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    Mar. 11, 2026

Connected Cars: FTC GM Settlement Anchors Regulatory Focus

Today’s connected cars can reveal a stunning amount of information about their drivers, including their location, their behavioral habits, and whom they call or text. As cars capture an increasing amount of data, regulators are becoming more aggressive around automotive privacy practices. The recent FTC settlement with General Motors signals the agency’s focus on vehicle-generated data and offers a best-practices road map. With insights from Cooley, Foley & Lardner, Morrison Foerster and Parker Poe, this first article in a three-part series details the privacy practices that caught GM in the FTC’s crosshairs, examines key settlement terms and their implications, and offers enforcement takeaways. Part two will provide practical advice for navigating the notice and consent, and other privacy issues raised by connected cars. Part three will address the cybersecurity issues that connected cars present. See “Examining Newly Released Privacy and Security Guidance for the Fast-Driving Development of Autonomous Cars” (Oct. 5, 2016).

Disney Settlement Offers a Playbook for CA AG’s Opt-Out Expectations

The California AG expects companies to offer a single mechanism that allows consumers to opt out of all data sales across their services, web domains and devices. That expectation frames the AG’s recent settlement with the Walt Disney Company (Disney), which resolved allegations that Disney violated the CCPA by failing to honor requests by consumers to opt out of the sale or sharing of their data across all of the devices and services linked to their Disney accounts. Disney agreed to pay a record-setting fine, overhaul its opt-out mechanisms and implement ongoing monitoring. This article examines Disney’s alleged violations and the terms of the settlement, along with its implications, and offers compliance lessons from partners at Jones Day, Finnegan, Holland & Knight and Robinson+Cole. See “Challenges in Opt-Out Design and Children’s Privacy Highlighted by Sling TV’s Settlement With California AG” (Nov. 19, 2025).

G7 Group Issues Principles for Coordinated Response to Cyber Incidents in the Financial Sector

In an increasingly interconnected world, cybersecurity incident response and recovery are ever-more dependent on collective efforts. To encourage broad cooperation across the financial sector globally, the G7 Cyber Expert Group issued a policy paper (G7 Report) setting forth a set of fundamental elements of collective cyber incident response and recovery (CCIRR). The G7 Report is organized around the three fundamental pillars of establishing, using and maintaining/testing a CCIRR arrangement. This article breaks down the G7 Report’s guidance. See “CFTC Commissioner Urges Tougher Diligence and Closer Cooperation to Thwart Cyber Threats” (Aug. 13, 2025).

Former Special Counsel to the FBI Director Joins Crowell & Moring’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Group in D.C.

Crowell & Moring has welcomed Rajeev Raghavan, a former special counsel to the director of the FBI and federal prosecutor, as a partner in its privacy and cybersecurity group in Washington, D.C. For insights from Crowell, see “Staying Compliant After Trump AI Executive Order Introduces Regulatory Uncertainty” (Jan. 14, 2026); as well as our two-part series on California’s landmark AI transparency law: “Covered Entities, Reporting Requirements and Penalties” (Oct. 29, 2025), and “Compliance Considerations” (Nov. 5, 2025).

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Trailblazing Women – Contributions, Achievements and Observations of Outstanding Leaders

To mark International Women’s Day, Law Report Group editors, along with our colleagues across ION Analytics’ products, interviewed outstanding women in the industries and jurisdictions we cover. In this article, Jill Abitbol, Robin Barton, Rorie Norton and Megan Zwiebel profile notable women in the data privacy, cybersecurity, AI, private funds and anti-corruption law fields, including (i) Paula Howell Anderson, (ii) Gwendolyn Lee Hassan, (iii) Audrey Koh, (iv) Stacy Feuer, (v) Heather Egan, (vi) Jeewon Serrato, (vii) Stephanie Breslow, (viii) Anne Choe, (ix) Heather Wyckoff, (x) Angie Batterson, (xi) Jacqueline Eaves, and (xii) C. Dabney O’Riordan.

Enjoy reading their inspiring remarks here.