On March 3, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced a Consent Order with a NYDFS-licensed Maine-based mortgage banker and loan servicer settling alleged violations of the NYDFS cybersecurity regulations. (In the matter of Residential Mortgage
March 2021
Privacy commissioners take position on using facial recognition technology
By Imran Ahmad (CA), Sara A. Levine, QC (CA), Alexis Kerr (CA), John Cassell (CA) & Admin on
Investigative findings
In a joint investigation report, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, together with the commissioners of BC, Alberta, and Quebec concluded that Clearview AI violated Canadians’ privacy rights under federal and provincial privacy laws by scraping billons of images…
Virginia’s new Consumer Data Protection Act
By David Kessler (US) & Susan Ross (US) on
On March 2, 2021, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia signed into law the Consumer Data Protection Act, which contains many elements of California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The new law…