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    Jan. 8, 2025

How to Adjust to the FTC’s Crackdown on Sensitive Location Data

The FTC closed 2024 by creating protections around data that reveals people’s visits to sensitive locations. In December, it settled two cases and published blog posts advising companies to keep an updated list of sensitive locations to scrub from their personal data collections, and to avoid using precise geolocation data unless they verify that any data brokers, aggregators or apps supplying it obtained individuals’ explicit consent. This article delves into the takeaways from the December settlements and blog posts, including the key compliance steps that companies should consider taking, and discusses the points of dissent expressed in the cases to highlight possible enforcement priorities for the upcoming slate of FTC commissioners. See “FCC Forfeiture Orders Underline Need for Vigilance on Geolocation Sharing” (Jul. 17, 2024).

Website Privacy Compliance Statistics and Practical Takeaways

Roughly three-quarters of the most visited websites in the U.S. and U.K. fail to comply fully with the requirements of the California Privacy Rights Act, which amended the CCPA, or the GDPR, according to a recent report from privacy code scanning platform Privado. Privado tested whether websites honored users’ opt-in and opt-out requests with regard to cookies set by third-party advertisers or network requests from third parties to share personal data. Privado’s report delivers the results of its tests, and addresses key compliance issues and how websites can leverage technological solutions to assess and ensure adherence to applicable privacy requirements. This article discusses the key takeaways from the report. See “Practical Strategies for Effective Consent Management” (Sep. 25, 2024).

Loose Lips Sink Ships: Maintaining Confidentiality in Investigations

During World War II, the U.S. Office of War Information launched a poster campaign with the slogan “Loose lips sink ships,” urging Americans to avoid careless talk that could jeopardize the war effort. In the modern context, “loose lips” can sink entire investigations, careers and even companies. In this guest article, Ann Sultan, a member of Miller & Chevalier, and Ian Moolman, an ethics and business integrity manager at Emirates Global Aluminium, examine best practices for protecting investigations from leaks, factors that influence confidentiality measures and the role of emerging technologies. See “Navigating U.S. Privacy Laws in Internal Investigations” (Aug. 21, 2024).

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month

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Spotlight on Trailblazing Women

To mark International Women’s Day 2024, women editors and reporters of ION Analytics interviewed outstanding women in the industries and jurisdictions we cover. In this part, Jill Abitbol, Managing Editor of the Cybersecurity Law Report and Anti-Corruption Report, features notable women in data privacy, cybersecurity, white collar defense, compliance and anti-corruption law, including Christina Montgomery, Leslie Shanklin, Palmina Fava, Alexandra Ross and Lucinda Low. Enjoy reading their inspiring remarks here.

We Celebrate Data Privacy Day 2024

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Spotlight on Trailblazing Women

In honor of International Women’s Day, some of ION Analytics' editorial teams led by women interviewed notable women in the markets and industries we cover. In this part, the Cybersecurity Law Report highlighted notable women in compliance and hedge fund, data privacy and cybersecurity, and anti-corruption law, including Amii Barnard-Bahn, Abigail Bell, Genna Garver, Jane Horvath, Barbara Li, Amy Mushahwar, Mara Senn and Carol Widger. The interviews are here.

 

 

 

Webinar on Compliant International Data Transfers

Listen here to our discussion with our colleagues at Ethos Privacy, which took place on March 1, 2022, on how to approach international data transfer challenges. 

Webinar on Getting a Handle on Vendor Contracts

A recording of the March 10 webinar can be accessed here. 

Cybersecurity Resolutions for 2021

In this quick take video, we talk about some of our cybersecurity resolutions for 2021.

Facial Recognition Concerns

In this short video, we discuss the privacy and bias concerns with facial recognition technology.

Planning for the Return to Work 

We discuss a few return-to-work privacy issues in this short video.

ACR and CSLR Spring Update 2020

The Senior Editors of the Anti-Corruption Report and the Cybersecurity Law Report recently teamed up to present an update on the trends and hot topics in the anti-corruption, cybersecurity and data privacy spaces since the beginning of the year and what the publications will be focusing on in the coming months. A complimentary download of the webinar is available here.

Upcoming Webinar: Companywide Work From Home - Cybersecurity and Privacy Best Practices

Please join us on Monday, March 23, 2020, from 12:00 p.m.- 12:30 p.m. EDT for a complimentary webinar discussing the cybersecurity and privacy challenges the shift to remote working has created and how to overcome them. Registration information for the webinar is here. 

Upcoming Webinar to Explore Best Practices for Alternative Data Use

Please join us on Wednesday, January 15, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. EST for a complimentary webinar hosted by our sister publication, the Hedge Fund Law Report, discussing issues relating to the use of alternative data by private fund managers. To register for the webinar, click here.

Upcoming HFLR/CSLR Webinar to Explore Strategies and Tactics for Conducting an Effective Tabletop Exercise

Please join the Hedge Fund Law Report and the Cybersecurity Law Report on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. ET for a complimentary webinar discussing the strategies and tactics companies can employ to conduct an effective tabletop exercise. GCs and CCOs are encouraged to invite their CISOs and CTOs to join as well. The webinar will be moderated by Shaw Horton, Associate Editor of the Hedge Fund Law Report, and will feature Luke Dembosky, partner at Debevoise, John “Four” Flynn, chief information security officer at Uber, and Jill Abitbol, Senior Editor of the Cybersecurity Law Report. Registration for the webinar is available here.

Anti-Corruption Webinar: How HPE Is Using Its New T&E Tool to Generate Compliance Metrics

Measuring the effectiveness of a compliance program can be tricky, but some companies are finding ways to use their existing internal controls to generate useful data. Join our sister publication the Anti-Corruption Report (ACR) for a complimentary webinar that explores Hewlett Packard Enterprises’ new travel-and-entertainment-approval tool. On Wednesday, March 27, 2019, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT, the ACR’s Megan Zwiebel will interview Becky Rohr, vice-president of anti-corruption and global trade at Hewlett Packard Enterprises, about how they are using their T&E tool to measure and improve compliance. Registration information is here.