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March 10, 2021

Congress to renew fight over facial recognition ban

Following a failed attempt at reform in the previous Congress, Capitol Hill is poised to reignite the thorny debate over law enforcement’s use of facial-recognition technology.

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March 9, 2021

Virginia Becomes the Second US State with a Comprehensive Privacy Law

Governor Ralph Northam has signed the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA), making Virginia the second state with a comprehensive privacy law.

February 25, 2021

More US states are on track to pass data privacy laws in 2021

U.S. states are slowly embracing policies to ensure that digital companies protect their users—or at least introduce more transparency.

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February 24, 2021

Russia to restrict processing of public data

Beginning March 1, 2021, Russia will impose restrictions on the processing of personal data publicly available on the internet and offline. The legislative changes are aimed at fighting the uncontrolled dissemination of personal information.

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February 24, 2021

Federal Constitutional Court: CJEU must clarify whether GDPR provides materiality threshold

The decision means the Court of Justice of the European Union will need to clarify the framework for EU General Data Protection Regulation damages claims.

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February 22, 2021

European Commission Publishes Draft UK Data Transfer Adequacy Determination

The European Commission published a draft data protection adequacy decision relating to the UK. If the draft decision is adopted, organizations in the EU will be able to continue to transfer personal data to organizations in the UK without restriction.

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February 19, 2021

Big Data Is Booming in the U.S., but Other Countries Are Making the Rules

Lawmakers and regulators in some of the world’s largest countries are ramping up enforcement of privacy laws, revising statutes or debating new rules.

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February 18, 2021

10 GDPR fines and what to learn from them

I selected 10 from just December 2020 and January 2021 which were biggest or most interesting.

February 17, 2021

BEUC files complaint against TikTok for multiple EU consumer law breaches

TikTok’s practices for the processing of users’ personal data are misleading.

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February 11, 2021

EU ePrivacy Regulation takes a big leap forward to adoption

The Council of the EU has made a surprise announcement that it has approved its negotiating position on the ePrivacy Regulation, which will further reform EU cookie consent and communications content andmetadata rules in the EU.

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February 9, 2021

Portugal proposes new text of ePrivacy Regulation

The Portuguese presidency of the EU has pitched a new text on the controversial ePrivacy regulation, focusing on the processing of communications metadata and data stored on end-user equipment.

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February 9, 2021

Virginia Set to Become Second US State to Pass a Comprehensive Privacy Law

Virginia Senate passed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act on February 3.

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