Alex M. Pearce

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Alex dedicates his practice to privacy and data security law. He assists clients with compliance strategies, policy development and implementation, data monetization and data use analyses, privacy and security issues in transactions, privacy and security incident response, and regulatory and litigation matters that involve privacy and data security issues.

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The Next Post They Write Might Be About You: The FTC’s Business Blog Calls Out Health Data Practices That Can Violate Section 5

In another example of the agency’s practice of regulation by blog, the FTC published last week a Business Blog…

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GDPR

Less Is More, Too Much Is Not Enough: What the Irish DPC’s €390 Million Fine Against Meta Could Mean for Your Privacy Notice

European data protection authorities kicked 2023 off with a bang when, on January 4, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced that…

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CCPA/CPRA

Glow Up or Blow Up: Five Takeaways from the CCPA Enforcement Action Against Sephora

As we discussed last year, the California Attorney General’s Office (“OAG”) has been wielding its enforcement authority under the California Consumer Privacy…

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Data Breach

Carnival Cruise Line’s $1.25 Million Multistate Breach Settlement: 5 Lessons to Avoid and Mitigate Unstructured Data Breaches

Corporate email systems can often become repositories of personal information, with sensitive data elements appearing in the bodies of messages and their attachments, often with…

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Buyers Beware: the FTC’s Case Against CafePress Highlights Privacy and Data Security Risks in Corporate Transactions

Last week the Federal Trade Commission announced a privacy and data security enforcement action against the online retail platform CafePress. The allegations in the…

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To-Do in 2022: Top 5 Data Protection Contracting Tasks

Since 2018, a consistent stream of newly adopted privacy laws and other regulatory developments (such as GDPR, CCPA, Schrems…

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GDPR

The EU Commission’s New SCCs for International Transfers: Top 5 Immediate Takeaways

Ending months of anxious speculation from privacy lawyers around the globe, the European Commission announced on Friday that it had adopted final versions of the…

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State Laws and Legislation

High Stakes: North Carolina Consumer Privacy Bill Sees Virginia’s CDPA and Raises a Private Right of Action with Automatic Treble Damages

Since California enacted the CCPA in 2018, legislatures in other states throughout the country have sought to pass their own comprehensive privacy laws. So far,…

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GLBA

Cranking up the Pressure: Federal Financial Regulators’ Proposed Rule on Computer-Security Incident Notification and How it Could Impact Banks, Fintech Firms, and Other Bank Service Providers

From California to Europe, the final months of 2020 featured several high-profile developments in the privacy and data security fields. One development that…

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Alex's Posts

The Next Post They Write Might Be About You: The FTC’s Business Blog Calls Out Health Data Practices That Can Violate Section 5

Less Is More, Too Much Is Not Enough: What the Irish DPC’s €390 Million Fine Against Meta Could Mean for Your Privacy Notice

Glow Up or Blow Up: Five Takeaways from the CCPA Enforcement Action Against Sephora

Carnival Cruise Line’s $1.25 Million Multistate Breach Settlement: 5 Lessons to Avoid and Mitigate Unstructured Data Breaches

Buyers Beware: the FTC’s Case Against CafePress Highlights Privacy and Data Security Risks in Corporate Transactions

To-Do in 2022: Top 5 Data Protection Contracting Tasks

The EU Commission’s New SCCs for International Transfers: Top 5 Immediate Takeaways

High Stakes: North Carolina Consumer Privacy Bill Sees Virginia’s CDPA and Raises a Private Right of Action with Automatic Treble Damages

Cranking up the Pressure: Federal Financial Regulators’ Proposed Rule on Computer-Security Incident Notification and How it Could Impact Banks, Fintech Firms, and Other Bank Service Providers

The California Attorney General’s Settlement with Glow: A Wake-Up Call for Consumer Health App Developers

Could Data Subjects or EU Supervisory Authorities Use the US Court System to Enforce GDPR?

Zoom for Improvement: Lessons Learned from Zoom’s Privacy and Security Backlash

Back to the Drawing Board? The Top Ten Impacts of the California AG’s Modified CCPA Regulations (Part 2 of 2)

So Don’t Sue Me: Strategies for Responding to CCPA Consumer Enforcement Notices

Update Your Status: Takeaways from Facebook’s $100 Million Privacy Settlement with the SEC

Latest GDPR Fine Emphasizes Need for Privacy and Data Security Due Diligence in Corporate Acquisitions

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