By Anokhy Desai A few weeks ago, U.S. District Judge William Stickman IV of the Western District of Pennsylvania held that there was no interception of communication per the Pennsylvania Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act (WESCA) when a third-party company collected data from a user’s browser as she visited another website, writing that
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By Joshua A. Mooney, Kennedys The Colorado Privacy Act (“ColoPA” or “Act”) has been sent to Governor Jared Polis’s office to be signed into law, making Colorado the third state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation (coming behind California and Virginia). Once signed, the Act will take effect on July 31, 2023. However, its requirements
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By Jennifer K. Wagner J.D., Ph.D. Last September, as discussed on this blog in further detail, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a notice of public rulemaking in which it signaled a dramatic expansion of its collection and use of biometrics. The rule would have had significant implications for the data privacy
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By Krishna Jani, Flaster Greenberg Will the disinformation that led to a mob surrounding the Capitol Building help drive federal privacy legislation? Here’s why I think it will. Disinformation It is no secret that the internet is rife with information—some legitimate, and, inevitably, some not. In many ways, social media and the
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By Jennifer K. Wagner J.D., Ph.D. 2020 brought an unexpected and massive surge in the use of video conferencing platforms. In the midst of a deadly pandemic and public health guidelines intended to flatten the curve through deterrence of non-essential in-person interactions, Zoom and similar video conferencing platforms have provided a way for people
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