Privacy and Cyber Risks Come Into Focus Amid Video Conference Boom - Law.com

Sue Friedberg, shareholder in the firm's Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice, comments on the complex regulatory environment surrounding video conference software, increasingly being used among businesses as they navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more in Law.com's article "Privacy and Cyber Risks Come Into Focus Amid Video Conference Boom."

All video conference companies' privacy policies and their actual data collection and sharing practices are regulated by the Federal Trade Commission Act and every states' false advertising law, said Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney shareholder and cybersecurity and data privacy group co-chairwoman Sue Friedberg.

The CCPA, as highlighted by this week's pair of lawsuits, would also apply to video conference platforms, Friedberg said, noting that the CCPA extends protections to IP addresses and other broad data that wasn't protected before in the U.S.