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👣 DEEP DIVE 👣 Chicago-based law firm Edelson PC is bringing a class-action suit against Digital Recognition Network, Inc. (DRN). Scheduled for May 17, 2024 in California, it'll be the first 🌐 geolocation 🌐 privacy class action brought to a jury. 🌏 Class Size: 23 million. 👁️🗨️ DRN is an automatic license plate reader and data analytics software provider. First created by Repo Men, it works by placing powerful cameras on unmarked cars, and taking pictures of license plates and geo-tagging them. This info is then saved in a marketing database and sold to whoever would like to buy it for commercial purposes. 👁️🗨️ DRN is not registered as a data broker. 👁️🗨️ The plaintiffs say DRN has not followed California's ALPR laws, thus violating the privacy rights of California drivers. 🗞 Read on to find out what #dataprivacy professionals think of the case, and what exactly the resonance of the landmark ruling would mean for #databrokers, #ALPR end-users and CA businesses. 🗞 For Legaltech News 🤖

❗ TOMORROW❗ Jonathan Joseph and Rowena Lam lead the discussion on the latest thinking on privacy accountability and how technology can support it. If you're attending the IAB Public Policy & Legal Summit join them at 2PM in the Central Hub for best practices for building accountability into your tech stack. #DataPrivacy #LegalTech

#TechTuesday We’ve been keeping up with the latest news so you don’t have to! Dive into the most talked-about tech headlines with @curate💥 From the fallout of Google’s antitrust lawsuit and the ongoing battle for data privacy, to the newest challenges in implementing cutting-edge ID solutions, there’s plenty to unpack this week ⚡️ What stories have caught your attention? Let us know in the comments! 👇 #techtuesday #intheheadlines #adtech #news

What’s at stake with Big Tech’s “digital trade” agenda? Rethink Trade's Katie Hettinga explains how it could undermine key state laws not in place or imminent to protect our privacy and generally regulate against Big Tech abuses: And check out our tracker of state laws at risk nationwide: https://buff.ly/3XML3Wh

Managing digital evidence effectively is a critical challenge for law enforcement and legal organizations. 📁 With the rapid evolution of technology, the debate between cloud-based and physical evidence storage continues to grow. Which option provides better security, accessibility, and scalability for your organization? Our latest blog dives into the pros and cons of each method, helping you determine the best fit for your digital evidence management needs. Discover the future of evidence storage and make an informed decision: https://hubs.la/Q02YWdKv0 #DigitalEvidence #EvidenceManagement #CloudStorage #LawEnforcement #LegalTech #DataSecurity #VIDIZMODEMS

Does your website use cookies? Is that use California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) compliant? If you can't answer that question, the odds are it is not compliant. We have seen an uptick in privacy troll litigation under CIPA for alleged non-compliant cookie and other tracking technology use. Like other privacy troll litigation, they target smaller companies that are unable/unwilling to fight back, and with the statutory maximum of $2500 per violation, the trolls don't go away without a substantial settlement. In most instances, the troll's opening offer is well into six figures. Be careful out there!

Join Honigman partner Danielle Bass at the Oakland County Bar Association’s webinar entitled, “New Developments in Legal Tech and Data Privacy — Answers to Questions You’ve Been Wanting to Ask and Those You Did Not Know You Should Be Asking”. Danielle will be sharing insights on how the legal industry can prepare for and utilize new technologies. Register for this webinar here: https://lnkd.in/gHhJ39Wb #DataSecurity #LegalInsights #TechTrends

Digital voting and electronic voting systems promise improvements to democracy and yet have more often received criticism for weakening it. Here's a recent academic paper showing how a best-practice application of technology can be applied to achieve #vSPACE - voting in a Scalable, Privacy-Aware and Confidential Election. With highly credible authors (h/t Prof Bill Buchanan OBE), and something of a dream team pick of favourite technological approaches, this paper describes a cryptographic and technology approach to digital voting systems. While focusing on the technical, some recognition is made that digital solutions for the human condition are never just about technology. The reasons that previous efforts have failed are sometimes to do with technology, and sometimes not. As the reference in section 3.1 to the Trust Over IP Foundation recognises, trustworthy systems are about more than just technology: governance plays an equally essential part in determining whether something can or should be trusted. The list of 10 core requirements offered for "DLT-voting" provides another interest: - Eligibility - Uniqueness - Privacy - Fairness - Accuracy - Individual verifiability - Universal verifiability - Universal anonymity - Robustness - Scalability Of these, perhaps "fairness" is the hardest of all to ensure, and in the context of this paper is given an understandably constrained definition. 2024 will see the biggest tests of democracy the world has ever seen. Not prejudicing the outcomes, do you think the voting process has a chance of being "fair"? #evoting #digitaltrust Sezoo Source: https://lnkd.in/g_HXi6NJ

CIPA has certainly become a four-letter word. Read our latest alert and protect yourself from those pesky class actions. #PrivacyLaw