apply in certain circumstances…