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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 1h

Data Bytes AU: Key Australian Privacy Updates So Far In 2026

Data Bytes AU: Key Australian Privacy Updates So Far In 2026

Your "grab-and-go" briefing on recent determinations, enforcement actions, and legislative reforms shaping the Australian privacy landscape. Keep...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 1h

OIG finds CFPB has not verified security of hardware left at former regional offices

OIG finds CFPB has not verified security of hardware left at former regional offices

On September 30, the OIG for the Fed and the CFPB issued a management alert finding that the CFPB left hardware assets at four former regional...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 1h

Data Bytes 69: Your EMEA Data Privacy Update for October 2026

Data Bytes 69: Your EMEA Data Privacy Update for October 2026

Welcome to the autumn edition of Data Bytes. If September felt busy, that's because it was: new regulators, new reporting regimes and a few large...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 1h

China's Supreme Court issues landmark guidance on AI disputes: Practical implications for businesses

China's Supreme Court issues landmark guidance on AI disputes: Practical implications for businesses

China's Supreme People's Court has issued its first comprehensive judicial guidance on AI-related disputes, providing important insight into how...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 1h

Washington Supreme Court Rejects Privacy Act Claim Over Hospital Website Tracking Pixel: Implications for Businesses Operating Public-Facing Websites

Washington Supreme Court Rejects Privacy Act Claim Over Hospital Website Tracking Pixel: Implications for Businesses Operating Public-Facing Websites

In a significant win for businesses facing the wave of pixel-tracking and “wiretap” class actions, the Washington Supreme Court in Baker v....

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 12h

GDPR Meets DSA: Key Takeaways from the EDPB’s Final Guidelines

GDPR Meets DSA: Key Takeaways from the EDPB’s Final Guidelines

On 17 September 2026, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published its final guidelines on the interplay between the General Data...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 13h

From Classified Materials to Classified Adverts - National Security Scrutiny Over Gumtree's Personal Data

From Classified Materials to Classified Adverts - National Security Scrutiny Over Gumtree's Personal Data

On October 7, 2026, the UK Government issued a final order under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (the "NSI Act") conditionally...

Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 13h

More Than Meets the Eye: Smart Glasses in the Workplace

More Than Meets the Eye: Smart Glasses in the Workplace

Smart glasses have arrived in the workplace. Used in logistics, quality control, and remote maintenance, the devices often resemble ordinary...

Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 18h

ONE WORD, FOUR CIRCUITS: Supreme Court to Resolve VPPA Circuit Split Over Who Qualifies as a “Consumer”

ONE WORD, FOUR CIRCUITS: Supreme Court to Resolve VPPA Circuit Split Over Who Qualifies as a “Consumer”

Hi TCPAWorld! Who counts as a “consumer” under the Video Privacy Protection Act? You would think that question has a simple answer. But federal...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 19h

No Robot Lawyers: California Becomes the First State to Regulate Attorneys’ Use of GenAI

No Robot Lawyers: California Becomes the First State to Regulate Attorneys’ Use of GenAI

California has enacted SB 574, the first law in the nation to regulate attorneys’ use of generative AI (GenAI). The law does not ban attorneys...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 20h

Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs New AI Laws Affecting California Employers

Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs New AI Laws Affecting California Employers

On Sept. 30, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a package of bills regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace,...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 20h

[Webinar] The DSAR Horror Story: When Privacy Requests Become eDiscovery Matters - October 28th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

[Webinar] The DSAR Horror Story: When Privacy Requests Become eDiscovery Matters - October 28th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

An employee asks for every piece of personal data your organization holds about them. What sounds like a privacy request can quickly become...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 20h

Open for Registration: SDAIA Adds Controller Registration for Foreign Entities

Open for Registration: SDAIA Adds Controller Registration for Foreign Entities

Foreign companies without a presence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that are covered by the Personal Data Protection Law must now register with...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 21h

Key Takeaways From the 2026 Annual Colorado Privacy Summit

Key Takeaways From the 2026 Annual Colorado Privacy Summit

Ballard Spahr recently co-hosted the 2026 Colorado Privacy Summit with Zaviant.

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 22h

Delaware Updates Comprehensive Privacy Law

Delaware Updates Comprehensive Privacy Law

Delaware recently updated its personal data privacy law with House Bill 380. The amendments go into effect January 1, 2027.

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 22h

CIPA Reform Enacted: SB 690 Signals An End To Private Pen Register Claims

CIPA Reform Enacted: SB 690 Signals An End To Private Pen Register Claims

Relief is on the horizon for businesses large and small that have been bombarded with dubious pen register or trap-and-trace device (pen/trap)...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 22h

Michigan Enacts New Law Governing Dealer Data Access and Sharing

Michigan Enacts New Law Governing Dealer Data Access and Sharing

On October 9, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Senate Bill 198 into law as Act No. 113 of the Public Acts of 2026, enacting the Motor...

Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

The Legal Risks of Smart Devices and Emerging State Privacy and Workplace-Surveillance Responses

The Legal Risks of Smart Devices and Emerging State Privacy and Workplace-Surveillance Responses

California’s new workplace-surveillance law and other state proposals related to neural data illustrate how regulators are responding to privacy...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

The 2026 Guernsey trust law reforms: A new era for trust dispute resolution

The 2026 Guernsey trust law reforms: A new era for trust dispute resolution

In Guernsey, trust disputes have traditionally been resolved by the Royal Court, which has developed a sophisticated body of trust jurisprudence...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

California's 2026 AI Legislation Wave: New Laws Target AI Throughout the Employment Lifecycle

California's 2026 AI Legislation Wave: New Laws Target AI Throughout the Employment Lifecycle

At a Glance - New California AI legislation will regulate workplace monitoring, automated employment decisions, and AI-driven workforce...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

New York’s Landmark Personnel File Law

New York’s Landmark Personnel File Law

Effective November 8, 2026, New York employers will be subject to a personnel record law that creates rights for current and former employees...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Protecting Your Confidential Information in Litigation: Why Protective Orders Must Address AI

Protecting Your Confidential Information in Litigation: Why Protective Orders Must Address AI

There is a real and growing risk that your confidential documents, including trade secrets, financial records, and other sensitive business...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

States Target Artificial Intelligence in Employment Decisions

States Target Artificial Intelligence in Employment Decisions

Recent legislative developments in multiple states have targeted employers’ use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) in employment decisions,...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Connecticut Sets AI Governance Expectations for Financial Institutions

Connecticut Sets AI Governance Expectations for Financial Institutions

Connecticut has put AI governance on the examination agenda. On September 22, 2026, the Connecticut Department of Banking (Department) issued...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

New York Enacts New Personnel Record Access Law, With Amendments Expected

New York Enacts New Personnel Record Access Law, With Amendments Expected

New York became the latest state to enact a personnel record access law, granting employees a statutory right to access personnel records...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

FCC Revises TCPA Consent Revocation Rules: Exclusive Opt-Out Methods, Category-Specific Revocations, and Other Key Changes

FCC Revises TCPA Consent Revocation Rules: Exclusive Opt-Out Methods, Category-Specific Revocations, and Other Key Changes

On September 30, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously approved a Report and Order (R&O) to revise the FCC’s rules...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Ten Takeaways From the UK Government’s Strategy For AI Regulation in Healthcare

Ten Takeaways From the UK Government’s Strategy For AI Regulation in Healthcare

Artificial intelligence is moving from the margins of healthcare into its everyday operation — from tools that summarise clinical records and...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

You Have the Data. Can You Use It for AI?

You Have the Data. Can You Use It for AI?

Throughout Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Thompson Coburn is examining how organizations can put AI to work while maintaining control over their...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Florida's CIPA? FSCA Wiretap Lawsuits and Demand Letters Explained

Florida's CIPA? FSCA Wiretap Lawsuits and Demand Letters Explained

Over 20 states have active comprehensive data privacy laws, none of which give a broad private right of action, so why have companies been hit...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

California SB 690 Limits Private Pen-Register Claims, But CIPA Litigation Is Far From Over

California SB 690 Limits Private Pen-Register Claims, But CIPA Litigation Is Far From Over

California has finally addressed one of the stranger developments in modern privacy litigation: the effort to treat ordinary website technology...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

New Regulation on Employer Use of AI-Based Systems in Workplace? NJ’s FAIR Act Clears Key Committee

New Regulation on Employer Use of AI-Based Systems in Workplace? NJ’s FAIR Act Clears Key Committee

The New Jersey’s Senate Labor Committee voted 5-0 on Oct. 1, 2026, to refer a bill to regulate employment and other uses of AI-based technologies...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Who Said ‘Buy’? Agentic Payments and the Evidence Problem

Who Said ‘Buy’? Agentic Payments and the Evidence Problem

As AI agents begin to shop, select, pay, and move digital assets on others’ behalf, payment disputes will increasingly turn on what the principal...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Choice-of-Law provisions prevail in website privacy litigation

Choice-of-Law provisions prevail in website privacy litigation

A recent decision from the Suffolk Superior Court’s Business Litigation Session in Boston provides an important reminder that carefully drafted...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

SOLICITATION REQUIRES A SALE: Court Dismisses Dobronski’s Claim Because His Allegations Were Insufficient To Establish Marketing

SOLICITATION REQUIRES A SALE: Court Dismisses Dobronski’s Claim Because His Allegations Were Insufficient To Establish Marketing

Hi TCPAWorld! In Dobronski v. Credit Swag Ventures, Inc., No. 25-11777, 2026 WL 2804605 (E.D. Mich. Sept. 18, 2026), the Court granted in part...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

California’s SB 690 Removes Some CIPA Claims, But Privacy and Legal Risks Remain

California’s SB 690 Removes Some CIPA Claims, But Privacy and Legal Risks Remain

Given the number of California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) class actions and serial plaintiffs’ demands and lawsuits in play, below is a...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

GSA Releases Final Language of AI Contract Clause

GSA Releases Final Language of AI Contract Clause

WHAT: The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has released the final language of the GSAR 552.239-7001 clause that is aimed at...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Spain: AEPD Warns On Use Of AI In Recruitment And Publishes Guidance On Algorithmic Systems In The Workplace

Spain: AEPD Warns On Use Of AI In Recruitment And Publishes Guidance On Algorithmic Systems In The Workplace

On September 23, 2026, the Spanish supervisory authority (the AEPD) issued warning AI-00009-2026 (the Warning).

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

California Legislation Regulates Employers’ Use of AI in the Workplace: Four New Laws on “Robo Bosses,” Monitoring, and AI-Driven Layoffs

California Legislation Regulates Employers’ Use of AI in the Workplace: Four New Laws on “Robo Bosses,” Monitoring, and AI-Driven Layoffs

On September 30, Governor Gavin Newsom signed four bills regulating the use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) in the workplace. The new laws...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

MintzTech Connect Industry News: Spotlight on Retro

MintzTech Connect Industry News: Spotlight on Retro

Our client spotlight in this edition is on Retro, the friends-only photo-sharing app that is bringing social media back to its roots. Built by...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Client Alert: Smart Tool, not a Substitute for Judgment – What Community Association Boards Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence

Client Alert: Smart Tool, not a Substitute for Judgment – What Community Association Boards Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence

As artificial intelligence (“AI”) becomes an increasingly common part of everyday business, community associations must understand both its...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

5 Questions to Ask AI Vendors Before You Connect Them to Customer Data

5 Questions to Ask AI Vendors Before You Connect Them to Customer Data

Somebody on your team wants to connect an AI tool to your CRM, or maybe to the spreadsheet with every customer's name, email, and purchase...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

State Privacy Laws Are Moving Beyond Disclosures: What Businesses Need to Know in 2026

State Privacy Laws Are Moving Beyond Disclosures: What Businesses Need to Know in 2026

State privacy laws increasingly regulate how businesses collect, use, share, and govern personal information—not just what they disclose. Our...

Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

The Privacy Patchwork Grows: Alabama, Louisiana, Oklahoma, And Vermont Join The Compliance Landscape

The Privacy Patchwork Grows: Alabama, Louisiana, Oklahoma, And Vermont Join The Compliance Landscape

Although each of these laws contains state-specific requirements, they generally follow the same regulatory framework established by earlier...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

AI Smart Glasses in the Workplace: Seven Employment Law Risks to Consider

AI Smart Glasses in the Workplace: Seven Employment Law Risks to Consider

For years, the smartphone was the device that kept compliance teams up at night. Employers learned to manage it: no phones on the production...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Governor Newsom Signs SB 690: California Eliminates Private Right of Action for Website Pen Register and Trap and Trace Claims Under CIPA

Governor Newsom Signs SB 690: California Eliminates Private Right of Action for Website Pen Register and Trap and Trace Claims Under CIPA

As Benesch previewed in September, on September 30, 2026, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 690 into law, amending the...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

FLORIDA FIRES BACK: Attorney General Proposes The Florida Anti-Spam Communications Act

FLORIDA FIRES BACK: Attorney General Proposes The Florida Anti-Spam Communications Act

On September 17, 2026, Attorney General James Uthmeier proposed the Florida Anti-Spam Communications Act, a proposal aimed at cracking down on...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Supreme Court to Rule on Compensation in Data Breach Claims

Supreme Court to Rule on Compensation in Data Breach Claims

The Supreme Court has heard the Appeal in Farley and 431 others v Paymaster (1836) Limited (trading as Equiniti) on 7 and 8 October 2026.

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

California Signs Landmark New AI Workplace Laws on Termination, Layoffs and Surveillance

California Signs Landmark New AI Workplace Laws on Termination, Layoffs and Surveillance

As we previously discussed, artificial intelligence (“AI”) continues to transform the workplace, prompting lawmakers, regulators, and employers...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

[Webinar] AI Didn’t Just Change Your Business. It Changed Your Attacker’s, Too. - October 27th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT

[Webinar] AI Didn’t Just Change Your Business. It Changed Your Attacker’s, Too. - October 27th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT

Join Morrison Foerster’s Global Data, Cyber + Privacy Group for our cybersecurity month masterclass webinar, “AI Didn’t Just Change Your...

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Privacy Watch @privacywatch.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Washington and California Shut Down Meta Pixel Privacy Act Claims, But Dangers Remain

Washington and California Shut Down Meta Pixel Privacy Act Claims, But Dangers Remain

In California, plaintiffs’ firms have filed thousands of class actions and mass-arbitration demands against operators of consumer-facing websites...

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