Victoria Hudgins

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• FTC says Ring employees spied on consumers
• Amazon hit with $25 million COPPA fine
• Texas bucks some data privacy trends
• Mid-2023 recap: FTC’s privacy actions and priorities
• Disney’s wiretapping woes: US Privacy and Cybersecurity Alert 30 May 2023
• TikTok and other US online bans could create additional risk
• FTC Edmodo order highlights risk of outsourcing parental consent
• Special Report: Has the GDPR failed?
• FTC to expand Health Breach Notification Rule
• FTC: COPPA doesn’t block state law claims
• Snap assistant GC joins White & Case’s privacy group
• FTC’s biometric data warning: US Privacy and Cybersecurity Alert 22 May 2023
• TikTok content creators sue Montana over app ban
• SCOTUS maintains section 230 protection
• Premom stops health data sharing in FTC and state AG deal
• Merck wins rare act of war data breach insurance lawsuit
• NIST cybersecurity update to normalise more proactive measures
• Amazon says cashier-less stores aren’t covered by New York biometric law
• Tesla lawyers up: US Privacy and Cybersecurity Alert 15 May 2023
• Meta blames third parties for alleged Pixel misuse
• FTC may face overreach claims in Meta row
• Ex-Uber security chief gets probation
• FTC plans further Meta restrictions after alleged settlement violations
• SCOTUS Chevron case could dampen FTC activity
• House digs into the limitations of privacy law patchwork
• FTC’s generative AI warning: US Privacy and Cybersecurity Alert 2 May 2023
• Meta $37.5 million settlement receives preliminary OK
• Indiana, Montana and Tennessee set to expand US privacy patchwork
• Washington state brings private right of action to state data privacy regulations
• Quebec data boss stays quiet over novel adequacy requirements
• Estée Lauder’s privacy class action: US Privacy and Cybersecurity Alert 24 April 2023
• Former NYDFS cybersecurity lead joins Mayer Brown
• Congress probes DC Health Exchange breach
• US House considers how to regulate the data broker industry
• Social media companies deny responsibility for minors’ mental harm
• Republicans grill FTC over privacy enforcement
• Canada’s privacy commissioner pitches a Competition Act with a bigger privacy focus
• SCOTUS: FTC’s authority can be challenged in district courts
• Illinois court stretches BIPA claims to media liability insurance
• Emboldened states are passing stringent child privacy laws
• FTC commissioner: Generative AI isn’t my top concern
• Regulators and advocates still searching for coordinated GDPR cross-border enforcement
• CFPB chief zones in on Big Tech's financial privacy risks
• FTC eyes cloud providers but stops short of subpoenas
• Google's discovery sanction: US Privacy and Cybersecurity Alert 3 April 2023
• $725 million Meta deal preliminarily approved despite New Mexico’s objection
• Walton delivers defence-friendly BIPA ruling but constitutionality concerns remain
• Law firm pays $200,000 over health data breach
• Prominent plaintiff firm cries foul over $100 million Google settlement
• Congress attempts FISA s702 reauthorisation: US Privacy and Cybersecurity Alert 27 March 2023

• Federal labour law blocks unionised staff’s state BIPA claims
• Congress pummels TikTok over privacy, spying and safety
• Colorado privacy rules finally brings US guidance on DPIAs
• New SEC cybersecurity requirements: US Privacy and Cybersecurity Alert 20 March 2023
• Iowa lawmakers approve data privacy bill
• Amazon faces novel New York biometric class action
• GitHub and OpenAI plaintiffs seek anonymity amid slurs and death threats
• Texas data privacy bill draws industry support and activists’ concerns
• Covington data partner becomes judge
• Iowa senators pass privacy bill: US Privacy and Cybersecurity Alert 13 March 2023
• BIPA and data privacy duo joins Cozen O’Connor
• In-house counsel prepare for an onslaught of privacy class actions
• White House proposes shifting cybersecurity liability to tech providers
• Judge tosses LabMD’s negligence claims against FTC
• TikTok’s newest wiretapping lawsuit: US Privacy and Cybersecurity Alert 6 March 2023
• Finnegan launches new privacy group with DHS chief privacy officer hire
• Private right of action and pre-emption worries still hinder US privacy law prospects
• Liberty Mutual fights Pennsylvania wiretapping litigation
• Federal privacy bill discussion: US Privacy and Cybersecurity Alert 27 February 2023
• Landry’s must indemnify JP Morgan after credit card data breach
• BIPA rulings could trigger deductible-busting costs and insurance litigation
• False Claims Act cybersecurity investigations forces companies’ heads out of the sand
• Judge greenlights FTC’s case against Kochava
• Supreme Court hesitates to limit protections against liability for third-party content
• Twitter’s API Woes: US Privacy and Cybersecurity Alert 20 February 2023
• Illinois Supreme Court ruling “a new frontier” for BIPA claims
• Zoom escapes international users’ privacy class action suit
• Wilson announces she is leaving the FTC
• Meta attempts to clip Texas AG’s biometric lawsuit
• Urban Outfitters wiretapping claims: US Privacy and Cybersecurity Alert 13 February 2023
• Confusion over data breach forensic reports’ privilege after Supreme Court dismissal
• Illinois Supreme Court sets five-year window for BIPA claims
• US Privacy and Cybersecurity Alert 6 February 2023
• GoodRx, Meta and Google slammed with class action over health data sharing
• $1.5 million GoodRx fine is FTC’s first Health Breach Notification Rule action
• Google says Ninth Circuit opinion creates children's law "patchwork"
• OpenAI fights back against copyright infringement data claims
• NIST finalises AI risk management guidance
• GDR 100 Elite interviews: Cooley’s Travis LeBlanc and Patrick Van Eecke
• Home Depot sharing e-receipts with Meta deemed illegal
• Lawsuit alleges tax-prep sites illegally shared data with Meta
• Smooth sailing expected for companies switching to new Privacy Shield
• Web analytics tools under siege in Pennsylvania and California courts
• California state court dismisses medical data breach lawsuit against edtech provider
• Artists claim AI company infringed their copyright
• Judge denies ex-Uber chief security officer’s acquittal motion
• SEC sues Covington & Burling to provide breached clients’ names
• FCC plans flexible breach reporting rules
• Apple chief privacy officer joins Gibson Dunn
• US privacy litigation winter break round-up