Leslie Shanklin, Jeff Warshafsky, Aaron Francis, and Anna W. Chan of Proskauer write: There has been a recent surge of privacy class action lawsuits under the Arizona Telephone, Utility, and Communication Service Records Act targeting the use of common email marketing analytics technologies. Defendants are asserting standard defenses including lack of Article III standing as…
EFF to Tenth Circuit: Protest-Related Arrests Do Not Justify Dragnet Device and Digital Data Searches
Brendan Gilligan, Saira Hussain, and Jennifer Lynch of EFF write: The Constitution prohibits dragnet device searches, especially when those searches are designed to uncover political speech, EFF explained in a friend-of-the-court brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. The case, Armendariz v. City of Colorado Springs, challenges device and data seizures and searches…
Germany enacts stricter requirements for the processing of Health Data using Cloud-Computing – with potential side effects for Medical Research with Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
Dr. Dr. Adem Koyuncu & Maximilian Aretz of Covington and Burling write: On 1 July 2024, Germany has enacted stricter requirements for the processing of health data when using cloud-computing services. The new Section 393 SGB V aims to establish a uniform standard for the use of cloud-computing services in the statutory healthcare system which covers around 90%…
FCC and Canada OPC Sign MOU on Privacy Enforcement
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On August 28, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Enforcement of Laws Protecting Personal Information in the Private Sector (the “MOU”) with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. The MOU establishes a commitment for the agencies to share information to enforce compliance…