The first but not last comprehensive US privacy bill of 2021
The proposed federal bill would create protections for the processing of sensitive personal information.
GDPR News
Third-party cookie replacements fall short of consent and transparency promises
As digital ad industry leaders tout tech that improves consumer transparency, they are doing little to update how they notify people for consent.
EU ministers want EU-wide data retention.
The great majority of EU justice ministers on March 15 once again called a new Europe-wide collection of traffic and location data of the entire population (data retention).
Facebook Is Building An Instagram For Kids
“We have identified youth work as a priority for Instagram and have added it to our H1 priority list,” reads an internal Instagram post obtained by BuzzFeed News.
ePrivacy Regulation update: Comparison of the three EU drafts
The EUinstitutions will seek to agree the final text of the ePrivacy Regulation. This article sets out the significant areas of divergence across the three proposals.
Commission ‘not naive’ about UK’s data ambitions, Reynders assures MEPs
However, EU lawmakers in Brussels doubt that the UK’s future data protection landscape will be fully aligned with EU data protection standards
Schrems vs. Facebook: Dispute over advertising consent could soon end up before the ECJ
The data protection activist wants to bring the dispute over explicit consent to data processing for advertising and tracking to the European Supreme Court.
Colorado Joins List of States Proposing Privacy Laws
Colorado has introduced the “Colorado Privacy Act”, noting that “EU GDPR is emerging as a model for countries across the globe in data privacy”.
Facebook may be stronger after Apple privacy changes
Zuckerberg’s comments are the most optimistic statements Facebook has made about Apple’s iOS 14 privacy update.
Google dodges some claims in suit over Chrome browser data
A federal judge dismissed several claims in a proposed class action accusing the Google of causing its Chrome browser to send users’ personal data to Google even if users have not chosen to “sync” the browser with a Google account.
UK Government and ICO Agree on Procedure for Future Adequacy Decisions
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport signed a Memorandum of Understandingwith the ICO regarding new UK adequacy assessments following the UK’s departure from the EU.
Surveillance Camera Hack Raises Legal Risk of Digital Device Use
A recent hack into a massive collection of security camera data from Verkada Inc. shows the cyber and privacy-related vulnerabilities of digital devices that could give way to lawsuits and government enforcement actions.