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Zero Privacy Post-Dobbs? How the Threat Landscape Has Changed

Willmary Escoto, Nicolas Terry, and Lothar Determann

In every sector, from government to commercial, education, healthcare, and more, organizations collect and use personal data and communications to provide routine and essential activities and services. In some cases, we don’t even know our data is being collected. Such private information is continually at risk of breach, theft, and misuse. Location data, Google searches, and medical apps could expose private health information. Sensitive communications sent via email, posted in private social media groups, or texted to a friend could be revealed to unintended recipients. And there is the seemingly never-ending string of data breaches, any one of which could result in downstream account compromise and identity theft. Private information no longer feels private. People want to know what data is being collected, how it will be used and protected, and what rights they might have as data subjects. Six states have now passed comprehensive privacy laws at the very time the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision has cast doubt on long-established privacy rights. With every technological advance comes more questions for businesses and the lawyers who advise them. This panel addresses the current landscape of threats to private data and communications, including what communications and data are at risk and what impact those threats could have, and looks ahead to emerging threats to privacy post-Dobbs.

Joint Sponsor: ABA Science & Technology Law Section

Co-Sponsors: ABA Criminal Justice SectionABA Young Lawyers Division

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This webinar is part one of a three-part webinar series – Privacy in an Age of Zero Trust – presented by the American Bar Association (ABA) Civil Rights and Social Justice (CRSJ) and Science & Technology Law (SciTech) Sections that boldly explores digital threats to the right to privacy. This innovative and cross-disciplinary series brings together thought leaders, highlights best practices, and identifies next steps in an area where change is the only constant.