Privacy Redux Part I: Is It Time to Rethink Federal and State Privacy Laws?

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Is it time for a privacy redux, to visit privacy anew to determine whether our legal system is doing something more than entangling honest companies in a costly web of superficial and ultimately meaningless requirements? I think so. I also think we need to act quickly before the regulatory cement begins to set and drags...

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Stacy Stitham and David Swetnam-Burland Pen MaineBiz Guest Column on State Privacy Laws

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On May 1, 2023, MaineBiz published a guest column (subscription required) by partners Stacy O. Stitham and David Swetnam-Burland on what Maine businesses need to know about new state privacy laws. Although Maine has not passed its own privacy statute, many other states, including California, Virginia, and Colorado, have enacted new laws intended to apply...

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Martin Eisenstein and David Swetnam-Burland Present to National Association of Presort Mailers on Tax and Privacy Issues

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On February 17, 2021, managing partner Martin Eisenstein and partner David Swetnam-Burland presented a webinar at the Virtual Annual Conference of the National Association of Presort Mailers (NAPM), moderated by Hamilton Davison of the American Catalog Mailers Association. In the Sales Tax and Data Privacy Update, Eisenstein talked about key issues in state sales tax...

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Nat Bessey Discusses California Privacy Laws in Boston CityBizList Article

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Partner Nat Bessey’s article, “As Online Shopping Grows, California Extends the Scope of its Privacy Laws (Again),” appeared on Boston CityBizList on January 26, 2021. In the piece, Bessey discusses California’s latest consumer privacy law, the California Privacy Rights Act, passed in November on top of the recently enacted California Consumer Privacy Act. Bessey suggests...

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B&I Attorney Presents at ACMA Webinar on California Consumer Privacy Act

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On Wednesday, June 17, 2020, B&I partner David Swetnam-Burland participated in a webinar sponsored by the American Catalog Mailers Association on the “California Consumer Privacy Act: Are You Fully Prepared?” Swetnam-Burland spoke to a diverse group of catalog retailers and related businesses on the compliance requirements of the first-of-its-kind state privacy law; what businesses and...

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Mailers Hub Article Highlights CCPA Compliance Issues for Mail Producers

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In the first of a new, regular series of articles for Mailers Hub News, B&I attorneys Martin I. Eisenstein, David Swetnam-Burland, Stacy O. Stitham, and Jamie Szal reminded mail producers, “Ready or Not, the California Consumer Privacy Act Is Here” (at page 3). Their article provides an overview of the CCPA and the numerous and...

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Martin Eisenstein, David Bertoni, and David Swetnam-Burland Speak at American Catalog Mailers Association Conference

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Brann & Isaacson attorneys addressed members of the American Catalog Mailers Association at its annual conference in Washington, DC, from April 8-10, 2019. On April 8, managing partner Martin Eisenstein spoke to the conference in a panel called, “It’s a Wayfair World Now and We All Have to Live In It.” Eisenstein discussed the state...

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EU-US Privacy Shield: What You Need To Know

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On December 19, 2018, the European Commission published its second report on the EU-US Privacy Shield, under which companies can certify adequate compliance with EU privacy standards to be able to receive data from or concerning EU citizens.  If you obtain such data, we present an overview of what you should know about the EU-US Privacy...

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