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Former Congresswoman Katie Hill’s Revenge Porn Complaint Against Daily Mail, RedState.com Dismissed…
In November 2018, Democrat Katie Hill won a Congressional seat representing a northern Los Angeles exurb that had been held by Republicans since 1993. Once in Washington, she was a rising star in the party and one of two freshman…
Dutch Regulator Fines Booking.com 475,000 Euros for Late Breach Reporting
On March 31, 2021, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, the “Dutch DPA”), announced a fine of €475,000 for Dutch headquartered online travel agency Booking.com for failure to report a data breach within 72…
CIPL Organizes Webinar on EU Approach to Regulating AI and Regulatory Experimentation
On March 25, 2021, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth organized an expert roundtable on the EU Approach to Regulating AI–How Can Experimentation Help Bridge Innovation and Regulation? (the “Roundtable”).…
Supreme Court Adopts Narrow Interpretation of ATDS
On April 1, 2021, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid et al., No. 19-511 (Apr. 1, 2021). At issue in Facebook, was the question of what technology constitutes an “automatic telephone dialing…
China Issues the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Online Transactions
On March 15, 2021, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) issued Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Online Transactions (the “Measures”) (in Chinese). The Measures implement rules for the E-commerce Law…
European Union and South Korea Complete Adequacy Talks
On March 30, 2021, the European Commission (the “Commission”) announced the successful conclusion of the adequacy talks with the Republic of Korea.
The adequacy talks confirmed the convergence between European and South Korean data…
OCR Continues to Settle HIPAA Right of Access Initiative Cases
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) recently announced more settlements associated with its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative. The settlements with Village Plastic Surgery (“VPS”) and The…
CIPL Submits Comments on Irish DPC’s Guidance on Safeguarding Personal Data of Children
On March 26, 2021, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth submitted its comments on the Irish Data Protection Commissioner’s (“DPC”) draft guidance on safeguarding the personal data of children when…
LA Times, The Hill Highlight Online Abuse of Women Politicians and Journalists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QyTZ7C2JJU
The Los Angeles Times put together an interesting profile on how women politicians, such as Vice President Kamala Harris and others are targets for online abuse. A Wilson Center study,…
Bavarian DPA Declares Transfers to E-mail Marketing Service Prohibited Due to Lack of Controller’s…
On March 15, 2021, the state Data Protection Authority of Bavaria (“Bavarian DPA”) declared the use of U.S. e-mail marketing service Mailchimp by a fashion magazine (acting as controller) in Bavaria impermissible due to non-compliance with…