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Utah Consumer Privacy Act: Fourth US State Enacts Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation

Utah enacts data privacy legislation in the mold of California, Colorado, and Virginia, but with less onerous requirements for businesses, in what is expected to be a model for more states going forward. By Jennifer Archie, Michael Rubin, Joseph Hansen, and Wesley Tiu On March 24, 2022, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed the Utah Consumer … Continue Reading

UK Government Launches ‘Smart Data’ Proposals as Data-Portability Agenda Intensifies

The proposals would grant consumers increasing rights to require providers to share access to their data directly with chosen third parties. By Alain Traill and Gail Crawford The UK government has released a consultation advocating the introduction of sweeping new requirements for service providers to share both consumer data (upon request) and data regarding their own … Continue Reading

FCA Speaks Out on the Ethics of Big Data

FCA Chair hints that new regulation addressing data ethics in the FinTech space may be on the horizon. By Nicola Higgs, Fiona Maclean and Terese Saplys Will societies of the future be ruled by algocracy, in which algorithms decide how humans are governed? Charles Randell, Chair of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Payment Systems … Continue Reading

Data Security: Compliance and Enforcement in the Hospitality Industry

August 2 Webcast to Consider Risks and Responses A recent high-profile enforcement action by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) provides meaningful context and occasion for examining data security risks in the hospitality industry. In late June, the FTC filed suit against global hospitality company Wyndham Worldwide Corp. and three of its subsidiaries for alleged data security … Continue Reading
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