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Libbie Canter

Libbie Canter is a member of the Communications & Media, Data Privacy and Cybersecurity, and Litigation Practice Groups. She represents and advises clients on matters before Congress and various federal agencies, including the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission.  She has advised clients on a broad range of privacy issues, including data security breach matters, online and mobile marketing, and social networking policies for employers.  Her legislative work focuses on the areas of communications and media, privacy law, and cloud computing policy.

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Florida Legislature Considering Comprehensive Privacy Law

By Libbie Canter, Jayne Ponder and Alexandra Scott on Posted in Data, Data Privacy, State Legislatures, United States
Florida may be next state to join the growing number of states with a consumer privacy law, as both chambers of Florida’s legislature are currently considering comprehensive state privacy legislation.  Both HB 969 and SB 1734 resemble the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), though they contain some notable differences.  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis expressed support … Continue Reading

Members of the California Privacy Protection Agency Announced

By Alexandra Scott, Lindsey Tonsager, Libbie Canter and Jake Levine on Posted in California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California Privacy Rights Act, Data Privacy
The five members of the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) were announced today.  The members – who were appointed by Governor Newsom, Attorney General Becerra, Senate President pro Tempore Atkins, and Assembly Speaker Rendon – will lead the new agency, which will have rulemaking and enforcement authority under the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”).… Continue Reading

SMARTWATCH Act and AHRQ’s Inquiry

By Libbie Canter, Anna D. Kraus and Shane Rogers on Posted in Data, Health Privacy
Two recent actions by lawmakers are intended to address certain uses of technology in health. First, two Senators have introduced a bipartisan bill related to the collection and use of identifiable health data from wearable health trackers.  Second, following an appeal from Democratic lawmakers, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (“AHRQ”) plans to review … Continue Reading

Virginia Enacts Comprehensive Privacy Law

By Rafael Reyneri and Libbie Canter on Posted in Data Privacy, State Legislatures, Uncategorized
On March 2, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed into law the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), becoming the second U.S. state to enact a comprehensive privacy law (Nevada has enacted an online privacy law, albeit with a narrower scope).  As we have previously explained, the VCDPA follows the framework established by the Washington Privacy … Continue Reading

2021 State Privacy Legislation Roundup: California, Virginia, New York, and Washington

By Shane Rogers, Libbie Canter, Lindsey Tonsager, Jayne Ponder and Alexandra Scott on Posted in California Privacy Rights Act, Data Privacy, Privacy and Data Security, Privacy Policies, U.S. Federal and State Legislative Initiatives, United States
Several states have proposed new privacy bills since their sessions began.  Some of the proposed bills carry over or re-introduce bills drafted in previous legislative sessions, while others are introducing first-in-time omnibus privacy bills.  In the high-level chart below, we compare five of the key state privacy frameworks: the CPRA, VCDPA (which we blogged about here), the NYPA, the general privacy provisions of the Washington Privacy Act, and … Continue Reading

Virginia Legislature Passes Comprehensive Privacy Law: The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act

By Libbie Canter and Kayvan Farchadi on Posted in Data Privacy, State Legislatures
The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (HB 2307 / SB 1392), introduced in the House of Delegates on January 20, passed both houses of Virginia’s state legislature on February 5 with large bipartisan majorities.  This comprehensive privacy bill, which would take effect on January 1, 2023, follows a similar framework as the current version of … Continue Reading

Inside Privacy Audiocast: Episode 8 – The Impact of the U.S. Election on Privacy Laws in the U.S.

By Dan Cooper and Libbie Canter on Posted in U.S. Election 2020, U.S. Federal and State Legislative Initiatives, United States
On the eighth episode of our Inside Privacy Audiocast, we peer through the looking glass at the U.S. election and the future of privacy laws in the U.S. We discuss whether the November 3 election is likely to be a watershed event in the development of privacy laws in the U.S. In this episode, Dan … Continue Reading

California Attorney General Releases Fourth Set of Proposed Modifications to California Consumer Privacy Act Regulations

By Alexandra Scott, Lindsey Tonsager and Libbie Canter on Posted in California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Data, Data Privacy, Data Security, Privacy and Data Security, State Legislatures, United States
Yesterday, the California Attorney General (“AG”) proposed a fourth set of modifications to the California Consumer Privacy Act regulations. These modifications build on the third set of proposed regulations released by the AG in October, which we discussed here. Interested parties have until December 28 to submit comments in response.… Continue Reading

Researchers Explore Privacy Techniques to Protect Against Re-Identification of Genomic Information

By Libbie Canter on Posted in Health Privacy
It’s the stuff of science fiction:  adversaries extract DNA information from a cup of coffee or postage stamp and use it infer one’s most private traits.  However, a recently released study entitled, “Data Sanitization to Reduce Private Information Leakage from Functional Genomics” discusses how this can be achieved, along with privacy measures that the life … Continue Reading

Californians Approve Ballot Initiative Modifying the California Consumer Privacy Act

By Lindsey Tonsager, Libbie Canter, Danielle Kehl and Alexandra Scott on Posted in California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Data Privacy, Data Security, Privacy and Data Security, State Legislatures, United States
Voters in California approved Proposition 24, which updates the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) just a few months after the landmark regulations implementing the privacy law went into effect.  As we have previously explained, the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) will change the existing CCPA requirements in a number of ways, including limiting the sharing … Continue Reading

California Legislature Adopts CCPA Exemption for Information Deidentified in Accordance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule

By Libbie Canter and Tara Carrier on Posted in California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Health Privacy
On September 1, the California legislature passed AB 713, a bill that creates a new healthcare-related exemption under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”).  All provisions of the bill will take effect immediately to prevent the CCPA from “negatively impact[ing] certain health-related information and research,” except for the required contractual provisions described below. … Continue Reading

California Legislature Extends CCPA’s Employment and Business-to-Business Exemptions

By Danielle Kehl, Lindsey Tonsager and Libbie Canter on Posted in California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Data Privacy, Data Security, United States
The California legislature has approved a contingency plan to ensure that certain California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) exemptions will be extended beyond December 2020.  Regardless of what happens with the November ballot initiative, businesses will have at least another year before they must comply with all of the CCPA’s provisions when collecting or using certain … Continue Reading

Final CCPA Regulations Take Effect With Modification; Extension of Employee and Business-to-Business Exemptions Advances

By Danielle Kehl, Lindsey Tonsager, Yaron Dori, Libbie Canter and Alexandra Scott on Posted in California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Data Privacy, Privacy and Data Security, United States
Two developments in the past week will likely have a significant impact on businesses subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”): the long-awaited CCPA regulations have been finalized and put into immediate effect with modifications, while at the same time it seems increasingly likely that the exemptions for employees’ and business-to-business contacts’ data will … Continue Reading

California Legislature Advances Privacy Legislation

By Libbie Canter, Lindsey Tonsager, Rebecca Yergin and Claire O'Rourke on Posted in California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Data Privacy, Data Security, Health Privacy, State Legislatures
Today, the California Senate Judiciary Committee will consider AB 1281, which would extend the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (CCPA) business-to-business and employment exemptions until January 1, 2022, in the event that the pending ballot initiative—which also would extend the exemptions—does not pass this November. In addition, the Committee will consider two contact tracing measures, AB … Continue Reading

CCPA Update: Final Rulemaking Package Submitted to OAL

By Libbie Canter, Lindsey Tonsager and Rafael Reyneri on Posted in California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
The California Attorney General (“AG”) has submitted his proposed final CCPA regulations to the California Office of Administrative Law (“OAL”). The proposed final rules substantively are the same as the draft rules released for public notice on March 11, which we summarized previously here.   However, the AG’s responses to comments and Final Statements of Reasons … Continue Reading

CCPA 2.0 And Where We Go From Here

By Lindsey Tonsager, Libbie Canter, Alexandra Scott and Danielle Kehl on Posted in California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Data Privacy, Privacy and Data Security, State Legislatures, United States
 On May 4th, 2020, Californians for Consumer Privacy confirmed that they had submitted hundreds of thousands more signatures than required to qualify for a ballot initiative. It is still yet unknown whether the Attorney General will qualify the ballot for the November 2020 election, let alone whether it would pass. If the initiative passes, it … Continue Reading

COVID-19 Cybersecurity Advice: FTC, NIST, and CISA Release Guidance on Secure Teleworking and Critical Infrastructure Jobs

By Ashden Fein, Trisha Anderson, Libbie Canter and Caleb Skeath on Posted in COVID-19, Data Security, Federal Trade Commission, Standards
In response to the drastic increase of U.S. employees working remotely, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) have both issued guidance for employers and employees on best practices for teleworking securely.  In addition, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) has provided advice on identifying … Continue Reading

California AG Releases Draft CCPA Regulations: Round 3

By Libbie Canter, Lindsey Tonsager and Alexandra Scott on Posted in California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Data Privacy, State Legislatures, United States
In the latest development in the CCPA saga, the California Attorney General has further modified the draft regulations implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). His office’s website posted clean and redlined versions of the new regulations (the “March draft regulations”). Below, please find a summary of some of the most notable changes:… Continue Reading

Key COVID-19 Issues for Privacy and Cybersecurity Professionals

By Trisha Anderson, Libbie Canter and Yan Luo on Posted in China, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, EU Data Protection, European Union, Financial Privacy, Health Privacy, Privacy and Data Security
Covington experts on issues as varied as supply chain and other commercial contracts, employment, and insurance are supporting companies on the commercial implications of Coronavirus COVID-19.  But this blog post provides a brief overview of some of the key issues that privacy and cybersecurity professionals should have top of mind in dealing with response efforts.  … Continue Reading

State Privacy Trends to Watch in 2020

By Libbie Canter on Posted in California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), State Legislatures
While all eyes are on California following the implementation of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) earlier this month and the start of enforcement later this year, other states are off to the privacy races already.  On Monday, Washington State became the latest entrant with the introduction of a revised Washington Privacy Act. From the … Continue Reading

State Legislatures Are Off to the Privacy Races, With New Hampshire in the Lead

By Libbie Canter, Lindsey Tonsager and Alexandra Scott on Posted in California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Data Privacy, Data Security, State Legislatures, United States
While some state legislators are still putting away their holiday decorations, New Hampshire legislators introduced new data privacy legislation, New Hampshire House Bill 1680.  The legislation is similar to the California Consumer Privacy Act (which we’ve written extensively about before, including here and here).  It grants consumers access, portability, transparency, non-discrimination, deletion, and opt-out-of-sale rights … Continue Reading

State Privacy Laws Have the Potential to Haunt Industry

By Libbie Canter and Lindsey Tonsager on Posted in California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), State Legislatures, United States
With less than two months until it goes into effect, many practitioners are focused on bringing their programs into compliance with the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”) by January 1, 2020.  But the rapid pace of privacy legal developments could continue next year.  This past year, five states established studies or task forces to study … Continue Reading
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