Conference Apps Face Their First Major Data Breach Class Action
A major conference mobile app suffered a significant data breach in 2026, triggering the industry's first large-scale class action over attendee data.
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A Federal Privacy Bill Actually Advances, Unsettling the Patchwork Strategy
After years of stalled proposals, a federal privacy bill made real legislative progress in 2026, unsettling organizers' highest-common-denominator strategy.
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The Biometric Check-In Lawsuit Reaches a Settlement
The 2025 class action over conference facial-recognition check-in settled in early 2026, setting informal disclosure norms without a binding court ruling.
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Biometric Check-In Faces Its First Major Legal Challenge
A high-profile 2025 lawsuit over conference facial-recognition check-in tested the legal boundaries biometric vendors had been operating within for years.
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AI-Generated Content Disclosure Requirements Reach Conference Speakers
As AI-assisted content creation became common among speakers, some organizers began requiring disclosure of AI-generated slides, images, or written material.
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State Privacy Law Patchwork Grows Again
By the end of 2024, US states with comprehensive privacy laws affecting conference registration data had grown well beyond California, complicating compliance.
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AI Note-Taking Tools Raise New Attendee Consent Questions
As AI note-taking tools spread through conferences in 2024, organizers faced new consent questions about recording session audio and side conversations.
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Attendee Data Minimization Becomes a Sponsor Negotiation Point
By 2023, sophisticated sponsors began pushing back on broad attendee-data-sharing requests, treating data minimization as a negotiating point rather than …
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CCPA and Conference Attendee Data: What US Organizers Need to Know
The California Consumer Privacy Act extended GDPR-style data rights to US conference attendees, and it applies to more organizers than many assumed.
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The Data Breach Risk Nobody Talks About: Third-Party Registration Vendors
Organizers focus security attention on their own systems, while the attendee data actually sits with third-party vendors whose posture rarely gets scrutinized.
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What GDPR Actually Changed for Event Registration Data
GDPR's rules on consent, data minimization, and cross-border transfer reshaped how conference registration systems collect and store attendee data.
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