New Rules in China to Prevent the Illegal Collection of Personal Information By Mobile Apps
Written by: Richard Sheinis, Esq. Over the past year, Chinese regulators have sought to crack down on the collection and use of personal data by mobile apps. New regulations published jointly by China’s Cyberspace Administration, Ministry
Doorstep Dispensaree Gets UK Fine for GDPR Violations
Written by: Richard Sheinis, Esq. Doorstep Dispensaree, a London-based pharmacy which supplies medicine to individuals and care homes, left approximately 500,000 documents in unlocked containers stored in a courtyard at one of its premises. Do
Citizen Video Audits: Know Their Rights…And Yours
Written by: Scott MacLatchie, Esq. You have probably watched some of the first generation of videos that popped up on social media sites and on YouTube showing officers dealing with people using smartphones to film them. In these videos, the of
Proximate Cause Determination Kept from Jury in $1.7M Coverage Case
Written by: R. Wells Littlefield, Esq. In Principle Solutions Group, LLC v. Ironshore Indemnity, Inc., 17-11703, 2019 WL 6691509, (11th Cir. Dec. 9, 2019), a split 11th Circuit Court of Appeals panel affirmed summary judgment in favor of Princi
Georgia Court of Appeals Rules that Eight-Year Statute of Repose Bars Long-Term Warranty
Written by: Patrick Fitzgerald The broad language employed by the Georgia Court of Appeals in Southern States Chem., Inc. v. Tampa Tank & Welding, Inc., 2019 WL 5616691 (Ga. Ct. App. Oct. 31, 2019) could jeopardize long-term construction war
Rural Opioid Response Program Aims to Reduce Deaths
Deaths from certain kinds of opioids are higher in rural communities than in urban ones, and now there are more federally-backed programs, tools, and funding sources to help rural communities respond to the crisis. The rates of overdose deaths f
The e-Privacy Regulation Strikes Out Again
Written by: Richard Sheinis, Esq. The e-Privacy Regulation, which was supposed to be a close cousin to the General Data Protection Regulation, was first proposed by the European Commission in January 2017. However, here we are nearly 3 years l
Another Attempt at Federal Privacy Legislation
Written by: Richard Sheinis, Esq. In yet another attempt to pass federal privacy legislation, on November 26, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., introduced the Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act (“COPRA”). COPRA would apply to i
India’s Data Protection Law Takes a Step Forward
Written by: Chase Langhorne, Esq. In an ever-increasing data driven world, India’s proposed Personal Data Protection Bill (“PDPB”) took a step forward on December 4th when the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the bi
Singapore Takes Next Steps Towards Updating Its Data Protection Law
Written by: Chase Langhorne, Esq. In May 2019 Singapore’s data protection authority, the Personal Data Protection Commission (“PDPC”) took steps to update its existing data protection legislation, the Personal Data Protection A