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[] To ensure delivery to your mailbox please add domain @lexology.com to your safe senders list [View in Browser]( [Lexology]( [My Account]( | [About]( | [Search Archive (815,610 articles)]( [North America](#northamerica) | [Global](#global) [USA] [North America] Internet & Social Media #top [Settlement Reached Between Neiman Marcus and State Attorneys General for $1.5 Million for 2013 Payment Card Breach]( District of Columbia Baker & Hostetler LLP Last week, the Attorneys General (AGs) of 43 states and the District of Columbia announced they reached a $1.5 million settlement with Neiman Marcus… [CCPA - What is it and What Does Your Business Need to Know?]( California Robinson & Cole LLP The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) is here and it’s best to start now to learn what this law is, who it applies to, and what you and… [2018 Privacy Year in Review]( Winston & Strawn LLP On May 25, 2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) finally became enforceable. 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Ensuring cybersecurity of health care operations, therefore… [Ninth Circuit Rejects Due Process and Primary Jurisdiction Arguments in ADA Website Accessibility Case]( Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s dismissal of the Plaintiff’s ADA claim pursuant to the primary jurisdiction… [Do You Have a WISP?]( Massachusetts Robinson & Cole LLP Although the Massachusetts Data Security Regulations went into effect March 1, 2010, I still find that many companies have not implemented a Written… [Privacy Tip #173 - Cell Phone Geolocation Data Being Sold]( Robinson & Cole LLP We previously cautioned that telephone companies sell customer data to third parties, including location data [view related posts here]. Last year… [The creepy rule]( Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Just before you walk out the door, you look in the mirror and fix your hair. You feel excited. 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The European Union (EU)… [Ninth Circuit Weighs in On Website Accessibility Obligations]( Ford & Harrison LLP Lawsuits claiming business websites are not fully accessible to blind and visually impaired individuals continue to proliferate… [Brigham Young University Apologizes for "Taco Tuesday" Promotion]( Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC Brigham Young University's Center for Economic Self-Reliance issued a public apology after running advertising for a "Taco Tuesday" event that some… [Can a Server Be a Regular and Established Place of Business? 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