Author: Jenny L. ColgatePublished: August 27, 2021On August 20, 2021, China passed its first general data protection law, called the Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”). The law is set to take effect on November 1, 2021 (two months away), and it applies to both (1) in-country processing of personal information of
Read MoreAuthor: Jenny L. ColgatePublished: March 3, 2021Yesterday, Virginia passed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), making it the second state (behind California, with its California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) to enact a general consumer privacy law. The VCDPA will take effect on January 1, 2023, which is also the same
Read MoreAuthor: Jennifer B. MaiselPublished: March 22, 2021As part of its three-part series on the future of human-computer interaction (HCI), Facebook Reality Labs recently published a blog post describing a wrist-based wearable device that uses electromyography (EMG) to translate electrical motor nerve signals that travel through the wrist to the hand into digital commands
Read MoreAuthor: Jenny L. ColgatePublished: May 13, 2021On April 22, 2021, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision finding that the FTC lacks authority to pursue equitable monetary relief in federal court under Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (the “FTCA”). The result means that defendant Scott Tucker does not have to
Read MoreAuthor: Jennifer B. MaiselPublished: June 7, 2021In Van Buren v. United States, the Supreme Court resolved a circuit split as to whether a provision of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) applies only to those who obtain information to which their computer access does not extend, or more broadly to also
Read MoreAuthor: Jennifer B. MaiselPublished: July 8, 2021At this point you have probably heard about one of the many incidents where an AI-enabled system discriminated against certain populations in settings ranging from healthcare, law enforcement, and hiring, among others. In response to this problem, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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Author: Carolyn Wimbly MartinPublished: June 21st, 2021Augmented reality virtual try-on features have been available publicly for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic has caused this technology to surge in popularity. More brands are using virtual try-on experiences to encourage customers to shop from home and increase conversion and sales rates, but
Read MoreAuthor: Carolyn Wimbly MartinPublished: June 2nd, 2021From the SolarWinds debacle to the Colonial Pipeline hack, cybersecurity has been making news headlines. Now, nearly ten years after then-Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta predicted the U.S. would face a “cyber-Pearl Harbor,” the Federal Government has finally acted. The new Executive Order has
Read MoreAuthor: Jenny L. ColgatePublished: February 8, 2021In December 2020, Apple started requiring Apps to display mandatory labels that provide a graphic, easy-to-digest version of their privacy policies. They are being called “privacy nutrition labels,” presumably a reference to the mandatory FDA-required “Nutrition Facts” labels that have appeared on food since 1990.Click
Read MoreAuthor: Jenny L. ColgatePublished: March 3, 2021Yesterday, Virginia passed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), making it the second state (behind California, with its California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) to enact a general consumer privacy law. The VCDPA will take effect on January 1, 2023, which is also the same
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