Smart cities use IoT sensors to collect data that can improve city services and enhance citizens’ quality of life, but they also raise questions regarding data privacy and security. How should ediscovery professionals prepare for these new data sources?
Doorbell cameras are everywhere, passively recording what happens on front porches, driveways, and even public sidewalks around the country. In fact, you may have bought one for yourself or a loved one during a Cyber Monday sale this week. Many of these cameras come...
Using biometric data to identify people may still seem like the stuff of science fiction, but it’s here today, and it’s become widespread. Companies use biometric data because it’s hard to fake, which makes it useful for preventing fraud. However, its permanence also...
Henson v. Turn, Inc. No. 15-cv-01497-JSW (LB), 2018 WL 5281629 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 22, 2018).In this data privacy class action, the court denied the defendant’s request to inspect the plaintiffs’ mobile devices. It also denied production of the plaintiffs’ full web...
And so it begins. Less than a year after the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect, the first major corporate penalty has been handed down. CNIL, France’s data-privacy regulatory authority, just fined Google €50 million — and most experts believe...
Corporate legal departments are facing an uphill battle across several fronts. Data volumes continue to explode, as do data types, and new innovative technologies are appearing every day. In-house legal departments face unprecedented budget pressures. And with new...
Just one month after the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became effective, the U.S. — or at least California — is following suit. It started when a California privacy-rights group drafted and proposed its California Consumer Privacy Act, a ballot...