Progress on Federal Privacy Legislation, but Still a Long Way to Go

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A bipartisan group of legislators in Washington, D.C., recently released a discussion draft of a federal privacy bill — the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA). This draft bill reaches compromise positions on two key issues that have been the largest obstacles to passing such legislation: state preemption and a private right of action. This discussion draft preempts most comprehensive state privacy laws and includes a narrow and limited private right of action. The compromises on these issues in the bill, however, are likely to draw criticism from both Democrats and Republicans, along with industry and privacy advocates.

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Russia, Cybersecurity & Government Contracting – Faegre Drinker on Law and Technology Podcast

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created a host of challenges for the U.S. government to address, including the need to prepare for potential Russian cyberattacks and questions about how to handle Russian connections to supply chains and government contracts. In this episode of the Faegre Drinker on Law and Technology Podcast, host Jason G. Weiss sits down with Faegre Drinker partners Dana Pashkoff and Jessica Abrahams to unpack the thorny issues at the nexus of Russia, cybersecurity and U.S. government activity.

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What Is Algorithmic Bias? Why Is It Important? – Faegre Drinker on Law and Technology Podcast

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Chances are good that your organization uses algorithms or artificial intelligence to help make business decisions — and that regulatory efforts targeting these automated decision-making systems, including their potential to produce unintended bias, have caught your attention. In this episode of the Faegre Drinker on Law and Technology Podcast, host Jason G. Weiss sits down with Bennett Borden, Faegre Drinker’s chief data scientist and co-founder of the firm’s artificial intelligence and algorithmic decision-making (AI-X) team, to discuss algorithmic bias and what companies should know about the latest regulatory developments.

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Faegre Drinker on Law and Technology Podcast: The CCPA, CPRA and the Future of Privacy Laws

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The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA) are the most comprehensive privacy rights laws passed in any state — and are widely viewed as potential models for future privacy laws. In this episode of the Faegre Drinker on Law and Technology Podcast, host Jason G. Weiss sits down with former Faegre Drinker associate Michael Jaeger, an authority on the California privacy landscape, to take a deeper look at these sweeping laws, how they are being enforced and the effect they have had on impacted businesses.

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Faegre Drinker on Law and Technology Podcast: A Deeper Dive Into Cybersecurity Frameworks

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Last year, we provided a brief primer on prominent cybersecurity frameworks. In this episode of the Faegre Drinker on Law and Technology Podcast, Jason G. Weiss chats with guests Jim Watkins, former deputy laboratory director in the FBI’s Orange County Crime Lab and current certified technical assessor for the ANSI National Accreditation Board, and Nate Shiflett, the director of posture and compliance for Sylint, an internationally recognized cybersecurity and forensics firm, to take a deeper look into the leading cybersecurity frameworks.

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Ransomware Attacks in 2022 – Things are NOT Getting Better: A Call to Arms

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The success of ransomware attacks in 2021 has only emboldened cyber threat actors around the globe to continue these nefarious attacks on innocent victims. Ransomware attacks are only going to be growing in 2022. This conclusion comes from a recent international partner advisory (Advisory) jointly issued by The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the FBI and the NSA.

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